Unoriginal, but well done

Rating: 6/10 (27 April 2001)

For the first fifteen minutes Save The Last Dance looks like its going to be the same as all the other sentimentalist rubbish that goes around. In fact I almost dosed off. If it had remained as such I would have happily sent it to the bottom end of my list with Bicentennial Man and Days Of Thunder. Luckily for it, me, and the group of friends that had dragged me along, it did actually pick up. While not actually doing anything new, Save The Last Dance comes across quite well. The characters are relatively believable, while the two leads suit each other. The dance scenes are well choreographed. OK, so it is a bit slushy throughout, but Save The Last Dance is the kind of film you'd get out if you wanted a nice, untaxing chick-flick.