Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Great entertainment backed with profound social and cultural insight about the worldwide grass roots importance of breakdancing. After admiring the dancers' athleticism, you'll want to hit the gym.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 26, 2009

Benson Lee's crackling 2007 video documentary follows five teams as they compete for a world title, with one amazing number after another showcasing the dancers' chorus-line precision, gymnastic athleticism, and thematic novelty.

| Dec 17, 2008

What they all have in common, as Quik, a member of Japan's Ichigeki Crew, explains, is a passion for the border-busting power dance, movement as a movement, freedom of expression, wild-style.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 18, 2008

An exhilarating documentary about street dancers from around the globe.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 30, 2008

If Benson Lee's intention with Planet B-Boy was to set the record straight on the continuing story of break dancers, then his documentary has to be counted a success. With a few caveats.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 30, 2008

What's fun about Benson Lee's documentary Planet B-Boy isn't just the amazingly athletic displays of B-boys he puts on screen, but the film's sense of cultural discovery.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 30, 2008

If I could, I would spin on my head to express how much I enjoyed Planet B-Boy.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 16, 2008

While the film stresses how hip-hop unifies different cultures, it's interesting to see how each culture's youth has appropriated the principles of hip-hop for its own self-expression.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 9, 2008

The seemingly endless performances can be a bit much, but Lee's sensitivity to the need of these dancers to say something about themselves through dazzling moves is memorable.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 25, 2008

Hip-hop fans should flock to Planet B-Boy to see what break dancing looks like around the world, but so should movie-musical and performance-art fans who love intelligent and aggressive improvisation and energy.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Apr 25, 2008

Regardless of its shortcomings, there is a variety of break dancing on display here that will bring the viewer up to speed on the state of the art.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 24, 2008

Planet B-Boy effortlessly makes the case that breakdancing is a genuine art form. Mixing ballet and the street, the crews are dazzling.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 11, 2008

An exuberant study of the ways competition and collaboration can team up when it comes to the creativity of these guys.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 11, 2008

The battles in Benson Lee's documentary Planet B-Boy are exceptional. The movie's not bad, either.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 4, 2008

...a well-balance work that captures the often jaw dropping performances by the dancers.

| Original Score: B | Apr 4, 2008

After watching this movie, I felt like every nerve ending in my body was shooting sparks. No wonder these boys dedicate their lives to this dance. It's electrifying.

| Mar 30, 2008

The film overflows with displays of explosive dancing and does a superb job showing the form's incredible complexity and technical diversity.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 28, 2008