Fresh
Charming if slightly overlong.
Raven Snook, Time Out
Mad Hot Ballroom
Anyone can make it if they learn how to shake it.
2005 · 1h 45m · PG
Documentary, Family
Directed by
Marilyn Agrelo
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Mad Hot Ballroom
Overview
Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves and their world along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes humorous perspectives, these kids are transformed, from reluctant participants to determined competitors, from typical urban kids to "ladies and gentlemen," on their way to try to compete in the final citywide competition.
Director and cast
- Marilyn Agrelo Director
- Heather Berman as Self
- Emma Therese Biegacki as Self
- Eva Carrozza as Self
- Evangelina Carrozzo as Self
- Paul Daggett as Self
- Graciela Daniele as Self - Final Competition Judge
- Pierre Dulaine as Self - Organizer and MC of the Final Dance Competition
- Leslie Freu as Self - Teacher PS 112
- Tara Devon Gallagher as Self
- Madeleine Hackney as Self
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Listening to the kids talk is a treat in itself, but watching them strut their stuff in the final competition is enough to make you stand up and cheer.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
It's kind of like the dance version of that documentary Rock School.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
The kids are adorable, and so is the movie.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Clearly, the dance lessons are life lessons as well, nurturing self-confidence, team spirit, the joy of dancing and even a slight touch of Old World etiquette in an otherwise too-busy- to-be-courteous world.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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