
Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Native American poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend.... (Full plot summary below)
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Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Native American poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend.
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| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA fervent assertion that an individual has the right to pursue his own path lies at the vibrant heart of The Business of Fancydancing. |
| Reel.comPam GradySparks with occasional flashes of wit and pathos, but it is mostly a well-intentioned mess. |
| SPLICEDWireRob BlackwelderA highly personal meditation on the choices we make that define our identity. |
| New TimesLuke Y. Thompson...laudable, if occasionally muddled and overlong... |
| Dallas Morning NewsPhilip WuntchEven with imperfections, The Business of Fancydancing delivers strong signals on the transitory nature of human experience. |
| San Francisco ChronicleJonathan CurielOffers a quixotic array of characters and flashbacks that tests patience, but once the viewer understand the movie's cadence and rhythm, the story gets better and better until it builds into a crescendo that's emotional, dramatic and -- best of all, perhaps -- fitting. |
| Hollywood ReporterDavid HunterWhere it goes wrong is in the combination of poetic sensibilities and run-of-the-mill narrative cinema. |
| Filmcritic.comKevin SmoklerA moving, beautiful film, with Alexie assuredly as the helm and us grateful for it. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerThe anger and betrayal hanging in the wake of shattered relationships and conflicted identities leave an admirable untidiness where most films would force resolution. There are no easy answers here, and it's not for lack of questions. |
| New York PostMegan TurnerPretentious when it should be penetrating, spasmodic when it means to be lyrical. |