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Save The Last Dance/Save The Last Dance 2
Save The Last Dance/Save The Last Dance 2
Stars: Sean Patrick Thomas, Julia StilesDirector: Thomas Carter
Summary: Two feature films, SAVE THE LAST DANCE 1 & 2. Following the death of her mother, Sara Johnson (Julia Stiles) is forced to move from her quiet Midwestern town to her father's apartment on the south side of Chicago. There she finds life in the ghetto very different to the comfortable one she left behind. When she meets fellow student Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas), their friendship and mutual interest in dancing inexorably lead to a passionate romance that raises the sadly typical, bigoted resistance from Sara's white father and Derek's black friends. In the straight-to-video sequel, Izabella Miko steps into Julia Stiles' pointe shoes as aspiring ballerina Sara Johnson, who leaves her Chicago ghetto to study dance at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City, under the tutelage of dance instructor Monique Delacroix (Jacqueline Bisset). As the story unfolds, Sara tangles with a jealous rival and falls for a young professor, ensuring that the sequel is awash with the same brand of passion and drama that made its parent film such a hit.
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Save the Last Dance
Save the Last Dance enjoyed a profitable release in early 2001, with box-office earnings that exceeded anyone's expectations. Its performance illustrates the staying power of a formulaic movie that avoids the pitfalls and clichés that would otherwise render it forgettable. Since there's nothing new here, you'll appreciate the original quirks in a character-based plot that's just around the corner from Flashdance, and just as familiar. Sara (Julia Stiles) gave up a promising ballet career when her mother was killed while rushing to attend her daughter's crucial audition to Juilliard; Sara blames herself for the accident, and at her new, mostly African American high school in Chicago, she's uncertain of her future.
Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas) has no such doubts; his own future is bright, and his attraction to Sara is immediate; they connect (predictably), and Sara's dormant funk emerges, with Derek's coaching, as she learns hip-hop dancing in a local club. Obligatory subplots are equally routine: Derek's sister (Kerry Washington) is a single mum struggling with her child's absentee father; Derek's best friend (Fredro Starr) feels trapped in his gangsta lifestyle; and Sara's once-estranged father (Terry Kinney) is doing his best to correct past mistakes. Within the confines of this standard follow-your-dream drama, director Thomas Carter capitalises on a script that allows these characters to be real, intelligent, and thoughtful about their lives and their futures. It's obvious that Stiles's dancing was intercut with that of a professional double, but that illusion hardly matters when the rest of the movie's so earnestly positive and genuine. --Jeff Shannon
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