Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 59 Fresh: 14 Rotten:45 Average Rating: 4.8/10
Consensus:
Clumsily staged and brimming with melodrama and trite self-help cliches, this dance movie stays stuck at amateur level.
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 31, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $182,515
Synopsis: MARILYN HOTCHKISS' BALLROOM DANCING AND CHARM SCHOOL begins with a fated meeting, as Frank (Robert Carlyle) pulls over to aid a car-crash victim, Steve (John Goodman), who is slowly dying by the side of the road. Frank is still coming to terms with his wife's suicide, so when Steve spins him a... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, Donnie Wahlberg, David Paymer
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Why would Frank drop everything to embark on this lunatic mission? Well, the answer is simple. If he didn't, there would be no movie - and perhaps that wouldn't have been such a bad thing.
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07/19/08
A surprisingly-moving message movie about love and redemption filled with sentimental and transformational moments leading to tearjerker of a finale.
07/07/07
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08/26/06
Strong performances and moving themes are drowned in a sea of sentimentality.
08/26/06
That the film was itself borne out of risk invests its message with an honesty and an authenticity more than sufficient to offset its flaws.
08/26/06
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08/25/06
I could believe almost nothing of this under-written, over-emoted saga.
08/18/06
This is a wildly ill-conceived jumble, and not even its impressive cast can rescue it.
07/03/06
Some will find Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dance and Charm School quaint, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
05/08/06
In this death-obsessed movie, the characters' lives flash before the audience's eyes - really, really slowly.
05/05/06
Clunky romantic comedy, which has the annoying habit of turning dead serious at exactly the wrong moment.
05/05/06
Miller has all but smothered the charm right out of his Charm School.
04/28/06
Not content to tell two lousy, maudlin stories at once, the movie goes for a full three.
04/27/06
The movie is so bad it brings up a question %u2014 what's the opposite of a comeback film?
04/27/06
The picture trivializes the characters, hinting at depths it can't depict, aiming at a profundity of feeling it can't begin to reach.
04/21/06
Top Critic
Beyond Wahlberg's deft moves, School's dancing is leaden, not charming, and the only challenge is enduring the film's lumbering progress until it finally clicks at the end.
04/21/06
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MARILYN HOTCHKISS' BALLROOM DANCING AND CHARM SCHOOL set for March 31st in NYC & LA!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 7/4/06
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MARILYN HOTCHKISS' BALLROOM DANCING AND CHARM SCHOOL set for March 31st in NYC & LA!!
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