The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. Most of the 6,801 2020s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity—upsetting her mother and her values in the process.
Ratings
IMDb3.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic67/100
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
481 audience votes
Key crew
- Maïmouna DoucouréScreenplay
- Nicolas NocchiOriginal Music Composer
- Maïmouna DoucouréDirector
Cast
- Fathia YoussoufAmy
- Medina El AidiAngelica
- Esther GohourouCoumba
- Ilanah Cami-GoursolasJess
- Myriam HammaYasmine
- Maïmouna GueyeMariam
- Mbissine Thérèse DiopAunt
- Demba DiawIsmaël
- Mamadou SamakéSamba
- Jean-Paul CastroAngelica's Brother
- Bilel ChegraniWalid C.
- Canelle BrivalSweety Swag
Themes
dancingfriendshipfemininitywoman directorkids