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Dancehall Queen

Dancehall Queen

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Reggae Movie, a must buy
Review: I saw this movie and absolutely loved it. Anyone who listens to Reggae music should have this film. I wish my girlfrind could dance like that!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Dance Hall Queen
Review: I would recommend this movie to any reggae fan.DANCE hALL Queen is the best movie I saw in along time.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great movies, so-so DVD
Review: I've seen this movie - both on the big screen and on video - and I would highly recommend it! Great story line, funny yet with a serious side, good music.

My qualm is with the DVD - I think corners were cut in manufacturing. While the picture itself is stellar, I've noticed that moving scenes - such as when the dancehall girls are walking fast - are sometimes slightly blurry. Running the disc in slow motion or fast forward also produces blurry frames. Personally, I would have also preferred a letterbox version (only the full frame is on disc).

Also, I was suprised that there were no subtitles - dialogue could be hard to understand/follow at times for non-Caribbean natives.

Still I think this is a wonderful movie - in many ways as good as the classic reggae movie, Harder They Come. Harder had much better music but Dancehall had a better story line and was more fun to watch, and left you feeling happy at the end.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: One of the Best
Review: I've seen this movie a few times and still can't get enough of it. As a native of Jamaica I think the plot is as realistic has it gets. For all the true "YARDIES/REGGAE FANS" out there I encourage you to see this movie, it will bring you a step closer to what some of us have forgotten over the years. While you are out shopping buy "Harder they Come" also.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Yah mon!
Review: If you liked the movie and/or dance clubs, you'll like this CD. It re-creates the dancehall atmosphere and gets you up and dancing anywhere that you are. Of course, it helps if you understand Jamaican patois, but it doesn't really matter. If you want to really get a party going, get this CD.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Video
Review: If you love Reggea you'll LOVE this video

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Marcia Triumphs
Review: Marcia has problems. She's barely surviving as a Kingston higgler, her 15 year old daughter, Tanya, is fending off advances from lecherous, 40-something year old "Uncle Larry," and she hasn't had a good man in a long, long time.

When a seemingly unrelated incident sets off a tragic chain of events that leaves her good friend Sonny dead and her brother Junior scared for his life, Marcia realizes that she must take matters into her own hands.

Set in the fascinating world of the Kingston dancehall scene (with a side trip into the go-go racket), the movie is truly a girl-power fairytale with a West Indian edge.

Remember, walk an' live. Talk an' bumbaclot dead!

Note: If you are not fluent in Jamaican patois, watch this movie with a friend from the islands. Or watch it over and over, until you get it. It is worth it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Jamaican Street Vendor Makes Good
Review: Marcia has problems. She's barely surviving as a Kingston higgler, her 15 year old daughter, Tanya, is fending off advances from lecherous, 40-something year old "Uncle Larry," and she hasn't had a good man in a long, long time.

When a seemingly unrelated incident sets off a tragic chain of events that leaves her good friend Sonny dead and her brother Junior scared for his life, Marcia realizes that she must take matters into her own hands.

Set in the fascinating world of the Kingston dancehall scene (with a side trip into the go-go racket), the movie is truly a girl-power fairytale with a West Indian edge.

Remember, walk an' live. Talk an' bumbaclot dead!

Note: If you are not fluent in Jamaican patois, watch this movie with a friend from the islands. Or watch it over and over, until you get it. It is worth it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Jamaican Street Vendor Makes Good
Review: Marcia has problems. She's barely surviving as a Kingston higgler, her 15 year old daughter, Tanya, is fending off advances from lecherous, 40-something year old "Uncle Larry," and she hasn't had a good man in a long, long time.

When a seemingly unrelated incident sets off a tragic chain of events that leaves her good friend Sonny dead and her brother Junior scared for his life, Marcia realizes that she must take matters into her own hands.

Set in the fascinating world of the Kingston dancehall scene (with a side trip into the go-go racket), the movie is truly a girl-power fairytale with a West Indian edge.

Remember, walk an' live. Talk an' bumbaclot dead!

Note: If you are not fluent in Jamaican patois, watch this movie with a friend from the islands. Or watch it over and over, until you get it. It is worth it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Jamaican Street Vendor Makes Good
Review: Marcia has problems. She's barely surviving as a Kingston higgler, her 15 year old daughter, Tanya, is fending off avances from lecherous, 40-something year old "Uncle Larry," and she hasn't had a good man in a long, long time.

When a seemingly unrelated incident sets off a tragic chain of events that leaves her good friend Sonny dead and her brother Junior scared for his life, Marcia realizes that she must take matters into her own hands.

Set in the fascinating world of the Kingston ancehall scene (with a side trip into the go-go racket), the movie is truly a girl-power fairytale with a West Indian edge.

Note: If you are not fluent in Jamaican patois, watch this movie with a friend from the islands. Or watch it over and over, until you get it. It is worth it.


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