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DVD : Save the Last Dance (Special Collector's Edition)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Fredro Starr, Terry Kinney directed by: Thomas Carter (II)  List Price: $12.98 Amazon.com's Price: $10.49 You Save: $2.49 (19%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 7 to 10 days
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Paramount EAN: 0097361198040 Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Paramount Manufacturer: Paramount Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 26, 2006 Running Time: 112 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: January 12, 2001 Sales Rank: 5001 MPN: PARD119804D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Sara (Julia Stiles) wants to be a ballerina, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her mother. She moves in with her father (Terry Kinney), who she has not seen for a long time, in Chicago, mainly in the ghetto. She gets transferred to a new school where she is the only white girl there. Her life takes a turn for the better when she is friends with Chenille (Kerry Washington). Later, she falls in love with Chenille's brother, Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas). Amazon.com: 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 clichés 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - arrived quicklyMovie is a very good movie, send a good message to young adults. Very good acting. Rating:  - Outstanding performance by Julia StilesI love to watch movies about gifted artists living out their dream. This was one of them, with struggle and twists and turns along the way. I loved the incorporation of hip-hop and the main character's "struggle" to fit into a mostly-black school. There was some violence, but it was incorporated into a very good story line. Rating:  - GAG!!! Full of Stereotypes!!! Just Plain Stupid!!! GAG!!!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. ... Read More Rating: - The Humble and the HaughtyOn the surface, this is a movie about a poor white girl, who uses black people, expropriating African American culture, to get into Julliard's. But dig deeper, and you will find that this movie is even shallower. She says to him, at one point, "We spend more time defending our relationship than having one." In other words, I know you like me, so just enjoy the ride while I use you to get into Julliard's. The choreography is spell-binding, and ... Read More Rating: - EARTH SEAEARTH SEA IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE TO READ!:) I LIKE GED HE IS RELLY COOL BECUASE HE CAN DO MAGIC AND I RELLY LOVE A LOT!:) I BELVE THAT WIZARDS ARE NOT A MITH. MIRABAI Browse for similar items by category:
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