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efilmcritic.com - : Unwatchable for anyone who isn’t a mad ballet fan, Turning Point does feature one particularly neat aspect. It features a knock down, drag ‘em out cat-fight between Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine, which while not important to the story, is fun to watch nonetheless. Can't say the same for most of the other scenes... more...
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www.spiritualityandpractice.com - : First Julia and now The Turning Point — sensitive and ideaslitic film-goers at last have something to celebrate! Two movies about women who are complicated human beings rather than cardboard figures, inviduals who express their emotions in a genuine and moving way. Julia revealed the depth of a female friendship and probed the kind of reciprocal commitment that enabled Jane Fonda as Jillian Hellman to risk her own life for her friend. The Turning Point explores the breadth of another friendship. more...
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www.timeout.com - : A film about classical ballet which is also about friendship, usually the cinematic prerogative of men. From a deceptively simple script - renewed acquaintance between an ageing ballerina (Bancroft) and a former colleague (MacLaine) who is now a housewife with a daughter just starting out as a dancer - emerge jealousies and resentments about lost chances, maternity-vs-career, comfort-vs-austere dedication; conflicts all purged in Bancroft and MacLaine's magnificent fishwife scene. more...
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