Soooooooooooo MTV

Rating: Null/10 (18 June 2001)

The moment MTV's logo appeared, I knew I was in trouble. I saw "Save The Last Dance" on a plane, and I almost fell asleep. The only scenes I could tolerate were the dancing ones. The movie is like a 2-hour long music video that's played on MTV 24/7! Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas have absolutely no chemistry! I couldn't believe those two could fall in love. Almost all the actors seem to overact; I cannot think of anyone who seemed at ease with his/her role, except maybe that girl who played Derrek's sister. And Julia Stiles has got to be one of the more overrated actress. I can't tell the difference between Sara and her character in "Down To You".

"Save The Last Dance" tries so hard to be hip, it's sad. Every single line the actors are made to say just TOTALLY scream, "HEY LOOK AT THEM! THEY'RE COOL! YOU SHOULD BE LIKE THAT TOO!" "Save The Last Dance" takes itself way too seriously. And what a bad thing to do, considering there isn't even a bloody PLOT! I think it's great that it tries to address the racism issue, but I'm sorry, it failed terribly. Like someone else has said it has too many sub-plots and too many ideas to raise until it gets lost in them and the result? A huge waste of money on an unwatchable, predictable, boring mess.
I guess this movie really isn't only for teens. I'm 14, and I hated it.