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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

12/06/2001

The Turning Point (1977)

MacLaine and Bancroft are fine; the dancing is lovely; but it's all in vain as they're trapped in a thoroughly uninvolving story. There's no one to root for (with the possible exception of Tom Skerritt - who logs about 10 minutes of screen time) and our promising ballerina "heroine" has about as much acting ability as Andie MacDowell (no, that ain't a compliment).

Do yourself a favor, fast forward to any Mikhail Baryshnikov dance piece and forget the rest.

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