Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2006)
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22% of critics liked it
(59 reviews) -
59% of users liked it
(4,881 ratings)
Randall Miller's Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School compiles an all-star cast to tell an unabashedly emotional story about life, love, and destiny. Robert Carlyle portrays Frank Keane, a man who has been in a deep depression ever since his wife passed away. One day while driving,… More Randall Miller's Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School compiles an all-star cast to tell an unabashedly emotional story about life, love, and destiny. Robert Carlyle portrays Frank Keane, a man who has been in a deep depression ever since his wife passed away. One day while driving, Frank sees an accident. He investigates the scene to see if he can help and meets a dying stranger (John Goodman), who tells Frank that he was headed to a dance school in order to reunite with a woman he loved many years before. Frank decides to attend the dance school, and becomes involved with a variety of people. Originally beginning as a short film, Randall Miller's feature-length film was screened at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Directed By
- Randall Miller
- Genres
- Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Mar 31, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
Critic Reviews
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Miller has all but smothered the charm right out of his Charm School.
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The picture trivializes the characters, hinting at depths it can't depict, aiming at a profundity of feeling it can't begin to reach.
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Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Beyond Wahlberg's deft moves, School's dancing is leaden, not charming, and the only challenge is enduring the film's lumbering progress until it finally clicks at the end.
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James Greenberg, Hollywood Reporter
Predictable and decidedly old-fashioned in its sensibility, the film is likely to win over audiences if not critics.
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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.
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Cast
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Robert Carlyle
as Frank Keane
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Marisa Tomei
as Meredith Morrison
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Mary Steenburgen
as Marianne Hotchkiss
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John Goodman
as Steve Mills
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Sean Astin
as Kip Kipling
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Danny DeVito
as Booth
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Donnie Wahlberg
as Randall Ipswitch
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David Paymer
as Rafael Horowitz
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Camryn Manheim
as Lisa Gobar
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Adam Arkin
as Gabe DiFranco
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Sonia Braga
as Tina
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Elden Henson
as Sampson
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Ernie Hudson
as Blake Rische
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Miguel Sandoval
as Matthew Smith
