Before it's too late....

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2005)

Is it still in your theaters? Go see it before it disappears!
I just had a private screening - i.e. I was the only one in the $1.50 theater for the 9:50pm showing, and had to shame the projectionist into showing it because it was, after all, advertised on line and in the papers. What a wonderful film.
I thought, what, a Richard Gere middle-aged man movie about ballroom dancing? Gimme a break. But I've been seeing some bum movies lately (Bill Murray, snap out of it!), and my daughter e-mailed me and told me not to miss this one. I trusted her and went, and as always she deserved my trust.
This is just a marvelous movie. Exquisitely and sensitively written, funny and I mean laugh-out-loud-in-an-empty-theater funny,and absolutely filled with memorable characters. If Stanley Tucci weren't already such a big star, this would have been his star-making role. Wow!
And for Omar Benson Miller it is indeed his star turn. If you go see it just for Tucci and Miller it'll be worth your money.
But go see it for yourself.