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Don’t worry, this much-hyped movie is flawed but still fun

In a ballet studio, a group of housewives ditch their immaculate white aprons for rigid tights and bodices. Their legs fold and unfold as clockwork, arms framing their slender figures. “Remember ladies, there is beauty in control,” reinforces Shelley (Gemma Chan), their instructor, as she corrects small flaws in execution, pinching back tummies and fixing slightly crooked postures.

It is fitting that ballet is the

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