Inspired by the same character-building "Dancing Classrooms" program featured in the popular documentary MAD HOT BALLROOM (2005), this formulaic crowd-pleaser leaves no cliche unturned as the power and grace of formal dancing transform a gaggle of rough-around-the-edges New York City high-school students into high-stepping swans. Bicycling home from work one night, Pierre Dulaine (Antonio Banderas) catches sullen teenager Rock (Rob Brown) working over principal Augustine James' (Alfre Woodard) car with a golf club. Rather than turn Rock in, he comes to James with a proposal: Convinced ballroom dancing can help disadvantaged youngsters find the focus and discipline th...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
119 mins