High Strung
Johnnie, an illegal talented violinist, who performs in the subway, where he has forced to leave his violin, the thing that leads a young talented dancer Ruby, to help him to get on a legal visa, through participating in the competition, where the winner will have a free scholarship, so he can have a student visa.
18 January 1943, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK
10 September 1960, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
April 07, 2016
Sure, this is all a familiar tune - but it's still catchy.
April 08, 2016
Hip-hop and classical artists stop, collaborate, and learn.
April 07, 2016
As in love with dance as The Red Shoes, this spinning, leaping and quite fun dervish of a film should prove an audience pleaser.
April 07, 2016
"High Strung" wears its tired let's-put-on-a-show clichés as if they were neon turquoise leg-warmers.
April 07, 2016
The story strings pearls of performance on the flimsiest of plots.
April 02, 2016
Stunning ensemble dancing actually shows a correlation between hip-hop and classical ballet.
August 02, 2016
Arts movie High Strung has a goofy script and a clichéd plot, but the dance sequences and musical performances are memorable, ambitious, and highly enjoyable.
April 05, 2016
What it loses in thematic richness, the uncynical High Strung makes up for in pure joy.
