I give it a 5 because it is has a couple of strong elements that allows it to rise above the many bad movies that are made these days. Unfortunately, this film also has many substandard elements to it. The aerials and the athleticism of the two principles are by far the best part of this movie. That part was well done, not overdone and definitely worth watching. I do a lot of dancing and athletics so I appreciate genuine athleticism mixed with art. The ending was also quirky, entertaining and not predictable.
Around the aerials and the ending, we get bad movie crafting and off-the shelf components that make the overall experience much worse than it should have been. The movie stands as a showcase of the aerials. The other elements are so bad that at the end, I would have preferred a quasi documentary using the aerials and snips of the training and interaction set to some music.
Obviously, some people are very "into" the theme of an "older" woman (she's not that old) who remains athletic. That appears to have them ignore the bad acting (both too little and too much at times), chunky directing/editing (really bad and it made the acting appear even worse), and predictable and old hat story elements and characterizations (the men-are-evil and traditional-families-are- stifling elements were particularly tired and unimaginative). The same can be said for the symbolic imagery. If you have been watching movies, you've seen all of this many times before.
So let's not make this out to be some kind of masterpiece of movie making! Let's appreciate what is genuinely good here and not pretend that the bad movie crafting and off-the-shelf elements are something special. They are not. Smoother directing and editing would have helped a lot. The story is totally predictable from the start with the exception of the ending. A thought came to me that this is "When Night is Falling" with the deck shuffled, the principles actually performing and focusing on the athletic routines and minus the dog. That might sum it up.
Around the aerials and the ending, we get bad movie crafting and off-the shelf components that make the overall experience much worse than it should have been. The movie stands as a showcase of the aerials. The other elements are so bad that at the end, I would have preferred a quasi documentary using the aerials and snips of the training and interaction set to some music.
Obviously, some people are very "into" the theme of an "older" woman (she's not that old) who remains athletic. That appears to have them ignore the bad acting (both too little and too much at times), chunky directing/editing (really bad and it made the acting appear even worse), and predictable and old hat story elements and characterizations (the men-are-evil and traditional-families-are- stifling elements were particularly tired and unimaginative). The same can be said for the symbolic imagery. If you have been watching movies, you've seen all of this many times before.
So let's not make this out to be some kind of masterpiece of movie making! Let's appreciate what is genuinely good here and not pretend that the bad movie crafting and off-the-shelf elements are something special. They are not. Smoother directing and editing would have helped a lot. The story is totally predictable from the start with the exception of the ending. A thought came to me that this is "When Night is Falling" with the deck shuffled, the principles actually performing and focusing on the athletic routines and minus the dog. That might sum it up.