Movie Info
Genre :
Musical, Drama, FamilyRelease Date :
April 07, 2006MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Liz FriedlanderStarring :
Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, Jenna Dewan, Elijah Kelley, Lauren Collins, Marcus T. Paulk, Yaya DaCosta, Laura Benanti
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“..struggles to be hard-hitting and profound as well as accessible..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
“..heavy on Hollywood cliches but light on insight..”
by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
“..energetic and well-intended enough to take the lead over the lesser high-school life story..”
by Stan Urankar [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
“..delivers on its promise and never feels pandering..”
by Jeremiah Kipp [Slant Magazine]
“..considerably more energetic than the anemic Richard Gere-Jennifer Lopez version of "Shall We Dance?"..”
by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter]
“..boasts the giddy enthusiasm of an old MGM musical..”
by Randy Cordova [The Arizona Republic]
“..an unabashed crowd pleaser that gets the job done..”
by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly]
“..an engaging mentorship movie that rarely veers into sappiness, and is enlivened by dazzling dancing throughout..”
by Layla Voll [Comingsonn]
Reviewed by Ken Eisner [Georgia Straight]
Reviewed by MaryAnn Johanson [The Flick Filosopher]
Reviewed by Bret McCabe [Baltimore City Paper]
Reviewed by Jean Lowerison [San Diego Metropolitan]
Reader's Reviews
WOWWWWWW talk about hot dis is 1 of da best movies in the world you al r talented actors nd actresses jenna ur my favourite Ramous nd eliijah at the end when u did da final i LOVED IT it was off da chizang. but da rest of the crew you guys r da bomb u truley knw how to take the lead.hpe 2 c u al in other movies i cnt wait.i gt ur dvd nd im lookin 4 ur soundtrack/ antonio made all of u gr8 dancers hahahaha lol. by da way i would of given ur movie all the stars u could get even more****************************************************************
posted by fizzy on Jun 24, 2008A great movie ! Loved all the dancing! Good story line! Enjoyed it alot! Thanx!
posted by Take The Lead on Aug 22, 2009