THE GYMNAST movie watching night w/snacks.

This movie runs 1 hr 40 mins. We'll probably start watching the movie by 7:00pm.
I will provide food and soft drinks. You can pitch in around $5 when you get her or you can paypal it before hand.
BYOB. There is also a convenience store downstairs where you can purchase beer/wine or other drinks.

The Gymnast

Talented Jane Hawkins (Dreya Weber, Lovely & Amazing) was an impressive gymnast at the top of her game until a devastating injury ended her career. Years later, a chance meeting sets Jane on a new path ? performing a cirque style aerial act with a mysterious dancer named Serena (Addie Yungmee). As the stunning pair prepares for a Las Vegas show, the pull between them becomes increasingly unavoidable.

Winner of Dozens of Awards including:

• BEST FEATURE - Los Angeles Outfest
  
• BEST FEATURE - San Francisco Frameline
  
• BEST FEATURE - PhillyFest
  
• BEST FEATURE - Indiana Pride Festival
  
• BEST FEATURE - New York Newfest
  
• AUDIENCE AWARD - Outfest
  
• BEST ACTRESS, Dreya Weber - Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
  
• BEST SCREENPLAY, Ned Farr - Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
  

Lesbian Cirque Du Soleil

The Gymnast is a visual feast and a good story. Jane, in an award-winning performance by Dreya Weber, heals her past and discovers her sexual identity at 43 through developing and performing a Cirque Du Soleil-type aerial act with stunning Serena (Dancer Addie Yungmee).

Strong on acting light on cliché

It's no wonder this film has won multiple awards on the festival circuit. Dreya Weber and Addie Yungmee give strong, believable performances, and the typical coming-out story clichés are not to be found. Jane previously never questioned her sexual orientation, until she finds herself attracted to the beautiful and scrappy (and younger) Serena. The messiness and complexity of Jane's awakening is realistically portrayed. Serena is not without conflict herself, and has yet to come out to her aging parents.

To the gym!

After watching this movie I wanted to learn how to climb luxurious folds of silk, but I went to the gym instead. Whether we are watching Jane run the streets of LA in hopes that she can turn back her biological clock, or the two women joyously defy gravity, this film celebrates the strength and grace of the female form.

Four Stars - add to your collection

I am a film fanatic, one of those people who must analyze a picture after viewing. Despite a couple weak lines in the otherwise tight script, this film's a keeper. Watch the Gymnast during the dark winter months, and then after the credits finish rolling, go out dancing with your peeps and revel in your body.

**Review by Liz Taylor from About.com