Dance Like A Man

Everyone studied their lines. Let there be no questions about that, the lines were studied and the tones were rehearsed and the scenes were painstakingly choreographed. All this makes Dance Like A Man an excellent study of Mahesh Dattani's play, but not much of a screen adaptation. There is such a thing as too much rehearsal.

All your pleasure from watching the movie is likely to come from its plot, not its screenplay or its actors. Depending on where you're standing, Dance Like A Man tells the story of an over-ambitious mother, a man who drowns his happiness in liquor, an only ....