Fresh
The real creative opportunities lie in visual and choreographic options, and Haines doesn't miss a beat in either department.
Leonard Klady, Variety
Dance with Me
In the dance of life, love can happen in a heartbeat.
1998 · 2h 6m · PG
Drama, Music, Romance
Directed by
Randa Haines
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Dance with Me
Overview
Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas. It soon becomes clear Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby is the biggest hope for the studio at the championship.
Director and cast
- Randa Haines Director
- Vanessa Williams as Ruby Sinclair
- Chayanne as Rafael Infante
- Kris Kristofferson as John Burnett
- Joan Plowright as Bea Johnson
- Jane Krakowski as Patricia Black
- Beth Grant as Lovejoy
- Victor Marcel as Fernando
- Harry Groener as Michael
- William Marquez as Stephano
- Bill Applebaum as Don Harrington
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
51%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The use of Plowright as a middle-aged frump wanting to get in on the sexy action is deeply patronizing.
Charlotte O'Sullivan, Time Out
Rotten
What is it about dance, that most joyous of arts, that inspires so many bad movies?
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Rotten
Although the movie bubbles occasionally, it never boils.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Throughout the film, Haines treats...banal moments as epiphanies, telegraphing every feeling and thought with annoying coyness.
Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times
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