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**A violinist meets a dancer: A love story.** That's a freaky poster, but the film was good. You know there are dance flicks even worse than this, especially, it was once a trendy theme, but now nothing impressive. In that perspective, this film was a relief, a decently made f…
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High Strung
“See the music. Hear the dance.”
70%
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1h 36m
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Story & themes: When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a competition that could change their lives forever. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~96 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate High Strung 70% (939 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a competition that could change their lives forever.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2016-04-08
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- TMDB rating
- 7.0
- TMDB ID
- 382399
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Keenan Kampa
Ruby

Nicholas Galitzine
Johnnie

Sonoya Mizuno
Jazzy

Jane Seymour
Oksana

Richard Southgate
Kyle

Paul Freeman
Kramrovsky
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Marcus Emanuel Mitchell
Hayward Jones III

Maia Morgenstern
Markova

Anabel Kutay
April
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John Silver
Krispy
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Ian Eastwood
Rik

Comfort Fedoke
Poptart
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Corinne Holt
Jett
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Lorenzo Cammarota
Tiptoe

Tom Russell
Jaxson
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Simon A. Mendoza
Ollie

Miranda Wilson
Mary

Olivier Raynal
Neil
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**A violinist meets a dancer: A love story.** That's a freaky poster, but the film was good. You know there are dance flicks even worse than this, especially, it was once a trendy theme, but now nothing impressive. In that perspective, this film was a relief, a decently made film. So dance flick means people expect extraordinary moves and music, but in this, they had kept them simple. They did not press hard on either street dance or the classical dance. It was kind of fusion between them and in addition to that live music like mainly violin. I don't know anybody from the cast or the director, but it does not look like a B movie/indie, because the production quality was excellent. Even the story was somewhat cliché, yet enjoyable, mainly for its around 90 minute narration. I mean being a short and a decent pace with the good performances and musics and dances, this film can be easily become a dance flick of the year. The film is not just for youngsters, but for everyone. The matured contents like maintaining the decency from the dialogues to the pictures, nothing obscene in it. A perfect PG film, the majority would like it or not, but surely will be entertained. Having lots of good quality, I did not like it entirely. In some parts it looked just fake to me like in the real world kind. I would say watch it, but don't expect too much, especially twist or surprises. It's really a nice film. _6/10_
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