Review of Boogie (2021) by Justin Chang for Los Angeles Times — 03 Mar 2021
Boogie tries to appreciate its own contradictions, and also to complicate the audience’s expectations. It positions Boogie as an underdog of the underrepresented, a potential breakout star in an arena where the odds are stacked against him.
But it also resists the temptation to turn him into an easy emblem of success, while neatly sidestepping the feel-good uplift and predictable, reconciliatory outcomes that tend to hold sway in the sports-movie genre.
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This review of Boogie (2021) was written by Justin Chang and published by Los Angeles Times on 03 Mar 2021.
Boogie has generally received mixed reviews.
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