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The staggeringly athletic bodies of the two lead s are a constant source of visual spectacle in The Gymnast. Fortunately, the movie also has a solid story to offer: Jane Hawkins (Dreya Weber, Lovely and Amazing) has lost all pleasure in her life: Her gymnastics career collapsed twenty years earlier due to an injury, her marriage has turned sour, and her job as a massage therapist has become a rut. When she gets invited to put together an aerial act using long strips of cloth instead of trapezes, Jane finds herself revitalized--and surprisingly drawn to her acrobatic partner, Serena (dancer Addie Yungmee). The tentative romance between the two is sultry and, thanks to their aerial routines, visually captivating. The Gymnast occasionally stumbles with some obvious dialogue and unpolished acting moments, but it's a strong coming-out story that gives texture and depth to its characters. The character's physical prowess ultimately becomes a metaphor for their emotional strength, but the movie also serves as a celebration of female athleticism. Weber and Yungmee's bodies are assertively sexy, expressing as much power as eroticism. It's easy to see why The Gymnast has won an abundance of awards at gay and lesbian film festivals. --Bret Fetzer

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(3 stars) - Gorgeous
This movie creates two very different but overlapping impressions. The first earns the movie's title - the gymnastics are beyond belief. The aerial work is gorgeous, like nothing I've seen before, carried out by two athletes with incredible power and grace. I could watch that visual spectacle for hours, and never wonder for a moment how it's done. That achievement is so far beyond anything I could do that I wouldn't understand the answer anyway.

The second impression lacks easy words. If the characters were in their teens, maybe even early twenties, it might be called a "coming of age" story. Instead, Jane (played by Dreya Weber) inches up through her forties, in a childless marriage to a husband that you'll love to hate. So, in this "coming of a certain age" story, Jane falls for the young, beautiful, fiercely talented, and decidedly lesbian Serena. They strike some tasteful sparks, but real heat between them is left to your imagination. Different viewers will see the crumbling marriage and self-discovery with different eyes; my own response is largely no response.

Beautiful stunts by beautiful, powerful women - others will see more, but that's enough for me.

-- wiredweird

(5 stars) - The Gymnast
This movie was AMAZING!! Hands down one of the best movies I've seen in a long time!! It was just so real and could relate to so much with what we go thru in our day to day lives in hopes for a better future...Beautifully written, directed, choreographed and acted!! Five Stars All The Way Baby!! I am a huge fan of these two phenominally talented women!! They were beyond words with incredible unique talent during the Cher Tour... LUV U GIRLS!! WAY TO GO!! I highly recommend this movie for the gay/lesbian/bi/heterpsexual fans out there!!

(2 stars) - Lesbian exploitation film about gymnastics
As beautiful as the blond gymnast is an as talented,
I really don't like this sort of film for the content.
The acting and plot are well done.

(5 stars) - Beautifully done..
The actresses are real.. they are gymnasts..not bad for acting.. I think the movie is about finding yourself and empowerment..

(3 stars) - Real life stuff
This was a good movie... it was realistic and more like real life. The end of the movie was a bit slow.
I liked this movie.

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