SummaryThis documentary follows the unlikeliest troupe of tap dancing divas. They are the "Silver Belles," five former showgirls now aged 84-96, performing to standing ovations, as sassy as they ever were. They met during Harlem's 1930's heyday, dancing in the chorus lines at the Apollo Theater, the Cotton Club, Small's Paradise and Connie's Inn, perfor... Read More
Directed By:Heather MacDonald
Been Rich All My Life
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
76% Positive
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It's a modest but highly enjoyable tribute.
75
This is a film about brave women who left home as teenagers and have been on their own ever since. Now, nearing the end of that road, they face their inevitable decline with a cheerful vivacity.
75
They're frank, funny, resilient and altogether captivating.
70
Been Rich All My Life is something like the "Ballets Russes" of tap dancing. I'm delighted to report that the similarities include the fact that the Belles are transmitting their improvisatory "rhythm tap" style to generations of younger dancers.
70
Providing an inspiration for active retirement, the ex-Harlem Renaissance chorus girls profiled in docu Been Rich All My Life are still shaking booty while most of their contemporaries can only shuffle their walkers.
60
The documentary becomes more poignant and substantial when old age begins to seriously disable some of the dancers.
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The film is generic and uninspired, better suited to public TV than the big screen.
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