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London's venerable Royal Dance School is in a soulless slump under uninspired choreographer-director Helena, so chairman Harding warns that failure to win Royal ballet auditions will result in dismissals. In a desperate attempt to inspire passion into brilliant Tomas's technically gifted final class of five, she strikes a deal: free use of the splendid accommodation in exchange for Tomas's five incorporation into the street-dance team Jay-0-2, which is training for the national final in a few weeks and just lost its founding leader, so challenging reigning champions The Surge looks hopeless under Jay's unpractical lover, Carly. Perfect gentleman Tomas makes it all work better then anyone hoped and becomes Carly's new lover. Written by
KGF Vissers
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Release Date:
21 May 2010 (UK)
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Box Office
Opening Weekend:
£2,493,948
(UK)
(21 May 2010)
Gross:
£11,488,200
(UK)
(2 July 2010)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Trivia
Was the biggest UK release in 2010 beating Robin Hood and Prince of Persia.
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Candy
Written by Aggro Santos / Josef Larossi / Andreas Romdhane / Viktoria Hansen
Performed by Aggro Santos Feat.
Kimberly Wyatt
Courtesy of Frontline Music Publishing Ltd, Josef Svedlund Musik/Universal Music Publishing International,
Pop-Notch Music/Universal Music Publishing International
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I am not a big dance movie fan, but I have to admit this mix of the somewhat raw energy of streetdance and the controlled grace of ballet is enjoyable.
First and foremost the brilliant streetdance choreographies are what make the movie worth seeing. The story on the other hand is mostly very predictable and does not offer anything new. I also have to say, that I think you can just as well see this film in the normal version as there were only two scenes with motion directly towards the camera. To me that is the only big difference the relatively new 3D technology makes. I always enjoy when objects or people seem to leave the screen and fly directly towards me.
In a movie where most of the time a lot of people are in motion, I would have expected more of that and think it could have been achieved easily by using more different camera positions. Of course that is much easier in the animated movies, such as Avatar or How to train your dragon. A few mouse clicks did the trick in those cases. But I guess as filmmakers are learning to adjusts to this, we might see more true 3D shots in the sequel.