Save the Last Dance (Special Collector's Edition) | 
| Director: Thomas Carter
Actors: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Fredro Starr, Terry Kinney
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  290 reviews
Sales Rank: 6218
Format: Ac-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 097361198040
UPC: 097361198040
EAN: 0097361198040
ASIN: B000H7JCBY
Theatrical Release Date: January 12, 2001
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
IN THIS ROMANTIC DRAMA SET IN THE GRITTY WORLD OF URBAN AMERICA, A WHITE, SUBURBAN GIRL SPARKS A CLASH OF CULTURES, BOTH ETHNIC AND ARTISTIC WHEN SHE ENROLLS IN A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL FOLLOWING HER MOTHER'S DEATH.
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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 cliches 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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 starring columbia university alumnus julia stiles.... April 8, 2009
a_poet_grows_in_brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York)
three and a half stars...
white bread white girl meets streetwise black guy who has a lot going for him. they start out sparring like tracy and hepburn, then discover they have a common interest: dance. they fall in love, but not without facing opposition from friends and family...but they get it together in the end....
i could predict the ending an hour into the movie and yet i kept watching becuase i like interracial films and i like julia stiles...i watched this solely for julia and sean patrick thomas....their star-crossed lovers were easy to get into and like...the other characters were stereotypes....the thug-life types; the white girl who think she's black; the ex-girl-friend who doesn't like seeing black men with white women; the single mom; the deadbeat dad. julia and sean were enough to make this movie work and that was all it needed...
 sweet February 8, 2009
Terry L. Bleill Turner (richmond, in)
its sweet, showing that striving to achieve a goal is worth it. i love to watch this over and over
 2.5 stars out of 4 February 1, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Bottom Line:
The acting is fine (and sometimes more) but we've heard this story before so many times that the entire movie just feels tired and stale; if you like formulaic dance movies this one's for you, otherwise go seek out a more original film.
arrived quickly December 22, 2008
Jessica M. Kengor
Movie is a very good movie, send a good message to young adults. Very good acting.
 GAG!!! Full of Stereotypes!!! Just Plain Stupid!!! GAG!!! August 26, 2008
AmazonLover
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
I hate this movie with a passion. A blond girl moves to the ghetto and her black boyfriend helps her to regain courage to dance. OMG!!! Somebody save me. This movie was full of stereotypes. Stiles' best friend, a black teenage mother. The black females in the movie were either portrayed ghetto ready to fight girls or teenage mothers. It's very offensive. This was seriously a yawner, especially watching stiles trying to do the dances. The guy's acting was boring too. I couldn't believe his acting. yawn yawn yawn.
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