High Strung (2016)

• Year: 2016
• Released: 08 Apr 2016
• Country: United States, Romania
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3451230/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/high_strung
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/high-strung
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: PG
• Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
• Runtime: 96 min
• Writer: Janeen Damian, Michael Damian
• Director: Michael Damian
• Cast: Keenan Kampa, Nicholas Galitzine, Sonoya Mizuno
• Keywords: dance, ballet, violin, leotard,

	6.3/10
	48/100
	79% – Audience

High Strung Storyline

Ruby is a dancer who goes to a Performing Arts School in Manhattan. She meets a violinist named Johnnie who performs in the subway. When his attention is distracted his violin is taken. She tries to help him and she learns he is an illegal alien. She learns that there’s competition wherein a dancer performs with a string musician and the winner gets scholarship which can get him a student visa. He initially balks at it but later decides to give it a try and he brings in a dance crew he knows to help them.

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Artificial Art

A dance movie made with the idealistic teenagers in mind. The best line is “I just can’t be perfect like her”. With people looking manufactured as they perform in dance and play offs. The lines and scenes are so extreme in their perfection it feels parodied. You have the same theme of Ballet and Street dance combined which has been done before, this movie also combines the violin making visually appealing music and dancing. But the script made me laugh out loud so many times. You know dance just allows us express raw emotions which gives the audience a more enriched experience. Lol.

Predictable and Inspiring

This is a well worn genre and story line. There have been many other dance movies with the same set up. Unlike others, the main dance character played by Keenan Kampa is the real deal. Unlike Flashdance, in which the climactic dance scene actually too three different people to pull off (a male hip hop dancer, an Olympic gymnast and a dancer), Keenan is the real deal. That’s what made the movie for me. The Brit is a heavy character played weakly, Keenan’s delivery is a bit too soft and sweet and there is certainly no Black Swan drama. Nonetheless, I feel the artistry, I connected with the desire to be different in a world expecting compliance and the final competition scene is worth the wait. The music is great and the dancing wonderful. There is no doubt, this movie is playing to a main stream audience. It is careful to avoid anything too cruel, rude or violent. So what, I enjoyed to scenery, the dancing and the music. Be inspired even if it is predictable.

A violinist meets a dancer: A love story.

That’s a freaky poster, but the film was good. You know there are dance flicks even worse than this, especially, it was once a trendy theme, but now nothing impressive. In that perspective, this film was a relief, a decently made film. So dance flick means people expect extraordinary moves and music, but in this, they had kept them simple. They did not press hard on either street dance or the classical dance. It was kind of fusion between them and in addition to that live music like mainly violin.

I don’t know anybody from the cast or the director, but it does not look like a B movie/indie, because the production quality was excellent. Even the story was somewhat cliché, yet enjoyable, mainly for its around 90 minute narration. I mean being a short and a decent pace with the good performances and musics and dances, this film can be easily become a dance flick of the year.

The film is not just for youngsters, but for everyone. The matured contents like maintaining the decency from the dialogues to the pictures, nothing obscene in it. A perfect PG film, the majority would like it or not, but surely will be entertained. Having lots of good quality, I did not like it entirely. In some parts it looked just fake to me like in the real world kind. I would say watch it, but don’t expect too much, especially twist or surprises. It’s really a nice film.

6/10