The Great Dance

Rating: 8/10 (6 March 2006)

In this review I choose Save the Last Dance. The message I received from this film review is never give up on dreams, also stay true to others. Once decided on what life may bring,just go for it and never give up. Sara Johnson (Julia Stiles), a regular student in high school, dreams of becoming a ballerina. While Sara is performing, her mother has a horrible car accident and dies. In that moment Sara's dream came crashing down, until she moved with her father (Terry Kinney) on the south side of Chicago. Sara's dream started to become true once again when she meets Derek Reynolds (Sean Patrick Thomas) and his sister Chenille (Kerry Washington). Sara's impression is when things get rough she backs down. Derek was the real way of life. Those two characters came together as a couple who went through everything together, the good and bad. I really enjoyed the dancing at the club, the different moves people may come up with and the way they move their body. Having to go from one town to another would be difficult to do, but Sara did it really great. Going from a place where everybody was similar and then going to a town that was totally different form of style. Derek and Sara face their biggest challenges in life.
This film is a very interesting, and director Thomas Carter cast the film towards the younger crowd. Carter was demonstrating to the general public, dreams may come true and some aren't meant to come true for that person. Experience the place, time, good, or bad thing do happen. Individuals may trust people in this world and then can't trust anybody for a second. Friends may also say things, right or wrong, that isn't meant to come out. Having enough friends is the most important action in this film strip.