I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

This series was thrilling from beginning to end. I was so drawn in by the first episode, I binge watched all 8 episodes in a single day. I hated that there weren't more episodes. There was an underlying story and not just all about the dance. There was an intensity and level of darkness that I have never seen before. Definitely not suitable viewing for children as there is nudity, sex and death. The execution of the underlying stories of all the characters along with the dancing was brilliant but it was choreographed by Ethan Stiefel, the same person that did Center Stage (and the dancing there was awesome). I would welcome more episodes of the series.

The show centers around a new addition to the ballet company, Claire, who appears out of nowhere and takes the company by storm. Despite having ZERO personality, we are supposed to believe that the other characters find her fascinating. I. Don't. Get. It. She is as engaging as last week's newspaper.Her "love" interest is in awe of her depth after she manages a few sentences about her love of "The Velveteen Rabbit." Gag. So cliché. She also sleeps covered in books, but I find it difficult to believe this character has ever opened a book, let alone read one.The other dancers in the cast are so much more interesting, it makes Claire even more noticeably dull.

Flesh and Bone is a mind-bending series, not in the way that Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan was though. What Black Swan had as a psychological thriller, Flesh and Bone has as real life drama, that seems too horrible at times to be real. A wonderfully executed series, Flesh and Bone will entice you before you even know that you've been enticed... then all 8-episodes will be finished. And you'll be left wanting more.The cast of Flesh and Bone is an ensemble that seems to pull away from each other, but then pull together, a dynamic that is hard to describe but is perfect for the content of the show.Newcomer Sarah Hay delivers a performance of pure raw emotion time and time again. Other company members portrayed by Emily Tyra, Irina Dvorovenko, and Raychel Diane Wiener all bring unique characters to life. Aside from the dancers, a standout character is Romeo, portrayed by Damon Herriman... a mentally ill homeless man. Watch for his performance, you will be blown away.Overall Flesh and Bone is a winner, a television series that ran for too short a time. Watch, and enjoy.

"Dark side of the ballet world" stories are always pretty intriguing, and "Flesh and Bone" is the ultimate take on that concept. I was thoroughly hooked from the first episode, but with each subsequent one, new twists were revealed that made the wait for the next episode (because, y'know, life gets in the way of TV-watching) interminable. I couldn't wait to see what would happen next.I have a high tolerance-- and appreciation-- for twisted stories. This one, even by my standards, is super dark. Part of what makes it that way is that the darkness isn't contrived-- it isn't like these people are fighting literal demons or enduring the apocalypse or something. Instead, several of the characters are dealing with fascinatingly complex emotional stuff that motivates all their behavior, all their choices, and provides an understandable context for behavior that would be incomprehensible if it weren't for that. But you DO understand it, and there are numerous moments when you watch what a character is doing and think, "wow, something is really, really wrong with you."This is helped along by very good acting. I've seen varied reviews on the acting, but I found it extremely impressive, especially when the actors were sometimes given material (i.e., dialogue) that wasn't necessarily the best. Sarah Hay as Claire is terrific. She is not only a technically skilled dancer, but she shows the vulnerability and toughness that this character needs to carry the show. She's completely believable in the role-- and I have to say, having looked her up, I love that one of her few acting credits is for the "Mary-Kate and Ashley's Ballet Party" video (when she was much younger). Given how skillfully she handles the screwed-up material of this show, it's kind of delightful that she got her start in an Olsen Twins video. People have talked about how good Ben Daniels is in his role as the guy in charge of the ballet company, and he is, but I want to talk about Josh Helman, who plays Claire's messed-up brother Bryan. There's a moment, toward the end of the season, when the father smacks him, and he turns to him with a look that sent an actual chill down my spine. I watched that moment three more times just for the pleasure of seeing acting that good. Damon Herriman in the role of Romeo, the homeless guy, is very good too. I didn't love this character conceptually, but it was Herriman's acting that made it work for me. The "homeless guy living in an aesthetically pleasing little fairy den on the roof" thing is not exactly believable and vaguely insulting, and when you add in the "mentally ill guy as prophet" aspect, it's even harder to love. But that's not Herriman's fault, and he gives the character a vulnerable appeal that I could appreciate.The only thing I really found fault with was the final episode. I should have seen those resolutions coming, but it drew attention to how the whole "fairy tale as allegory for Claire's story" aspect was clumsily written all along. I get what they were going for, but in order for it to work, you had to buy into the idea that 1) all these people would let Romeo get that involved in their personal lives and that close to their physical selves in the first place, no matter how obviously crazy he was, and 2) agree that Claire was not complicit in her own problems to some degree, when-- I'm trying to avoid spoilers here-- the show had been asserting the idea that she was. There are plenty of moments when Claire is presented as a victim of her circumstances, but there are lots of others where she goes out of her way to keep the fire of those problems burning. Which is psychologically interesting, but makes it so that when Romeo sets out to be her champion, I thought, jeez, if you're so perceptive about people and their lives, shouldn't you have noticed that Claire is causing this guy the same problem he's causing her?Overall, though, the season was more than enjoyable. I was sorry that it ended in so few episodes, because the conflict was good enough for a season three times as long.