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Genres:
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Drama /
Music
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Director:
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Liz Friedlander
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Actors:
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Jenna Dewan,
Yaya DaCosta,
Jonathan Malen,
Laura Benanti,
Shawand McKenzie,
Jasika Nicole,
Brandon D. Andrews,
Antonio Banderas,
Rob Brown,
Alfre Woodard,
John Ortiz,
Dante Basco,
Elijah Kelley,
Marcus T. Paulk,
Lauren Collins
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Duration:
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117 min.
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Rating:
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(6.6/10)166
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Plot Summary:
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A latest professional dancer (Banderas) volunteers to teach dance in the Unknown York public educate system. While his upbringing first clashes with his students' tastes, together they beget a unreservedly experimental style of sashay. Based on the life story of ballroom dancer Pierre Dulane.
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Take the Lead
Michael PhillipsThe latest ballroom dance-fever picture isn't very good, but some of the dancing is fun. There. The review is finished. You may now resume your merengue lesson.
A kind of Mild Lukewarm Ballroom to bookend the recent Mad Hot Ballroom, Take the Lead springs from the real-life tale of how ballroom champ Pierre Dulaine brought some new/old moves to kids in the New York City public schools. The film stars Antonio Banderas as a Hollywood version of Dulaine. It costars Rob Brown as the young man caught between two worlds ??? thuggery versus cha-cha ??? and the irresistibly named Yaya DaCosta as his reluctant ballroom partner.
All three are good, despite heavy screenwriting odds, as is Alfre Woodard as the steely high school principal who cannot ...
Take the Lead
John AndersonLike a well-trained dancer with a vitamin deficiency, Take the Lead -- based on the true story of Mad Hot Ballroom inspiration Pierre Dulaine -- hits all its marks, but never dazzles anyone with its footwork. Nevertheless, this well-intentioned, feel-good urban tale of adversities overcome should waltz to a healthy B.O., thanks to its diverse mix of music, people, inspiring messages and the gentility imparted by star Antonio Banderas.
As Dulaine, Banderas assumes the To Sir With Love chair of advanced life lessons and ballroom dancing. He is magnetic, charismatic, and everything else a movie star should be. It helps that his adversaries -- who will, of course, become his allies -- are a rough-hewn crowd of after-school detainees who wouldn't know a fox tr...
Dirty Dancing eat your heart out! this film rocks.
Got to be the best dance film ever. This even beats dirty dancing.The young cast are fantastic as is Antonio Banderas,the character of inspirational dance teacher really suits him and unlike most hollywood stars he can actually dance really well.I loved the soundtrack which is clever fusion of Hip-Hop and classic latin and ballroom.Fantastic dancing,cast and music.what more could you want!
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