Mao's Last Dancer - Movie Review

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Mao's Last Dancer is a drama movie made in 2009 based in a true story of Li Cuxin. This movie genre is Drama and Romance and it is set in China, Beijing and America, Texas. The story line is quite good and I enjoyed it.

Li is sent away from his family to learn the dancing of ballet. He is one of the weaker students however he had ambition, motivation from his teacher and so trained harder to become the strongest ballet dancer. As he grows older he is chosen by a company to go to America to learn a different style of ballet. He stays there with Ben, the manager/teacher of the Houston Company. He enjoys it there however as three months go by Li is asked to move back to China. However he doesn't want to because he believes that he dances better in America as the dancing style is more enjoyable so he marries an American girl (Liz) and stays there. He keeps performing and 8 years later his parents come to see him. They are very proud of their sixth son. In the end he gets married with another woman Mary. And we do not know what happens to Elizabeth. We just see her leaving him. We also see Li and Mary end the movie with a ballet piece seen by his family and friends. 

During the movie there was a story told by his ballet teacher about a frog in a well going outside for the first time to see the new world because the toad tells him to. This story relates to Li as when he was young he was given an opportunity to go learn ballet and his family was the ones to tell him he should go, to accept the opportunity just like the toad.

Teacher Chan is Li's role model and inspiration of learning ballet. I have many role models however I think that Jennifer Lawrence is my most inspired person. She is funny, nice and a very good actress. I would really like to be like her. Another role model of mine is Mitchell Obama. She is probably the best woman speaker who has inspired many people. I also like Angelina Jolie because is like both Jennifer Lawrence and Mitchell Obama. They are all famous, inspiring people and have influenced me by a lot.

In my opinion the beginning of the movie was a bit boring and not as interesting as the middle or the end. The turning point for me was when teacher Chan was taken away because of the government and when Li is chosen to America. After 3 months Li is asked to go back to China however he refuses. The Pros of this is that he can stay in America with his wife, Elizabeth and his friends. But the Cons is that he will not be able to see his family again because he is not allowed in China anymore. Overall, I think that the movie was interesting and quite good therefore I would rate it a 3.5/5 or 7.5/10. I recommend this film to those who like dramatic stories based in true stories. Also if people like romance and ballet. 

Here is the movie trailer.