This may not be the greatest film review ever. Why is everyone commenting on Lindy West articles and not the interesting ones? I'll go see PINA!

I saw this film and couldn't stand it. I love Wim Wenders and was really disappointed. I didn't know anything of who Pina was, and that was the problem, I looked up on Wikipedia after the film was over more about it (he doesn't really give any history or feedback). What really sucks about it is all the talking. If it were just dance and conceptually and story-lined in I would have been happy, but I was like, why am I not just at a dance performance? When reading about what happened, I understood better. She died within five days of being diagnosed with cancer and they were to begin filming the next week for the film, et voila! So, instead of making a film of her life it's like a testimonial speeches (he uses a cliche of them not actually talking, just looking pretty while their voices are saying something), about how great she was and how she didn't really say much. So, as an uniformed end user (I think all good movies/art shouldn't require a foreknowledge of the story in order for it to be good), this film sucks. If you love Modern Dance and this choreographer it might be worth it as there are some good scenes and concepts and cinematography, but you have to suffer a lot for the good stuff, not what I was expecting from one of my favorite directors. As my wife said, all the best parts were in the 1 minute trailer. Watch that, you won't regret it!

I would have liked at least some of the dances to have been filmed completely. And I would have liked to have known if the duets and solo dances outside were conceived with Pina Bausch or were intended as offerings to her memory.