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Name: Take the Lead
Released: 2006-4-7
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, Lauren Collins, Elijah Kelley

Take the Lead

PG-13
1h 58m
2006

44%

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Antonio Banderas (The Legend of Zorro) plays a former professional dancer who volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system. When his ballroom methods clash with his students' hip-hop instincts, he teams up with them to create a new style of dance and becomes their mentor in the process in the musical drama Take The Lead. Emmy Award winner Alfre Woodard (Miss Evers' Boys, "Desperate Housewives") plays the school principal.

Director:

Liz Friedlander

Producer:

Christopher Godsick, Michelle Grace, Diane Nabatoff, Mark Kaufman, Matt Moore, Luke Ryan

Writer:

Dianne Houston

Cast:

Antonio Banderas, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, Lauren Collins, Elijah Kelley, Marcus T. Paulk, Jonathan Malen, Laura Benanti

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

44%

Critics Consensus: Banderas is charismatic in the lead, and the dance sequences are captivating, but the story is too familiar and predictable.

Reviews

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

A slightly above average film largely due to an unexpectedly heartwarming, inspired performance from Antonio Banderas.

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Bowling Green Daily News

Micheal Compton

Take the Lead won't win any originality contests, but the new Antonio Banderas vehicle manages to work, thanks to a solid cast and some nice work by director Liz Friedlander.

Take the Lead, a dramatised retread of the hit documentary Mad Hot Ballroom, is so awful it defies describing.

Lean on Me meets Strictly Ballroom. Tough two-step replaces tough love.

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