Product Details

• Actors: Dreya Weber, Addie Yungmee, John Lee Ames, Andrew Ableson, David De Simone
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: WOLFE VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: September 18, 2007
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000SUKPL6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,275 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Gymnast" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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GYMNAST - DVD Movie

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67 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good film - needs more sex though ..., August 13, 2007

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K. E. Fox "Voracious reader and movie fanatic" (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gymnast (DVD)

A married woman in her mid 30's becomes bored with her daily routine as a massage therapist and impulsively signs up for trapeze artist class. The woman quickly finds out that she's pretty very good at performing all the incredibly difficult gyrations she has to perform on those ropes far above the floor because she was once a teenage professional gymnast.

The main text of this film is about a woman rediscovering her passion for life after tolerating a dull and passionless existence with her husband who doesn't know or appreciate her. The secondary part of this film is about the woman falling for her female trapeze artist partner, who is a lesbian. I thought this was a charming little film that needed more work on the romance/lovemaking part (i.e. the lesbian sex part was very tame and very brief). I also wanted to see more romance (not sex, ROMANCE and PASSION!) between the two women. Again, this film is more about the 'gymnast' reclaiming her soul after admitting that her marriage has become dull and meaningless rather than a romantic lesbian film. As an addendum, I spoke to the actress who starred in this film after I saw it at the Cleveland International Film Festival in early 2007, and told her that the movie needed more sex and passion, and she said that a lot of people had told her that She also told me she's making another `lesbian' film and there will be more lovemaking in it.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Delightful Love Story, August 1, 2007

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A. Ventura (Savannah, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gymnast (DVD)

I saw this movie and I must say, it is a delightful love story. The tale of finding your sexuality at any age helps many people open their eyes with the help of The Gymnast's colorful cast and a superb script. The movie is brilliantly directed and is very realisic to modern day love stories and helps the viewers understand what happens when a person realizes they might not be staright after all and how it begins to affect those around them. This movie is a great treat for both gays and straights and is highly recommended.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not bad, February 8, 2008

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E. Johannes (Leavenworth, KS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gymnast (DVD)

this film was ok. the acting wasn't great. the story was one that i feel several people could identify with, but took too long to unfold. if you're looking for a lot of lesbianism in a film this is not what you're looking for. this movie centers on a woman who is unhappy with her life (marriage, no children, failed childhood dream) and while she is looking to recapture some of that childhood glory finds herself falling in love with a lesbian.