UK Release: 27th October 2006
Love blooms between unlikely dance partners in this teen romance from choreographer-turned-director Anne Fletcher, but the moves are achingly predictable. Co-writer Duane Adler lazily reworks his 2000 film Save the Last Dance here, with Jenna Dewan (Take The Lead) playing a privileged ballet dancer opposite Channing Tatum (She’s The Man) as a hip-hopping petty criminal.
You’re guaranteed to always be ten steps ahead of the plot, even in the closing scenes when the story takes a clumsy swerve into Boyz N the Hood territory. Despite the gunplay, Fletcher is unable to bring any tension to the mix, and the same goes for the leading couple. Dewan and Tatum may be full of energy on the dance floor, but their intimate scenes together are awkward and stiff.
**
UK cinema certificate PG
Running time 103mins
Review by Stella Papamichael
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