Entertaining in a "teenage pop culture way".

Rating: 8/10 (18 July 2001)

I thought this film was entertaining in a "teenage pop-culture" way. Julia Stiles gives her best performance yet as the conflicted Sara. The dance sequences were interesting...after all it isn't everyday that I see ballet and hip hop combined. I didn't like the way the film went off course during the last act...presenting the complications of an interracial teen relationship. The energetic direction and appealing cast makes up for the story's down falls.
I give "Save the Last Dance" ***(B+).