Saturday, August 30, 2025

MARILYN HOTCHKISS' BALLROOM DANCING & CHARM SCHOOL (2005)

 




















Directed by: Randall Miller
Starring: Marisa TomeiRobert CarlyleJohn GoodmanDanny DeVitoSean AstinMary SteenburgenAdam ArkinDavid PaymerDonnie WahlbergSonia BragaElden HensonCamryn ManheimErnie HudsonMiguel SandovalDavid St. JamesTeresa JohnstonKelley ParkerMichael BowerChance Michael CorbittJosh HorowitzMaria ParkinsonOctavia SpencerIan AbercrombieDawn BalkinMaggie BairdMary Pat GleasonDestiny EdmondKate MulliganPatricia FraserTom Dahlgren

103 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Dance is a very powerful drug, if embraced judiciously; to reap its rewards, one must shoulder its challenges with intrepid countenance. Frank Keene, a grieving baker in a near catatonic state, happens on a car accident. The loquacious and insightful victim, Steve Mills, is on his way to an appointment in Pasadena with a years-ago acquaintance; he asks Frank to go in his place. It's a dance class. Frank goes, to find Steve's friend. The story moves back and forth among Steve's childhood, the scene of the accident, and the aftermath of Frank's first Lindy hop. Black eyes, group therapy, loneliness, boys being boys, roads not taken, and saying good-bye color the story.

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