Both young actors exhibit star quality that is missing from their follow-up films. Mercurio chose the very unfortunate Exit to Eden and Morice was picked for the boring and stodgy Sorrento Beach. Strictly Ballroom is a beauty of a laser disc. The music rocks with big bass and beautiful brass. The colorful film has been transferred with intense colors and is very sharp throughout the disc.
Contrasts are very strong, showing off all the glitz of costumes and ballroom dancing atmosphere.
Deep blacks and pristine detail are hallmarks of this laser disc. The upbeat nature of the film is echoed by the fine laserdisc production. Some days everything works, communication is born through the air waves and sent to earth on beams of sunshine. That's the way it was in the movies. That's especially the way it was in magic musicals with Astaire and Rogers and Kelly and Hayworth and Garland talking to us with fleet feet gliding across the screen.