Save the Last Dance (2001)
54 %
Reviews Counted: 95 Fresh: 51 Rotten:44 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Consensus:
This teen romance flick feels like a predictable rehashing of other movies.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Theatrical Release: Jan 12, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $90,696,166
Synopsis: Sara's life is devoted to dance -- she wants nothing more than to make it into New York's famous Julliard School. But when tragedy strikes and she loses her mom, her hopes are dashed and she buries her dreams of ever attending the country's best dance school. Without her Mom to support her,... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Terry Kinney, Fredro Starr, Kerry Washington
Director: Thomas Carter
Producer: Robert W. Cort, David Madden
Screenwriter: Duane Adler, Cheryl Edwards
Composer: Mark Isham
Producer: Robert W. Cort, David Madden
Screenwriter: Duane Adler, Cheryl Edwards
Composer: Mark Isham
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Reviews
As teen melodrama, well, Carter's film is what it is; but for such a mainstream black-consciousness movie, at least it doesn't shy from addressing some touchy issues about masculinity, parenthood, and black attitudes to whites.
Comment
06/24/06
Ultimately, this talented twosome [Stiles and Thomas] can only do so much with a script that continually lets them down at about every turn.
12/06/05
It's not courageous enough to deviate from the teen movie formula more than a smidgeon.
05/22/03
Sara's got a sense of humor about how very uncool she is, and she proves to be a game girl.
05/20/03
To the film's credit, it tries, and while it never really sings, it does deliver the dance.
03/10/03
Tries to squeeze in a few too many plot elements into too short a time.
03/02/03
Stiles and Thomas redeem this film over and over. And the dancing is fun to watch, too.
02/08/03
Likeable teen romance that overcomes its inevitable predictability thanks to its talented cast and its avoidance of both clichés and syrupy sentimentality.
10/30/02
Carter has given us a pleasant enough, if not especially original film.
10/21/02
If "Dance" stumbles into a few too many subplots and a couple of cliched characters along the way, it also makes some strong points about contemporary attitudes toward the idea of interracial romances.
06/10/02
A refreshingly friendly view of a romance between people of different pigmentation, an area where more respectable pictures still wimp out.
03/22/02
Top Critic
The leads shine and the relationship really grew on me. There’s not much more to ask for in a movie like this.
02/26/02
An interracial romance between an aspiring ballerina and a hip hop devotee that sets off sparks within the African American community where they live.
02/13/02
Ballet meets hip-hop in this warmly enjoyable yet unambitious teen romance.
12/10/01
Lo que salva a la película de ser un fracaso total, son las sólidas actuaciones de Stiles y Thomas.
10/08/01
As MTV movies go, it's got decent work in it, thanks entirely to Stiles, Thomas, and the fact that there are almost no adults in the picture.
06/14/01
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