Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Just so...so bad

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

I love ballet, and I love Swan Lake. Swan Lake with males as swans and a somewhat anti-romantic(in musical eras that is) approach in some scenes is a different production, but I like it for its uniqueness.And it is wonderfully done all the same. The story is classic and haunting, and the music is utterly amazing with a sense of elegance and melancholy about it.The costumes and sets are big and grand, not to mention they look wonderful. The camera work and editing helps hugely, and David Frame's conducting of a 27-member orchestra is commendable.The choreography is fantastic, not just in the solos and duets but also in the group dances which are very energetic without feeling too heavy. The performances also add a lot, Scott Ambler is great as the Prince and Fiona Chadwick is a suitably icy queen, but it is Adam Cooper's show all the way.In conclusion, different, unique yet absolutely wonderful and not one to forget in a while. 10/10 Bethany Cox

This is a beautiful variation on Tchaikovsky's ballet with all male swans. The play has a wicked sense of humor about ballet and theater in general, but the homoerotic element is what really sets this version off from all others. These swans are not males doing traditional female ballet movements. The dances are choreographed for males and are powerfully appropriate for the masculine, barechested young men. Adam Cooper is stunning as both the white and black swans.The final scene is so touching as to bring tears. This is a movie for people who don't like ballet as well as for those who do. The mystery and mystique of SWAN LAKE will never be the same again.

Never have ballet, the theatre, and film come together to produce such a masterpiece. Even if you hate ballet (I usually don't care for it), you'll enjoy this. What can no longer be denied in spite of all the critics', and even my own best efforts (to hide it from children) is the Prince's obvious homosexuality. The Swan in its two incarnations, and the swans in general are not, not at all. In fact, that "allure of the forbidden" undoubtedly adds to the attraction the Prince feels for the Swan. I feel I must say this because every article, comment or review I have read about this ground-breaking production vehemently denies its link with homosexuality. I've gone along with the very complicated explanations since this is really not a gay ballet. In fact, I didn't know ballet dancing could come off as classically masculine as it does in this production of SWAN LAKE. However, when eight and nine year old kids I saw it with last, saw right through the Prince's enchantment with the SWAN(s) in spite of my over-wrought explanations, it's time to cut the lines. The kids just wouldn't buy my explanations, and it was left at that: the Prince was gay, no big deal. The depiction of the Prince from his infancy right through to the end is that of the supreme wimp which kids are used to seeing. He has nocturnal dreams about a strong and virile male (animal or human). His mother is domineering, hyper-feminine, and competes with him even in his sex life. I don't think a 'gayer' male stereotype could be created? As I said, the Swan is definitely not gay, in either of his incarnations: good or bad. He's just appealing to all; I generally mean heterosexual women and gay men, but really to all who find him appealing. I think it's time somebody other than a child recognized this without resorting to the cerebral rationalizations usually given . He's good, he's powerful, he's tender, he can be evil, and can even get into S & M and incest. And so what? It sounds like something out the latest Christina Ricci movie. This production of SWAN LAKE is so full of wonderful details, pokes so much fun at the reigning British royals, and is just so thoroughly accessible to all, that if this plot adjustment was necessary to achieve this grand "whole", so be it. Never has this so-tirelessly and often-played ballet been so riveting. Indeed never have ballet, theatre, modern dance, and contemporary life been so well mixed together in one great film!

This is truly a masterpiece. I remember the EXACT day the first and only time (so far) I ever saw this beautiful thing. It was June 4th, 1998....I had just gotten back from summer theater practice and my mother was having a Candlelite party. I'm not an extremely sociable person, so I took to my room, turned on the TV, and started flipping through the channels. Then I heard some familiar music on the PBS channel and so I stopped and watched. It was Swan Lake...and I must say...a very different Swan Lake. I was only 16 when I saw it...and I begged my PBS station to play it again for me--and I NEVER do that. Trust me. You'll like it too.The first second I started watching it, I was mesmerized. I wanted to turn it because it was kinda weird...but I just couldn't. It was Tchaikovsky--the best composer ever...and I'm his #1 fan...so I just had to keep watching. I'm VERY glad I did. The Swan and the Prince...they're not gay, folks...it's something very different that I just can't explain. Boyhood tenderness? An old friend who was loved too much? Call it what you will. The dancing was gorgeous...every song was choreographed with beauty and passion and how I feel Tchaikovsky would have wanted it. THIS version of Swan Lake is what Tchaikovsky wanted but could never make because of the "honorable" status one had to uphold in the 19th century...because Tchaikovsky himself was homosexual--a "bad" thing.If you're into modernized classics, wonderful stories, beautiful dancers/dancing, gorgeous music, and weepy finales, this is for you. To all the guys who hate this mushy stuff: I REALLY think you might like Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake. It's definitely not your typical ballet.