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...Take the Lead?? different from other inspirational films in which a coach or teacher helps inner city school kids to dream big and to find confidence and self-respect, films such as “Coach Carter” or even your own production “Knights of the South Bronx?...
...part “Save the Last Dance,” one part “You Got Served” with a twist of “Shall We Dance,” “Take the Lead?? is based on the true story of Pierre Dulaine (played by Antonio Banderas), a ballroom dance instructor who introduced the art to inner New York City high school students. The dancing is phenomenal, and the movie is a guaranteed good time for a wide-ranging audience. Sexually charged young hetereosexual women will coo over Antonio Banderas, while...
Devoid of the bland script present in others of its genre, “Take the Lead?? is both funny and poignant. From the movie’s opening sequence, the stark contrast between the harsh lives of the high school students and the wealth and grace of ballroom dance becomes clear. As Dulaine shines his shoes and puts on his tuxedo and Morgan, his prima donna, puts on her gown and jewels, his soon-to-be pupils are shown lacing up their sneakers and wearing short skirts or baggy pants...
Defying convention, romantic side-plots in “Take the Lead?? do not overwhelm the movie. Guys certainly don’t have to worry about this film dissolving into a masked chick flick. While there are several love triangles and love dilemmas in the movie, they are tactfully sprinkled throughout...
...movie is perfect, and “Take the Lead?? does have several gaping holes. For example, while providing the backgrounds of Latoya and Rock, no information is ever given as to why the other students are in detention. While the viewer is told the students are amongst the most “troubled” in the school, they appear no different from the “normal” inner-city high school teenager outfitted in baggy jeans and sideways caps. Additionally, the students’ dancing improves at a surprising pace, and the ballroom competition...