Metacritic Film

Mad About Mambo

Starring Keri Russell, Brian Cox, William Ash, and Theo Fraser Steele

MPAA RATING: PG-13 for language

Gramercy Pictures / USA Films
Romance
92 minutes | Color
UK / USA
Released In Theaters August 4, 2000

A romantic comedy that celebrates following your heart - while staying fast on your feet. (USA Films)

WRITTEN BY
John Forte

DIRECTED BY
John Forte

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

41 / 100

Critic Reviews

67	Mr. Showbiz Mad About Mambo's steps may be as familiar as the hokeypokey, but there's just enough gusto in the execution to make it a guilty pleasure.
50	Seattle Post-Intelligencer Splashy and sweetly romantic, if hopelessly unimaginative.
50	Film.com (Ash and Russell) generate just enough tension to keep the audience interested.
50	TV Guide This genial little picture, which has been kicking around for more than a year, doesn't have a mean bone in its body.
40	Film.com Everything about the movie is fine and dandy and dull.
30	Variety Lacking the kind of fire and energy that the best youth movies demand, leads Ash and Russell display skills better tuned to the small screen.

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