Directed by:
Baz LuhrmannCinematography:
Steve MasonComposer:
David HirschfelderCast:
Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Gia Carides, Lauren Hewett, Barry Otto, Lara Mulcahy, Kris McQuade, Todd McKenney, Peter WhitfordPlots(1)
Scott Hastings is a champion ballroom dancer, but much to the chagrin of the Australian ballroom dance community, Scott believes in dancing ‘his own steps’. Fran is a beginning dancer and a bit of an ugly duckling who has the audacity to ask to be Scott’s partner after his unorthodox style causes his regular partner to dance out of his life. Together, these two misfits try to win the Australian Pan Pacific Championships and show the Ballroom Confederation that they are wrong when they say, there are no new steps! (Beyond Films)
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I give a big plus for the song "Time after Time" – it's been on my favorites list for a while, so hearing it put a big smile on my face :-)) Otherwise, about the movie – a totally average movie about love and passion in dance. And pasodoble is indeed a dance full of passion. If you need to switch off your brain for a moment, just kind of survive with a movie, this is a good fit.
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This is one of those movies where from the beginning you think it's going to be a mindless sugar fest, but as you watch for a while, you realize this is exactly the sugar fest you want to see. It's beautifully romantic, it's beautifully offbeat, and overall, it just creates a lovely impression, so that by the end, you're enjoying the finale much like you enjoyed Dirty Dancing, although it's not quite as electrifying.
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