Save the Last Dance | | Cast : | Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas | | Director : | Thomas Carter (II) | | Studio : | Paramount Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | January 12, 2001 | | DVD Released Date : | June 19, 2001 | | Language : | English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | March 13, 2005 | | Summary | I Really Liked It! | Content
 | This was very good! It mixed romance, friendship, comedy, and dancing into an entertaining movie. The dancing was fantastic, and the acting was great, too! Julia Stiles was very good as Sara, a seventeen-year-old girl who dreams of being a ballerina, but ends up learning a lot about hip-hop, as well. This movie doesn't quite make my "favorites" list, but it comes pretty close! I really liked the fact that more than one story was going on at once, but they worked together to make one big story! I recommend this movie to teen girls, especially those who love to dance. I say "teen" girls because there is a lot of cussing and some teen content that isn't appropriate for all girls. But to those who are allowed to watch PG-13, and love teen movies, I highly recommend this! |
| Rating | | | Date | March 06, 2005 | | Summary | Best Hip-Hop/Teen Movie out in a long time.... | Content
| This movie definitely goes in my top 10 list. It's excellent. A story about a white girl, Sara (Julia Stiles), who moves into a dominantly Black urban "ghetto" after her mother dies in a car accident. She makes friends with a Black girl named Chenille, and starts to fall in love with her brother Derick (Sean Patrick Thomas), who feels tha same. The couple go through a lot of problems because people don't approve of the fact that he is Black and she is White. All through tha movie, problems arise for tha couple, including dance, a love both of them share. She's a ballet dancer, he's into hiphop. The two collaborate to complete her dream of going to Juliard. The movie is full of awesome dance scenes, fights, humor, love, everything. The movie is amazing. It's tha best teen hiphop movie to come out in a long time... it's 1000 times better than stupid "Black teen" movies they're putting out now like "Love Don't Cost A Thing", and "You Got Served". Check this movie out, you won't be sorry. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 11, 2005 | | Summary | Terrific feel-good movie | Content
| First off, I feel compelled to explain my rating system. I don't hold all movies to the same standard. Rather, I rate based on whether I feel the movie has achieved its goal or not. With this in mind, Save The Last Dance has done very well in being a feel-good dance movie that caters to the young generation without at the same time alienating anybody else who doesn't necessarily fit into the MTV mold.
I think this movie succeeds at being a little of everything; it's hip, it's accessible, it's got comedy and drama, exciting dance routines, it showcases fine acting talents, and, most of all, it's never corny (cliched at times, yes, but not corny). I think the biggest success of this film was that it incorporated elements of both black and white cultures in a way that was entertaining without being disrespectful. It's highly watchable -- I watched it with my entire family and we all enjoyed it immensely.
Sean Patrick Thomas steals the show as Derek, the male lead. He makes a charismatic performance as the young man from the 'hood trying to get into medical school. His character called for someone who could believably play 1) a boy who grew up in south side and 2) someone intelligent and well-read enough to get into Georgetown to study medicine. Whether he's hanging out with his friends who aspire to become thugs or debating literature in the classroom, Sean Patrick Thomas pulls off both very believably, which is really what makes his character fly.
Julia Stiles, on the other hand, plays the firecracker Sarah who was an aspiring ballerina until the untimely death of her mother, which causes her to move in with her father who lives on the wrong side of the tracks. Julia Stiles sparkles in this movie, and it was delightful to see her and Thomas play off each other.
Each of the supporting cast was well cast, as well. The dancing, too, was hip, exciting, and well-choreographed. The dances were well-orchestrated exclamation marks to scenes. MTV doesn't over-reach in this film and that's what made it work. They knew what they wanted and they did it well.
The genius of this film is the good balances it achieves between so many aspects. It's cool without alienating non-high schoolers, it's dramatic without being sappy, and it resorts to cliches at times without being corny. That, combined with the dances and the acting, make this movie a rock-solid feel-good crowd-pleaser. It's unfair to judge a crowd-pleaser to bio-epics and Oscar-winning dramas and say the former isn't a good movie. There are different types of movies, and this is one of the better feel-good movies I've seen in a while. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 11, 2005 | | Summary | PURE TRASH!! | Content
| Trash is the softest word for this "movie". If we can call it movie, has no plot, bad perfomance, bad music, bad direction, everything's bad, starting by Julia Stiles, trying to play to be an actress. Don't waste money and time. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 21, 2005 | | Summary | amazing | Content
| A very impressive film, I must say. When I first saw it I watched it over and over again. The story line is something differen't and the acting is done well. I don't need to say much more other than how much I enjoyed this move and how well done it is. A really worth while movie to watch. |
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