One and Only (2023)

C'est sans complexe qu'on se déhanche devant son petit écran!

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J'adore les comédies musicales, que l'on danse ou que l'on chante. Je suis partante à 100%.
Tombée par hasard sur ce film, j'étais pourtant loin du " let's watch it!", le break dance n'étant pas ma tasse de thé. Oui, oui, j'ai grandi avec Fred Astaire ( je me sens vieille d'un coup...) et les comédies de Broadway.
Ce fut de ce fait un gros coup de coeur.
- Les danses sont impressionnantes ( pour la novice que je suis) et j'ai fort apprécié les chorégraphies dynamiques.
- Les personnages. Que cela soit nos protagonistes ou les personnages secondaires, voire les extras, je les ai tous adoré. Le réalisateur réussit brillamment à nous impliquer dans l'intrigue et nous nous attachons de manière inattendue à tous les danseurs, qui n'ont pourtant qu'un temps très limite à l'écran, à l'ex-femme ou même à la mère qui aura réussit à me tirer quelques larmes.
- les liens sont tissés de manière intelligente avec une progression bien dosée.
- J'ai adoré les matchs et la compétition qui m'ont littéralement scotché à mon fauteuil. j'aurais limite aimé être présente.

C'est un film sans prétention certes, mais dont la réalisation couplée avec un excellent jeu d'acteur ( et de talentueux danseurs) nous ont fait passer un très très bon moment en famille!

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Could have been much better, but definitely a one time watch

Watch the movie if you like street dance. Otherwise you'll sit here and complain that the movie wasn't good or that it was boring.

I did not like the camerawork and editing, during the dance sequences. Too much closeup when dancers performed, jerky movements. The editor could have done with less cuts because it takes away from the fun of watching dance. The same camera team and editor did a fine job for the rest of the movie!

Yibo's character was a darling. A boy who does multiple jobs while keeping his dreams alive. Yibo has gone through the pain, has trained for years, keeps learning even till date. He was able to bring the character to life. His expression after Chen's successful head spin in front of the crowd was so well captured!!!
SDC viewers know that it's Yibo's habit of going to the pro dancers and learning their movies during break time. The movie used this aspect so well in the end. I spotted one movement that he learnt in last year's SDC.

Chen's family is his support system. Both the actors who played his mom and uncle were well cast.
I had never seen Huang act before, he was convincing.
It was so nice to see some of the SDC dancers.
Yang Di's cameo shocked me, I didn't even know he was in the movie. Jiang's name in the movie is erlang hahahaha

The humor was in the right amount and in the right places. Many directors think the audience will get bored by the journey of a character and place a silly sidekick. I'm glad this movie had no such thing. It was good to show that not all dancers are able to continue, some give up coz of either an injury or financial troubles or just coz they aren't talented enough.

I loved how the last part of the movie was only about dance. Only the camera movement and cuts ruined my experience. I wish it was stable and kept a distance from the dancers' faces to let me enjoy the hard work of the team.

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