A drama based on the true story of a professional ballroom dancer who worked with the kids at a New York City public school and changed their lives.

Antonio Banderas stars as Pierre Dulaine who had been teaching ballroom dance to the wealthy. The film is inspired by the real life story of Pierre Dulaine who gets the permission from the principal of an inner city high school to teach ballroom dancing to troubled kids of that school.

Mr. Dulaine as a young boy, grew up poor in England, and had to do odd jobs to make the ends meet as well as to pay for the dance lessons that he loved to take. Dance really changed his life and he became an internationally acclaimed dance director of American Ballroom Theater. In 1994, he decided to teach ballroom dancing to troubled kids of New York City public school, and eventually lead them to participate in a  major ballroom dance competition.

Director Liz Friedlander skillfully narrates a real life story with great charm and wit. She has assembled a talented group of actors and presents an interesting tale that has a climax in the ballroom competition where the young school kids compete with the highly talented professional dancers.

Antonio Banderas as Pierre Dulaine presents a wonderful performance. He has the charisma and charm to take the lead role in the film. Some of the supporting cast also did a good job.

Even though the the story is very much predictable, the dance sequences are enjoyable. Director successfully correlates the link between dance and real life. The film mixes the moments of classical and hip hop dance and forms a new wave of dance moment which is great.

We rate this movie GOOD.