I'm not familiar with small-town Texas, but I do believe that this story could be situated anywhere. I'm convinced that all teenagers sooner or later make big plans to leave home far behind, in order to start a 'better' life of their own. And it's exactly that recognizability that will make sure that this movie will not only be liked by the American audience.
Dancer Texas is a small town with only 88 inhabitants. This year there are only four teenagers, with completely different backgrounds, who will graduate from high school. The four are friends and have been planning this day during their entire lives. After the graduation they will leave town for L.A. But as all inhabitants are watching them, give them advice and put bets on who is going to stay and who is going to leave, the four find it much harder to leave home than what they initially expected...
Even though the movie was incredibly slow, especially in the beginning, I must say that I quite liked it. The main reason for that is because I could recognize myself in the four friends. OK, they looked pretty stereotypical, but when you combine them, I'm pretty sure that everybody will find something of himself / herself in them.
Despite the fact that this isn't a perfect movie, I still give this movie a 7/10. The acting was more than OK and the idea behind the story is good. Too bad that they had to use so many stereotypes and didn't dare to come up with a new approach. Otherwise this would have been an absolute masterpiece.
Dancer Texas is a small town with only 88 inhabitants. This year there are only four teenagers, with completely different backgrounds, who will graduate from high school. The four are friends and have been planning this day during their entire lives. After the graduation they will leave town for L.A. But as all inhabitants are watching them, give them advice and put bets on who is going to stay and who is going to leave, the four find it much harder to leave home than what they initially expected...
Even though the movie was incredibly slow, especially in the beginning, I must say that I quite liked it. The main reason for that is because I could recognize myself in the four friends. OK, they looked pretty stereotypical, but when you combine them, I'm pretty sure that everybody will find something of himself / herself in them.
Despite the fact that this isn't a perfect movie, I still give this movie a 7/10. The acting was more than OK and the idea behind the story is good. Too bad that they had to use so many stereotypes and didn't dare to come up with a new approach. Otherwise this would have been an absolute masterpiece.