A female-centered story of survival, love, and cultural perseverance.

| Nov 5, 2024

While some narrative strands don’t tie together perfectly... the emotional beats are there, and they hold a huge payoff.

| Oct 8, 2024

One of the best films at Sundance 2023...Tremblay develops the [central] pair’s background and deep relationship, the importance of family, the land, and Indigenous dance, as well as the challenges of navigating life under settler colonialism.

| Oct 5, 2024

Fancy Dance becomes part coming-of-age story, part road movie, and part revenge thriller with Tremblay effectively guiding Gladstone and Deroy-Olson through the tropes of each subgenre.

| Sep 17, 2024

Lived-in and legitimate, Fancy Dance is a compelling family drama that only plays a little unevenly when it veers towards thriller tropes.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 9, 2024

Viewers couldn’t have asked for a more sincere and unfiltered narrative than the one Fancy Dance delivers, with Gladstone giving us one of the best performances of the year.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2024

It’s further proof that Lily Gladstone will, indeed, win her already overdue Oscar at some point in the illustrious career that she is on the cusp of launching into the stratosphere.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 5, 2024

The delicate dance between a mystery thriller and a family drama isn’t always seamless, but it keeps you hooked most of the time thanks to Lily Gladstone's standout performance.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 3, 2024

Fancy Dance toggles between a thriller, a murder mystery, a road movie, and a social drama, and if the shifts aren't always smooth, the fine performances and an undercurrent of fury toward the injustices faced by Indigenous women hold it together.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 25, 2024

(Tremblay) speaks through her richly textured and detailed depiction of reservation life. And she conveys an array of real-life social issues through the experiences of individuals navigating that life.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 22, 2024

A heartbreaking tale, lifted by Gladstone’s fine performance

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 15, 2024

It's maybe a little too subtle, but the performances and sense of place are so strong.

| Jul 13, 2024

It’s an elegant film with a lot of restraint but packed with emotions.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 12, 2024

Fancy Dance isn't just a triumphant narrative debut for the director — it's an arrival.

| Jul 12, 2024

I do with this film ultimately led to something a bit more profound. Still, as a feature written, directed by, and starring people who do not receive much representation in this manner in motion pictures, there’s a lot to like here.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 11, 2024

A road movie cum-crime drama full of twists and turns that will keep you fully engaged until the final frames.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 10, 2024

Lily Gladstone is extraordinary in this sincere yet powerful family drama that portrays the resilience of the Indigenous communities against the bias and the indifference of authorities. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 10, 2024

This one finds its heart in the gray areas. Tremblay and her actors show us characters compelled to do reckless and inexplicable things for painstakingly human reasons.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 9, 2024

With Lily Gladstone and Isabel Deroy-Olson leading the way, we are witnesses to a moving family drama about community, resiliency, and Native identity.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 8, 2024

It’s a little like an old-fashioned 온라인카지노추천 movie – shaky and sentimental in places – but Gladstone is in marvellous form, and this well-intentioned feature is lucky to have her.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 8, 2024