Film Journal 2024: Fancy Dance
Directed by Erica Tremblay
As the story unfolds in Fancy Damce it starts to gradually find its rhythm and its voice, slowly cutting through the general set up to narrow in on the simplicity of its road trip motif. The more this film simplifies its focus the better it becomes, partly because the plot is probably the weakest part of this script, and also because the performances, beginning with Gladstones sheer strength of presence, are the films biggest strength.
The ending is also really satisfying, which is where you really do get to feel and experience what this film is all about- the connection between strength of family and strength of culture against great adversity.
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