The Dancer Upstairs (2003)

Mostly a good movie (especially in the tense finale), but hamstrung by overlength and a mid-film subplot involving Javier Bardem and Laura Morante that seems more obligatory than anything. The limp final scenes don't help either. Fairly skippable, really, although it's impressive to see a film that gives the hero a young slob as a partner but doesn't also make the partner incompetent.

Grade: B-