Rotten
Miller has all but smothered the charm right out of his Charm School.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
One man's dream, another man's destiny.
2006 · 1h 43m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Randall Miller
Overview
Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck, who was on his way to a fateful reunion.
Director and cast
- Randall Miller Director
- Robert Carlyle as Frank Keane
- John Goodman as Steve Mills
- Marisa Tomei as Meredith Morrison
- Mary Steenburgen as Marienne Hotchkiss
- Elden Henson as Young Steve Mills / Samson
- Donnie Wahlberg as Randall Ipswitch
- Sean Astin as Kip Kipling
- David Paymer as Rafael Horowitz
- Ernie Hudson as Blake Rische
- Camryn Manheim as Lisa Gobar
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The picture trivializes the characters, hinting at depths it can't depict, aiming at a profundity of feeling it can't begin to reach.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Beyond Wahlberg's deft moves, School's dancing is leaden, not charming, and the only challenge is enduring the film's lumbering progress until it finally clicks at the end.
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
Predictable and decidedly old-fashioned in its sensibility, the film is likely to win over audiences if not critics.
James Greenberg, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
While it's at times too melodramatic and formulaic to be entirely successful, it still holds some appeal; its very amateurishness is what makes it charming.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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