What makes it different from others?

Thanks for the memories!

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

It was painful sitting through this. The same movie has been done over and over again. Acting was poor. Each one of them seemed to be trying too hard to bring their characters to life.The story, a school teacher takes a few dance lessons and her instructor believes she is ready to compete in the world championships? Are you serious? It was so bad, even the smallest things were annoying. A scene at a party, male leads former dance partner is with her new guy. He is chomping on gum with his mouth open like a cow chewing it's cud. And drinking a beer. Beer and gum? Try it sometime, you'll see why it isn't done.I could run off a seemingly endless list of things in this movie that I found annoying, but it would be much easier to list the things that did not annoy me. Hmmmmmm, thinking........hmmmm..... well, the dance sequences, with the real dancers, were fairly good to watch.I just wish there was a score lower than 1 to rate this movie.

I have seen some discrepancies on the storyline stated here. I have watched this movie many times but Amy Smart's character said she took ballet between 4 and 12 years of age. I don't remember her stating she had Broadway aspirations. The movie does speak loudly about disabilities and if you buy the movie you find out that one of the dancers is deaf. Tom Malloy mentions it in the commentary he does with Amy Smart on the DVD. This was an independent movie that almost went belly up and I have to say they did a really good job. It isn't about what type of dancing is better than another but about this man who rises above it all due to his disability to become a successful dance instructor and competitor. This in no way is a chick flick. There were too many males dedicated to the making of this movie. Many who compete and love this type of dancing. This story is not like any movie I have ever seen before other than it is about dancing. It was about life. A couple are planning to marry and Amy's character wants to learn to dance for her wedding after she see's Tom Malloy's character dance where she teaches. Billy Zane's character is married to his job. Through this experience they come to find out they aren't right for each other. Tom's character and Amy's fall in love. That of course was expected and I would suppose most expected them to win the competition. Basically what they stated is they knew they weren't good enough to win a competition like that but it was that their characters tried and they won later.Tom Malloy and Amy Smart should be commended since they actually did most of the dancing in the movie and usually when their doubles came it was to do some of the lifts. They spent hours on end perfecting their dancing. Billy Zane is hilarious in this movie and a lot of his dialog was ad libbed.There were friends and family in the movie and this is pointed out in the commentary. This is one thing I prefer about owning the DVD to just watching the movie. It gives great insight to the making of the film and the amount of effort it took and why they did scenes the way they did. I loved it from the first sitting because it isn't violent, bloody, or full of foul language. It is just a good movie without all the shock value that is so prevalent these days.

I have been dancing for about 10 years now (salsa). For a new dancer like the main actress, all world becomes about dancing at the beginning. All great dancers look awesome and people who don't know how to dance or how don't get interested in it look terrible and boring. ... that's very typical symptom. Dancing is a small part of many life elements. This story line is so typical. Her fiancé looks very nice and she complains about his attitude (being workaholic) but in fact, her mind already leaves to another man. She needs to see herself straight and be sorry for him.The fiancé didn't do anything wrong!It's a boring movie. The dancers are not even very good.

Although I agree with the first commenting on this film regarding "ability", the rest of the film is terrible.None of the actors/actresses were convincing, the storyline had potential but was poorly delivered, and the lack of morals kind of irritated me. It seems that the more times goes on in the world today, the more love and relationships are treated as completely disposable. Nothing ever sends the message of "working things out" anymore....now it's all about, "Well, if you're unhappy just dump who you're with and bring the next guy to the pad your ex paid for and make out with him in it." No respect. Yes, I know this is only a film, but at the same time, this is what happens in real life now too. And it's "normal". If we want to teach kids today what love and effort in relationships or marriage is, there should be films that actually teach that. Something hip that kids would actually want to watch. It's not the end all cure all of course, but it would certainly help. We live in the age of technology now where TV and computers are surrogate parents, so people should really make an effort to help teach through there.I just can't have respect for movies that deliver that crap.