Take the Lead | 
| Director: Liz Friedlander
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Yaya Dacosta, Alfre Woodard, John Ortiz
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $12.98
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Rating:  103 reviews
Sales Rank: 2687
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Genre: none
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
ESRB: Teen
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN10363D
UPC: 794043103636
EAN: 0794043103636
ASIN: B000FUTVLY
Theatrical Release Date: April 7, 2006
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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The sensuous thrill of ballroom dancing collides with the hip-hop world of self-expression in Take the Lead. Antonio Banderas (Desperado, The Mask of Zorro) stars as Pierre Dulaine, a dance teacher who--perhaps to fill a void in his own life--decides to teach the foxtrot and the tango to a group of inner-city high school students who've been put in detention. The kids sullenly resist this intruder with his silly box-steps, but gradually succumb to the allure of passion channeled into physical grace. It's a lot of hooey, of course--the stories about the individual kids are shallow melodrama--but a movie like this isn't so much about plot as about dancing, and the dancing bewitches. The main problem of Take the Lead is that there isn't enough dancing; at least half of the personal struggle of the students could be jettisoned and happily be replaced by fifteen minutes of a sleek and sexy rhumba. Still, Banderas has a warm, ingratiating presence and can spout platitudes about dance with conviction; Alfre Woodard (Crooklyn, Desperate Housewives) has her usual charismatic authority as the school's hard-nosed principal; and the dance competition at the movie's end gives the movie the lift it's wanted for the previous hour and a half. --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
A BALLROOM DANCE TEACHER TAKES HIS CLASSICAL TRAINING TO AN INNER-CITY SCHOOL & GIVES THE STUDENTS SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN - THEMSELVES.
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 Very Satisfied June 21, 2009
Teresa Wilder (Cleveland, Ohio)
I received my movie in a timely manner. It was in excellent condition. I enjoyed watching it. It is one of my favorite movies. I would recommend buying from Amazon all the time. I'm hooked!!
 Saved by the Dance June 1, 2009
Rodney J. Moss
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wondered why there was a need for yet another movie of this ilk. The tale of low esteem, underpriviledged kids in a hard neighborhood being nurtured by an esteemed and gifted teacher, in this case gets a re-run through the superlative Banderas(watch his dazzling and emotive dancing in his Spanish movies!). Of course, he gets the wise lines.The sub-plots tread on well-worn ground and the floor-room stuff at the inevitable end keep you waiting. For all this, there's faint suggestion of a sunstantial shift in any one's life. Dancing apart, I found this mushy stuff.
Take the lead DVD Movie May 13, 2009
Mary A. Foster
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Take The Lead March 26, 2009
Judy Walter
This movie was very good. It showed how one man's persistance made a difference in several high school students lives.
Great Movie February 11, 2009
Rachel A. Murrell (Bowling Green, Kentucky USA)
I just want to say that this was a great movie. It reminded me of the others, "Shall We Dance", "Step Up", "Save The Last Dance", "Stomping At The Savoy" and the list could go on and on. Antonio was at his best as the dance instructor. The students were outstanding and also was Alfre Woodard. The little teacher who didn't want it to succeed, he was a character that they could have done without, but there is one in every bunch who wants everything new to fail. Just because they were not warming up to him and doing what he wanted them to do, he wanted it to fail. I am so glad that Antonio kept pushing them to succeed. Rob Brown stands out in any movie he is in. Good Actor. Like I said, "Great Movie".
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