
Despite a paralyzed leg, Grigris, 25 year old, dreams of being a dancer. A challenge. But his dreams are dashed when his stepfather falls critically ill. To save him, Grigris resolves to work for petrol traffickers.... (Full plot summary below)
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Despite a paralyzed leg, Grigris, 25 year old, dreams of being a dancer. A challenge. But his dreams are dashed when his stepfather falls critically ill. To save him, Grigris resolves to work for petrol traffickers.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIn a crowd-pleasing way plays out as an uplifting story of an underdog overcoming his rotten fate. |
| The AtlanticJon FroschThe movie loses its way with too much plot (including an unconvincing love story), weak dialogue, amateurish acting, and a frustratingly recessive main character. |
| New YorkerRichard BrodyDistills a vast swath of history and experience in the travails of one striving man. |
| The PlaylistKevin JagernauthGrigris is the unusual movie that takes a lead's obvious talents, and curiously backgrounds them, hoping for their charisma to carry over to more traditional cinematic purposes. |
| Movie HabitMarty MapesDémé deserves to be showcased like Keaton or Kelly |
| Chicago ReaderBen Sachs[An] uplifting underdog story, complete with dance numbers and a sweet romantic subplot. |
| User ReviewMarvin BIf life is like a dance, this dramatic film has an enigmatic choreography. |
| User ReviewMikael HThe film opens with the title character, Grigris, as he steps out onto a dance floor to entertain a paying crowd - we watch his unbelievably skinny but agile body as it bends and contorts and our eyes are drawn to his one virtually fleshless leg as he spins it around like a broken stick. Its a dazzling introduction to the character and the film - one that intrigues you and brings questions to the audience's mind about who this man is and what his world is like. But while the set up of the film is strong, almost immediately it loses its energy and originality. What follows is a mundane story about Grigris' struggle to earn money for to pay his father-figure's medical bills (a relationship we're meant to be believe is strong though we never get to witness it) and his falling in love with a prostitute - it could so easily have been elevated to greater intensity and simmered to subtler poignancy but somehow never manages to get there. |
| User ReviewJoshua FA few good crippled dance scenes are all this low-key movie has going for it. |