Save the Last Dance [Region 2] | ![Save the Last Dance [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VA5CNN6VL._SL500_.jpg) | Directors: Jonathan Lynn, Thomas Carter
Actors: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé Knowles, Mike Epps
Category: DVD
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Rating:  294 reviews
Format: PAL
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 2
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014437853936
ASIN: B0001V01B6
Theatrical Release Date: January 12, 2001
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Save the Last Dance 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 clichés 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 Flashdance, 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. --Jeff Shannon
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 Save the Last Dance January 5, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Sara, a 17-year-old high-school student, sets her sights on being a professional ballerina, but she has to put her plans on hold when her mother is killed in a car accident and she is forced to move to her father's bleak Chicago neighborhood. Intimidated by inner-city life, she turns to the clubs for refuge, where she meets Derek, a young black man who shares her love for dancing. As their mutual respect evolves, they soon discover that peer pressure is a more formidable obstacle to romance than differences in race or class. This movie is an all time movie. It is the best love story , with teens . I like it very much because it talks about achieving dreams and fighting for once's love.
 Flashdance clone with some great dancing! December 20, 2009
Robert Schmidt (Honolulu, HI & Logan, UT USA)
Good dancer quits dancing. She makes new friends. They encourage her to dance again. She tries out, and...
Sound familiar? This one, Save The Last Dance, involves hip-hop and ballet, and brings some minor racial tension into the mix. People get pulled in different directions, and some make the right choice, while others do not.
If I tried to estimate the amount of dancing in Flashdance versus this movie, I think there was more dancing in Flashdance. It could be that ballet is just less memorable in a movie.
The story is fairly predictable, but enjoyable.
save the last dance. October 22, 2009
Ms. Nuhfer
Are you a dancer? Do you have a dream you just don't think you can do anymore? Save the last dance is an emontional ride through sarah Johnson's life, from her living with her mother; to moving to Philadelphia with her fatherwhen her mother passes away. Sarah does not want to dance anymore because of her mothers death, when she meets a boy at school named Derek who pushes her to finish her dream to become a ballet dancer at Julliard. When you watch this movie you will want to finish what you always wanted to do, this movie pulls you in from the very start. You'll understand everything Sarah's going through when her life changes for good.
-Shauna Cunningham
Nice Movie July 26, 2009
Patrick Boyd
This has been one of my favorite movies for a long time. I waS really happy to be able to get this tape and have it for my own personal collection. I like the story as it shows that love transends all, black or white, the person themselves, and the love that they share is what is most important. Skin color really means nothing.
Don't have it, but will get it soon... July 22, 2009
Deidre Guice (Bolton,MS)
I love this movie don't have it yet, but my mother has it and I watched it several times, and I have to say that it's one of my faves.
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