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The primary appeal of dance movies is the dancing, with some added emphasis on the romance the art expresses. Center Stage wins on these counts, despite its reveling in overly familiar characters and formula plotting. Or maybe this reveling is responsible for what goofy fun this film is. The arduous task of becoming a professional ballet dancer is incarnated by many good-looking teens, all stock dance-film characters affectionately portrayed mostly by newcomers. But center stage holds Jody Sawyer (Amanda Schull), who may never be a great ballerina, but she's certainly one sexy jazz dancer. Then there's the arrogant genius (Ethan Stiefel), the dictatorial impresario (Peter Gallagher), the demanding instructor, the bulimic, the stage mother, etc. As we follow these characters, the message develops that one should let go and do what feels good. Jody may not be ballet material, but she scorches the stage when she's uninhibited. And that's really the fun of this movie, which is never seriously interested in ballet to begin with. One ludicrous scene depicts one of the dancers quitting because she realizes she never wanted to be a dancer to begin with but was pushed into it by her overbearing mother. She stands up to mom in the lobby of the auditorium where she's supposed to be performing, the music of her piece providing a syrupy backdrop to her little drama. When she's finished talking, she walks off to the audience's unwitting applause. The scene is so ham-handed you can't help but laugh at its audacity, if that's what it is. The rest of the film is not so overdone, but it's all fun. --Jim Gay
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The DVD includes commentary by director Nicholas Hytner, a six-minute behind-the-scenes featurette, and two deleted scenes. It also includes three extended dance sequences: "Swan Lake," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Stars and Stripes." While only "Romeo and Juliet" is significantly longer (by two minutes) than the cut in the film, the chief benefit is being able to watch the dances without having the camera cut away to audience reactions.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
high energy fun,
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This review is from: Center Stage (Special Edition) (DVD)
i quite enjoyed this movie.it follows a group of people as they try to make it as as dancers with a prestigious ballet company.as soon as i saw it was about ballet,i groaned inwardly.i thought there's no way this could be anything other than boring.but i was proved wrong very quickly.this movie is not just about ballet.there's more going on.lets just say this is a very high energy movie,with some great dance sequences.if you don't like ballet,i feel very confident in saying that won't matter in this case.for one thing the performances are all very good,both the dancing and the acting.and the movie is choreographed very well.not to mention the great soundtrack.for me,this is a really good 115 minutes. 4/5
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable and fun,
By Dr. K "Dr. K" (Northern California USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Center Stage (Special Edition) (DVD)
Even though I feel like the acting is strained and forced at times, I still really enjoy this movie and have watched it multiple times. Of course I have a fascination with the dance world, which I know nothing about personally. The dancing sequences are fun and impressive and there are some glimpses of what it might be like under that pressure physically and emotionally.
4.0 out of 5 stars
So the acting is crap, the dancing ROCKS,
This review is from: Center Stage (Special Edition) (DVD)
This movie is all about the dancing, and everyone seems to agree it is great dancing...yet not many people give credit to the Choreographer...let's just hear it for the amazing Susan Stroman, choreographer extraordinare! she is always amazing! I hope the writers thanked her for saving their movie.
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