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Rumba Reviews

2008

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Fate starts making trouble for a high-spirited young couple in this wildly offbeat French comedy. Dom (Dominique Abel) and Fiona (Fiona Gordon) spend their days as teachers at a grade school in a small town, and by night they motor off to the big city and dazzle the crowds at dance contests with their moves on the floor. After .. Read more

Starring	Bruno Romy, Clément Morel, Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
Director	Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy
Genres	Comedy, World Cinema

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- - 6
  - 2
  Goes to show cinema has variety
  
  And it is needless to say that this one was not my cup of tea. When I saw this film (free screening, I must note), I spent an equal amount of time attempting to... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Tiina
  - 6 reviews
  - London
  - 04 Mar 2010 at 15:41
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- - 0
  - 0
  Tres quirky
  
  An odd little confection, this is a virtually wordless dance-based quirky comedy that often reminds one of Jacques Tati. Abel and Gordon are two teachers who ... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
  - 773 reviews
  - London
  - 28 Apr 2012 at 00:09
- - 0
  - 0
  Charming and quirky
  
  To complain that this movie has 'next to no dialogue' is to miss the point by about, oh, the width of the English Channel. It is a visual feast, full of... read more »
  
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- - Essoldo
  - 45 reviews
  - Bodmin
  - 23 Aug 2010 at 10:25
- - 1
  - 2
  Waste of time
  
  Not poignant, not funny, just a waste of time. I love French movies but this one was dull. I can't believe how stupid it is. There is next to no dialogue ... read more »
  
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  - Chatham
  - 11 Aug 2010 at 17:07
- - 0
  - 0
  Brilliant, creative and funny.
  
  A creative, warm and original movie. It is very funny, and full of observation about people. Beautifully filmed, each frame is a perfect piece of composition, ... read more »
  
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  - Suffolk, England.
  - 07 Aug 2010 at 12:54
- - 0
  - 0
  Tati meets dance?
  
  I was expecting a movie about dance and this weird almost silent movie almost lost me.
  
  It is startling in its visual values, almost like a Tati movie... read more »
  
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- 909562
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - tanguera
  - 12 reviews
  - London
  - 29 Jul 2010 at 16:16
- - 1
  - 1
  Waste of time!
  
  The only good thing about this film was the opening sequence. The rest of it was tiresome, irksome, tasteless rubbish and left me with a feeling of a ... read more »
  
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  - Cambridge, UK
  - 10 Apr 2010 at 12:17
- - 2
  - 0
  Feel The Warmth
  
  We're all entitled to our opinions, I know, but it must take a particularly miserable and unimaginative sort of person not to see any wit or charm at all ... read more »
  
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  - FrankIV
  - 426 reviews
  - Cirencester, England
  - 06 Apr 2010 at 12:58
- - 3
  - 0
  Poignant and funny
  
  I was expecting a movie about dance and was so unexpectantly drawn into this beautifully poignant movie. It is funny and the two actors portray such feeling ... read more »
  
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- - lynne caulfield
  - Leeds Yorkshire England
  - 01 Apr 2010 at 11:13
- - 6
  - 2
  Goes to show cinema has variety
  
  And it is needless to say that this one was not my cup of tea. When I saw this film (free screening, I must note), I spent an equal amount of time attempting to... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - Tiina
  - 6 reviews
  - London
  - 04 Mar 2010 at 15:41
View all members' reviews (9)

- - 6
  - 2
  Goes to show cinema has variety
  
  And it is needless to say that this one was not my cup of tea. When I saw this film (free screening, I must note), I spent an equal amount of time attempting to... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 868817
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Tiina
  - 6 reviews
  - London
  - 04 Mar 2010 at 15:41
- - 3
  - 0
  Poignant and funny
  
  I was expecting a movie about dance and was so unexpectantly drawn into this beautifully poignant movie. It is funny and the two actors portray such feeling ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 879102
- - lynne caulfield
  - Leeds Yorkshire England
  - 01 Apr 2010 at 11:13
- - 2
  - 0
  Feel The Warmth
  
  We're all entitled to our opinions, I know, but it must take a particularly miserable and unimaginative sort of person not to see any wit or charm at all ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 880619
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - FrankIV
  - 426 reviews
  - Cirencester, England
  - 06 Apr 2010 at 12:58
- - 1
  - 1
  Waste of time!
  
  The only good thing about this film was the opening sequence. The rest of it was tiresome, irksome, tasteless rubbish and left me with a feeling of a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 881903
- - a customer
  - Cambridge, UK
  - 10 Apr 2010 at 12:17
- - 0
  - 0
  Tati meets dance?
  
  I was expecting a movie about dance and this weird almost silent movie almost lost me.
  
  It is startling in its visual values, almost like a Tati movie... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 909562
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - tanguera
  - 12 reviews
  - London
  - 29 Jul 2010 at 16:16
- - 0
  - 0
  Brilliant, creative and funny.
  
  A creative, warm and original movie. It is very funny, and full of observation about people. Beautifully filmed, each frame is a perfect piece of composition, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 912329
- - a customer
  - Suffolk, England.
  - 07 Aug 2010 at 12:54
- - 0
  - 0
  Charming and quirky
  
  To complain that this movie has 'next to no dialogue' is to miss the point by about, oh, the width of the English Channel. It is a visual feast, full of... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 917245
- - Essoldo
  - 45 reviews
  - Bodmin
  - 23 Aug 2010 at 10:25
- - 0
  - 0
  Tres quirky
  
  An odd little confection, this is a virtually wordless dance-based quirky comedy that often reminds one of Jacques Tati. Abel and Gordon are two teachers who ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1114779
- - RJNeb2
  - 773 reviews
  - London
  - 28 Apr 2012 at 00:09
- - 1
  - 2
  Waste of time
  
  Not poignant, not funny, just a waste of time. I love French movies but this one was dull. I can't believe how stupid it is. There is next to no dialogue ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 913626
- - a customer
  - Chatham
  - 11 Aug 2010 at 17:07

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  Fate starts making trouble for a high-spirited young couple in this wildly offbeat French comedy. Dom (Dominique Abel) and Fiona (Fiona Gordon) spend their days as teachers at a grade school in a small town, and by night they motor off to the big city and dazzle the crowds at dance contests with ...