Run away guys!

Rating: Null/10 (30 January 2002)

Aside from being about 40 minutes TOO LONG, this movie was filled with the usual tripe that some people label "issues". These "issues" have been done ad nauseum, and really didn't need to be dealt with again. The actors put in a couple of decent scenes, but the movie on a whole is boring, and was filled with "I'm soooo depressed... let's dance!" to paraphrase. Save your time, save your money and rent something else. This film fails on so many levels. Julia Styles is way too melodramatic and the gang scenes are very forced and sterotyped. Even the "romantic hero", Sean Patrick Thomas puts on the bad boy hat for about two scenes, and then runs to Julliard to cheer on his girlfriend. A ballet dancing gang member. Right. It just doesn't work. The girlfriend might enjoy this one for a rental for the so called romantic story, but it holds no entertainment value as far as the plot or acting is concerned.
Rent Finding Forrester. You'll get alot more out of it.