Mao's Last Dancer

The movie Mao's last dancer was released in 2009. The movie was based on a real story about a boy called Li Cuxin. Li Cuxin is a Chinese boy, who later moves to America to learn more ballet. Li was born in the Chinese revolution period, and was chosen to go to a dance academy, where he would practice a very political Chinese style dance to show it to the governments, and even Mao himself. Li encounters romance, unexpected consequences and culture shock.

  I would like to talk about the culture shock Li experienced when he went to America. Li was just a 'frog in a well', and didn't know anything else. He was shocked by how people were very free, and how they even talked badly about their president. I could even see that his school was very different, economy was different, people were different, etc.

  In the middle of the movie, Li had to decide if he would stay in America or not. If I were him, I would go back to China. First, he already has a girl he likes in China, and she also likes him. Secondly, it is also the best for his family. He would get a lot of money from the Chinese government, and would be able to provide the basic needs for his family. He would get a lot of money from the government, and would be able to provide his family their basic needs. Also, I think he was very selfish and irresponsible of how he just wanted to do everything that he liked.

  Lastly, there was a teacher back in China that Li liked. He encouraged him and motivated Li into doing ballet and he also showed him the 'real' ballet. I think that my friends at school encourage me a lot. My best friends are all very smart in different ways. Some of them are very logical while others are very proactive and have great leadership. They both help me in two different ways. One gives me motivation to do better in subjects like Maths, Science, English, while the other helps me with subjects like humanities, Learn Fu, where I need to be proactive. I think my two friends really have a big impact during my school life.

  I would like to give this movie three stars out of five. It is a very interesting real story of a person's life, but I personally don't enjoy watching non-fictional movies, where they tell us about their 'journey through life'.