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Plot:
Sometimes movies are built around a great idea begging for a story, in this case pairing ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov with tap great Gregory Hines. The resulting storm of dance in White Nights...( read more 
), as one would expect, is great, but the story is a little forced. Baryshnikov plays (in parallel to his own life) a Russian defector to the U.S. who ends up a prisoner in the motherland after his plane is forced to land in Leningrad during an emergency. Hines is an American expatriate who gets involved with the situation. Director Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman) punctuates an escape scenario and relationship dilemmas with as many dance sequences as possible, and the result is a wobbly, unconvincing tale with some furious footwork. Fortunately, performances carry the day, as the two male leads are both very strong as actors, and the supporting cast--Isabella Rossellini, Helen Mirren, and filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski (Moonlighting)--is terrific. --Tom Keogh
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Recent Reviews
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MCT:June 2, 2008Interested
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MCT:June 14, 2008gregory hines is so incredible, such energy, what a performance. barysnikov is equally amazing, great screenplay and story line.
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MCT:April 20, 2008
The beginning of the movie was a little slow, but as it got going I got more into the movie. The ending was the best part. There are great dancing and acting in this movie.
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MCT:January 29, 2008
This is the most emotional, deeply moving, passionate movie I have ever seen to date. Don't watch it on a day when you're feeling down--it's also a bit dark and heavy.
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MCT:January 13, 2008
Wonderful movie. One of my favorite actors Gregory Hines. What a loss for the entertainment world.
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