Save the Last Dance
2001 · Movie · PG-13 · 113 min · ★ 6.5 · 54% critics
After a devastating loss, a teen dancer relocates to Chicago to live with an estranged parent and starts over at a new school where she feels like an outsider. With support from new friends and a growing connection, she discovers a fresh dance style that helps her rebuild confidence, navigate culture clashes, and chase a long-held dream.
Also known as Save the Last Dance 1
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Details
- Years
- 2001
- Release date
- 2001-01-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 54/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (1,354 votes)
About
If you enjoy emotional teen romances with dance, culture-clash tension, and an uplifting push toward big dreams, this fits; Not for you if you dislike predictable plots or heavy grief themes, and it may appeal to fans of Step Up or Dirty Dancing.
Pros: heartfelt coming-of-age drama; energetic dance and music; sincere romance | Cons: familiar, predictable beats; some uneven dancing; occasional melodrama
Themes
- ballet dancer
- musical
- ballet
Cast & crew
Julia Stiles
as Sara Johnson
Sean Patrick Thomas
as Derek Reynolds
Kerry Washington
as Chenille Reynolds
Fredro Starr
as Malakai
Terry Kinney
as Roy Johnson
Bianca Lawson
as Nikki
Vince Green
as Snookie
Garland Whitt
as Kenny
- EO
Elisabeth Oas
as Diggy
Artel Great
as Arvel
Directed by Thomas Carter