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...validate the decade's least likely retro trend - musicals! - opening in theaters today is Take the Lead, a gritty-weepie drama, "inspired by a true story," starring Antonio Banderas as a do-gooder teaching ballroom dancing to disaffected Harlem high schoolers. A few more of these, and nice could become a genre...
...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 the more geriatric, or straight male, viewer will...
...What do you get when you mix the swagger of Antonio Banderas, the elegance of competitive ballroom dance, and the grit of the big city? Liz Friedlander’s new movie, “Take the Lead...
...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...
...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 at the end of the movie is very different from any real life competition of the sport...