
The story of Bobbi Jene Smith, a longtime dancer in Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin's Batsheva Dance Group, who is prepared to sacrifice everything for her art and stand up to anyone who does not understand or questions her passion for her craft.... (Full plot summary below)
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The story of Bobbi Jene Smith, a longtime dancer in Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin's Batsheva Dance Group, who is prepared to sacrifice everything for her art and stand up to anyone who does not understand or questions her passion for her craft.
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| The Pop BreakMarisa CarpicoThere's a rawness to [the dances], an intimacy very much like the honest, unfiltered access we get into Smith's life during the film. |
| Film Journal InternationalLisa Jo SagollaAn unflinchingly revealing personal portrait. |
| AwardsCircuit.comShane SlaterLind doesn't quite illuminate what exactly makes Bobbi Jene so groundbreaking. But ultimately, the emotions expressed ... speak for themselves. |
| Screen InternationalTim GriersonA treatise on art, ambition, long-distance relationships and the struggles to find one’s own voice, the film unfolds with uncommon grace. |
| The PlaylistAlly JohnsonBobbi’s failures, goodbyes, successes and reconciliations are beguiling, often heartbreaking to witness, but ultimately, it’s the artist’s thrilling dedication to her craft that offers the most sublime state of grace. |
| Film ThreatBradley GibsonFans steeped in the world of modern dance will probably find nothing revelatory here, but for those of us who are strangers to it Lind has artfully created a portrait of a crucial moment in a dancer's life. |
| Village VoiceElizabeth ZimmerBobbi Jene gives you a taste of how a choreographer works, but mainly registers how she feels. The mostly-female production team stays rigorously focused on her effort to have it all, and on the price she pays. |
| The PlaylistAllyson JohnsonBobbi's failures, goodbyes, successes and reconciliations are beguiling, often heartbreaking to witness, but ultimately, it's the artist's thrilling dedication to her craft that offers the most sublime state of grace. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyFor a film with such a narrow scope, this one oddly refuses to ask some of the basic questions that might have enriched our understanding. |
| The New York TimesKen JaworowskiEnigmatic to an extreme, the documentary Bobbi Jene may interest viewers who are well versed in contemporary dance. All others are on their own. |