A young woman is desperate to be a soca dancer to escape a dead end life. She botches her first audition with the dance troupe but uses her wit to convince them to take her under their wing. The girls bring Sparkle into a life of partying, dancing, and young love, but is it what Sparkle wants - or needs?... (Full plot summary below)
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A young woman is desperate to be a soca dancer to escape a dead end life. She botches her first audition with the dance troupe but uses her wit to convince them to take her under their wing. The girls bring Sparkle into a life of partying, dancing, and young love, but is it what Sparkle wants - or needs?
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| Austin ChronicleLina FisherNever bordering on cheesy, She Paradise is a heartfelt ode to the strength it takes to learn to stand up for yourself in a painful world. |
| The PlaylistRobert DanielsShe Paradise is a love letter not only to the autonomy of a young Black woman but the culture of a proud island nation, too. |
| Original-CinLiam LaceyShe Paradise, which runs a brief 71 minutes, is raw in more than one sense. The characters are thinly developed, and the dance sequences, as robust as they are, could be more dynamically shot. On the plus side, Nestor — with her watchful quiet manner — is persuasive as a young woman awkwardly finding her way, and the other women are forceful presence. |
| The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenFor the movie’s young women — brought to gutsy life by a terrific quartet of dancer-actors — soca is a language of sisterhood yet one that’s hardly free from the controlling power of men with money. |
| Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersThe story is thematically muddy at best and problematic at worst in the ways it handles Sparkle’s newfound independence and the horrors she experiences. Despite these issues, the arresting images of She Paradise and the distinctive voice of its director mark Cozier as a filmmaker to watch. |
| The New York TimesConcepción de LeónThough Nestor’s understated performance is powerful at times, one leaves the film not fully satisfied, wanting for a stronger arc. |
