Adam Arkin, Camryn Manheim, Danny DeVito
Frank Keane has been consumed by grief over his wife's death. When fate intervenes, he pulls over to help a stranger in a car wreck. The man, near death, begs Frank to fulfill a promise made 40 years ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 4, 2006
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Stats: 256 reviews
Flixster Reviews (256)
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March 1, 2008Stars for having such a great cast. John Goodman plays a memorable character, and it has Ernie Hudson so you know you want some.
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September 15, 2007Though certainly not about a new and unique topic in entertainment, this film presents a multi-dimensional perspective about experiences that we all, as human beings, can relate. The films unique approach, and the actors sometimes subtle, sometimes dramatic execution causes a myr...( read more)
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September 1, 2008Great movie. Good story plot that follows a grieving baker who connects with a total stranger's story about ballroom dancing. Great cast. Definitely worthy.
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March 25, 2007There's just something about ballroom dancing films, when they're done right they're so good (see also Strictly Ballroom and the Japanese version of Shall We Dance).
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July 2, 2009This movie pops into my head every time I think of te word "cute." I adore it! But it is quite sad how the lady forgets about the boy...
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June 23, 2009(2006 Director: Randall Miller) Frank Keane (Medium) is a somewhat shy widower who is trying to get back into circulation and on someone's advice decides to try ballroom dancing where he meets Marissa Tome who portrays a battered girlfriend who finds her calm in ballroom dancing.
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March 10, 2009A tragedy nicely seen through the eyes of romance. Takes you on a journey through the eyes of a man that has held onto a promise long forgotten by whom he made it to, but experienced by a stranger who lends him an ear as well as his own promise.
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Critic Reviews
April 21, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
April 7, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
While it's at times too melodramatic and formulaic to be entirely successful, it still holds some appeal; its very amateurishness is what makes it charming. full review
April 6, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Think about this. You liked a schoolmate when you were 8, and for 40 years have focused on this reunion. Are you crazy? full review
April 6, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Wildly inconsistent in tone and point of view, torn between grim and sitcom-silly acting styles, slathered with a frosting of pop-psych self-help clichés, it's the film equivalent of the jarring car c... full review
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September 9, 2006I liked it and felt identified as I am taking salsa classes and african dance clases, and the theme is good.
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