Breaking Through

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Breaking Through
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Directed byJohn Swetnam
Screenplay byJohn Swetnam
Produced byLuis Fragali
Fabio Golombek
Mike Jackson
Uri Singer
John Swetnam
StarringSophia Aguiar
Robert Roldan
Bruna Marquezine
Jordan Rodrigues
Release date
  • August 19, 2015 (2015-08-19)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Breaking Through (also known as Breaking Dance in Europe) is a 2015 American-English dance drama film written and directed by John Swetnam and starring Sophia Aguiar.

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Plot

Casey is an dancer who creates a Youtube channel to publishes dancing videos and tutorials, becoming a big hit in a short time. The girl is introduced in the rich and famous world, but fame comes at a price and she will no longer be able to trust her own friends, like the jealous Roseli.

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Reception

Breaking Through received mostly negative reviews. [1] [2] Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter called it derivative. [3] Tat Wolfen from Saturday Star wrote that it was "yet another dance movie that has nothing new to offer". [4] Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times called it "a dance movie without good dancing". [5] Monica Castillo writing in The Village Voice said it was "convoluted drama" and had " tepid routines". [6] David Noh of Film Journal International thought it "could well rank as the blandest movie musical ever made." [7] On the positive side Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media gave it three stars, saying the story was "both familiar and heartwarming". [8]

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References

  1. "Breaking Through", Meta Critic
  2. "Breaking Through", Rotten Tomatoes
  3. Lowe, Justin (9 October 2015), "'Breaking Through': Film Review", Hollywood Reporter
  4. Wolfen, Tat (17 October 2015), "Nothing new and full of tiring cliches", Saturday Star
  5. Walsh, Katie (8 October 2015), "Review 'Breaking Through' is a dance movie without good dancing", Los Angeles Times
  6. Castillo, Monica (9 October 2015), "Breaking Through (NR)", Village Voice, archived from the original on 7 March 2017, retrieved 7 March 2017
  7. Noh, David (7 October 2015), "Film Review: Breaking Through", Film Journal International, archived from the original on 28 December 2018, retrieved 7 March 2017
  8. Chen, Sandie Angulo (23 October 2015), "Breaking Through", Common Sense MediaFilm Journal International