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Movie Overview
Director
• Sean Fine
• Andrea Nix Fine
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for some thematic material involving descriptions of war atrocities
War Dance (2007)

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OFCS Rating: 90% Fresh
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"War/Dance complicates documentary tradition, trying to express events that seem beyond expression."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

B-
"The music offers the northern Ugandan children a chance to heal from their fear and pain--that part of the film cannot be questioned."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

1.5/4
"Filmmakers Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine continue the Hollywood insult of looking at Africa as if it were a high-fashion runway."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

B-
"The film's artsy surface diminishes its impact [but] tells a story that needs to be told repeatedly."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3/5
"An uplifting documentary about the healing powers of music, song, and dance on a group of traumatized Ugandan youth who participate in a National Music Competition."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

"It is wonderful to watch this joyous slice of the cultural lives of these victimized, traumatized children struggling to survive and build a better life in a desperately troubled part of the world."  Film.com  Jonathan F. Richards

5/5
"A truly beautiful tribute to the redemptive powers of art, music, and dance, and the insidious destructiveness that trickles down in war to the most innocent of victims. Please see it."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

"These kids are amazing in the most literal sense of the word, and you will never forget them."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

B
"Relies a little too much on the old formula of the underdog sports movie, but it has a lot more substance to it than that."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 90% Fresh
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