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Save the Last Dance
f1i0 enjoyed a profitable release in early 2001, with box-office earnings that exceeded anyone's expectations. Its performance illustrates the staying power of a formulaic movie that avoids the pitfalls and clich'8es that would otherwise render it forgettable. Since there's nothing new here, you'll appreciate the original quirks in a character-based plot that's just around the corner from
f0i Flashdance
f1i0 , and just as familiar. Sara (Julia Stiles) gave up a promising ballet career when her mother was killed while rushing to attend her daughter's crucial audition to Juilliard; Sara blames herself for the accident, and at her new, mostly African American high school in Chicago, she's uncertain of her future.
Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas) has no such doubts; his own future is bright, and his attraction to Sara is immediate; they connect (predictably), and Sara's dormant funk emerges, with Derek's coaching, as she learns hip-hop dancing in a local club. Obligatory subplots are equally routine: Derek's sister (Kerry Washington) is a single mom struggling with her child's absentee father; Derek's best friend (Fredro Starr) feels trapped in his gangsta lifestyle; and Sara's once-estranged father (Terry Kinney) is doing his best to correct past mistakes. Within the confines of this standard follow-your-dream drama, director Thomas Carter capitalizes on a script that allows these characters to be real, intelligent, and thoughtful about their lives and their futures. It's obvious that Stiles's dancing was intercut with that of a professional double, but that illusion hardly matters when the rest of the movie's so earnestly positive and genuine.
f0i --Jeff Shannon
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2109ADBA-817B-11D9-A8AB-000A959D0BD2" |
| upc: |
097363345541 |
| title: |
Save the Last Dance |
| theatricalDate: |
12-01-2001 |
| stars: |
Julia Stiles
Sean Patrick Thomas |
| purchase date: |
17-02-2005 |
| publisher: |
Paramount Home Video |
| published: |
19-06-2001 |
| price: |
$12.98 |
| net Rating: |
4.34 |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 |
| last lookup time: |
130402984 |
| edition: |
DVD |
| director: |
Thomas Carter (II) |
| currentValue: |
$11.99 |
| created: |
130402984 |
| aspect: |
Color
Closed-captioned |
| asin: |
B00003CXTS
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