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Breaking Through Movie Review

Name: Breaking Through Movie Review
Item: Breaking Through
Rating: 2.5
Author: Sivapriya Anand

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Review for the film " Breaking Through"

Runtime: 1 Hour 41 Minutes

Certificate: U

Released: 29-10-2015

Genre: Drama, Musical

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CAST & CREW

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Producer:

Mike Jackson

Luis Fragali

John Swetnam

Fabio Golombek

Uri Singer

Music Director:

Dennis Smith

Editor:

Claudia Castello

Director:

John Swetnam

Movie Actor:

Shaun Brown

Lawrence Devera

Movie Actress:

Sophia Aguiar

Anitta

Kelsey Crane

Costume Designer:

Noel Jean

Art Director:

Chris Scheid

First Assistant Director:

Marc Bowen

Second Assistant Director:

Quentin Frismand

Co-Producer:

Tal Vigderson

Kelly Hirano

Alexandru Celea

Director of Photography:

Jonathan Hall

Executive Producer:

John Legend

Ty Stiklorius

Luke Daniels

Alan Pao

Associate Producer:

Virginia Tomasi Paiva

Casting Director:

Erica L Silverman

Still Photographer:

Katrina Marcinowski

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Christian Dwiggins

Assistant Editor:

Jonny Converse

Jeremy Lerman

Assistant Costume Designer:

Monavie Tutop

Screenplay Writer:

John Swetnam

Story Writer:

John Swetnam

Script Supervisor:

Amy Arter

Production Designer:

Alessandro Marvelli

Set Decorator:

Johanna Hauser

Casting Assistant:

Ramani Leah

Costume Assistant:

Amelia Brookins

Makeup Artist:

Allison Bryan

Ronee Festa

Jennifer Kim

Hair Stylist:

Josie Peng

Set Dresser:

Jessica Pepeli

Cecilia Slongo

Sound Mixer:

Jim Morgan

David Lion Thompson

Supporting Actor:

Robert Roldan

Bruna Marquezine

Carlito Olivero

Ian Eastwood

Samantha Simon

Lindsey Stirling

Taylor Locascio

McCarrie McCausland

Angel Cardenas

Emilio Dosal

Les Twins

Taeko McCarroll

Marissa Heart

Julie Warner

Dominic Sandoval

Jenna Borrenpohl

Sophia Aguiar

Jordan Rodrigues

Charity Caldwell

Jay Ellis

Shaun Brown

Marcus Emanuel Mitchell

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Kelli Kaye

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When films on creativity are made the filmmaker should be careful in striking the right chord with the audience. The performances, production venture and dance sequences (for this film, which is of that genre)should be indeed exemplary. And here then, Breaking Through (with a striking title) only wins half the game.

Sophia Aguiar gains the status of a star, and she is caught in the dilemma of choosing between her friends or her stardom. Then there is the self-realization process of Sophia.

Sometimes you have everything but due to the excessive hype in the networking you are (here Sophia( forced to believe that we don't have the required talent in us. Sophia is now a cat on the wall; to give up or still hold. And manager Jay Ellis is instrumental in bringing her to stardom. Well, I don't want to leak out the end. Watch the film to know what happens next.

The movie can be seen once for its dance moves, and the choreography of Ian Eastwood is average.

Sometimes, the clichés leave you boring. The direction of John Swetnam (who is also the writer) could have been done better. This film a coming-of-age film. John Swetham has collaborated with DanceOn (a group in YouTube) for bringing the dancing spirit to the movie.

Sophia Aguiar is her charming self in the movie. Robert Roldan is at his versatile best, and it’s a treat to watch him on screen.

On the flip side, the story has nothing exciting to tell and the performers work as if it is a high school play.

Analysis

Creativity should be fully utilized for such type of films, and this movie lacks in that.

Verdict:

The families can surely watch this film. Those who dream of becoming a dancer will surely connect with this movie. This film would be surely heartening of them. Also, this movie indeed delivers a beautiful message.