• Starring: John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Robert Carlyle
  • Summary: Based on a short film created 15 years ago by the director and co-writer Randall Miller and his wife Jody Savin, this is a beautiful film that celebrates the reawakening of the spirit. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 20
  2. Negative: 5 out of 20
  1. Reviewed by: Sarah Kaufman
    70
    This film does other power-of-dance movies one better by downplaying the dancing and underscoring what its brethren often lack: a compelling, wrenching and wonderfully inspiring story.
  2. Reviewed by: James Greenberg
    50
    The film is an elegiac journey to a sweeter, more civilized place in the heart. Predictable and decidedly old-fashioned in its sensibility, the film is likely to win over audiences if not critics.
  3. 38
    Amounts to Chicken Soup for the Soul-style torture -- unless you like that kind of thing.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. GrahamB.
    10
    I don't know what anyone is talking about, this film is one of the best I've seen recently.
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  2. dor.
    10
    Amazing.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. AnthonyY.
    3
    The visuals were ugly, the music often inappropriate and sentimental, the script predictable. How the director assembled such a strong cast for such a weak production is a mystery. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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