| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » The Dancer Upstairs | | | | | | | Description: | | This taut political thriller set in Latin America marks John Malkovich's explosive directorial debut. Academy Award nominee Javier Bardem (Best Actor, 2000 - Before Night Falls) stars as legit policeman Agustin Rejas, who faces the greatest challenge of his career - to catch the leader of a terrorist movement threatening to collapse his government, while being stopped at every turn by his own corrupt superiors. As the fight becomes more ferocious, Rejas' search brings him ever closer to the guerrilla leader. But when, amidst the chaos, he falls in love with his daughter's ballet teacher (Laura Morante), Rejas must choose between his heart, his country, and his own well-being. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Montserrat Astudillo, Javier Bardem, Marie-Anne Berganza, Juan Diego Botto, Luís Miguel Cintra | | Format:
| Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English, French, Spanish | | Subtitle:
| English, Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| 20th Century Fox | | Run Time:
| 135 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| September 23, 2003 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 56 reviews |
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 2.5 stars out of 4Apr 20, 2009
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With a central mystery that never captivates the audience and a vacant performance by Javier Bardem in the lead, The Dancer Upstairs is a draggy and ho-hum political thriller that can be safely left on whatever shelf you find it.
 well acted and tense dramaDec 14, 2008
An interesting film with fine acting - the threatening political situation is a shadowy force throughout and the moral dilemmas are interesting. Bardem is wonderful
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 Malkovich being MalkovichMar 07, 2008
Whether he is in front of the screen or behind the screen, John Malkovich is my guy!
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 DissapointingFeb 03, 2008
I was disappointed by this movie. Although it has Laura Morante and Javier Bardem in it, and their acting is well done, the movie itself lacks so many things it I couldn't wait for it to be over. The film is slow, tedious and somewhat boring. Also, the plot is a bit confused and convoluted. The film fails to draw the viewer in and fails to tie many many things together. Several things are never explained which left me feeling confused and unable to better appreciate this movie. I just didn't like it much.
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Really surprised at how terribly boring this film was ,especially with Bardem!Jan 11, 2008
Javier Bardem is one of my favorite actors, but coupled with the flat affect personality and sensibility of John Malkovich, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS was 135 minutes of blah,blah,blah.It shouldn't have been.This film was based on the real life events that terrorized the country of Peru back in the 1980's! What we got was a film as dead and lifeless as Malkovich's eyes and speech.This film,which has a very steamy cover to it with "An Intense Thriller" written at the bottom went no where very slowly.In the commentary, Malkovich says that he wanted to use actors who"have English as their second language".WHY John? I would have preferred that this Latin American political piece be done in original language with subtitles.But then, Italian actress Laura Morante would have had to learn another language.Even Bardem did not seem to me totally comfortable inhabiting the role of Officer Rejas,even as fluent in English as he is.
A friend from Peru explained to me what really happened during that time and all of the characters involved.That was more exciting than Malkovich's film.A COMPLETE PASS on this one!
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