3/4  Thoughtful
I enjoyed this movie quite a bit even though I’m not much into dancing because it’s a deceptively typical coming of age film. While we get some of the familiar set-up that involves interracial relationships and being a minority in a predom... (read full)

3/4  Save the Last Dance Quick Review
Sure, you've seen the story before in other films, but Save the Last Dance, with help from leads Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas, has a spark that moves it through the formulaic plot. Not quite classic, but a good film none-the-less.

5/5 save the last dance.
  by Ms. Nuhfer
Are you a dancer? Do you have a dream you just don't think you can do anymore? Save the last dance is an emontional ride through sarah Johnson's life, from her living with her mother; to moving to Philadelphia with her fatherwhen her mother passes away. Sarah does not want to dance anymore because of her mothers death, when she meets a boy at school named Derek who pushes her to finish her dream to become a ballet dancer at Julliard. When you watch this movie you will want to finish what you always wanted to do, this movie pulls you in from the very start. You'll understand everything Sarah's going through when her life changes for good.

-Shauna Cunningham

5/5 Nice Movie
  by Patrick Boyd
This has been one of my favorite movies for a long time. I waS really happy to be able to get this tape and have it for my own personal collection. I like the story as it shows that love transends all, black or white, the person themselves, and the love that they share is what is most important. Skin color really means nothing.

5/5 Don't have it, but will get it soon...
  by Deidre Guice (Bolton,MS)
I love this movie don't have it yet, but my mother has it and I watched it several times, and I have to say that it's one of my faves.

4/5 starring columbia university alumnus julia stiles....
  by a_poet_grows_in_brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York)

three and a half stars...

white bread white girl meets streetwise black guy who has a lot going for him. they start out sparring like tracy and hepburn, then discover they have a common interest: dance. they fall in love, but not without facing opposition from friends and family...but they get it together in the end....

i could predict the ending an hour into the movie and yet i kept watching becuase i like interracial films and i like julia stiles...i watched this solely for julia and sean patrick thomas....their star-crossed lovers were easy to get into and like...the other characters were stereotypes....the thug-life types; the white girl who think she's black; the ex-girl-friend who doesn't like seeing black men with white women; the single mom; the deadbeat dad. julia and sean were enough to make this movie work and that was all it needed...

5/5 sweet
  by Terry L. Bleill Turner (richmond, in)
its sweet, showing that striving to achieve a goal is worth it. i love to watch this over and over