Strictly Ballroom | Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice

Strictly Ballroom | Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice | 3 stars out of 4

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	Strictly Ballroom Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice Miramax, 2002 average customer review:based on 218 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Fabulous flic!

This is not your average "dancing" or "Cinderella" chick flic. The characters are finely drawn and the dancing complements the story line. I saw the movie by chance - didn't have anything better to do - and rushed to purchase my own copy ASAP. Highly recommended!

3 stars out of 4

The Bottom Line:

Both a sweet little movie in its own right and a sly, tongue-in-cheek play on formulaic dance movies/ugly duckling pictures, Strictly Ballroom is an amusing and entertaining romp that will win over even the more hardened cynics--it did me, after all.

Those Blasted Ballroom Dancing Rules!

Here's a different kind of story: mocking the ultra-seriousness of ballroom dancing, at least among people in Australia, where the film was made. The strict rules, perhaps, are mocked as much as the people involved.

Once again, it's the clichéd story of a rebel who is the good guy and the establishment who are the bad people. (Will filmmakers ever get themselves out of the 1960s?)

Add some stupid humor, a very annoying lead woman (the mother of the star dancer), and a predictable storyline and you have another overrated critics' favorite, although it's still worth a rental. The good parts of the film are the colorful dancers and general cinematography. The dancing is excellent, too. For all the latter, I give it three stars.

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