Mad Hot Ballroom | Heather Berman, Emma Therese Biegacki

Mad Hot Ballroom | Heather Berman, Emma Therese Biegacki | A documentary way better than any film out that year!

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Mad Hot Ballroom

	Mad Hot Ballroom Heather Berman, Emma Therese Biegacki Paramount, 2005 average customer review:based on 98 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

BALLROOM DANCING GOES FROM LAME TO COOL FOR A GROUP OF NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS IN THIS INSIGHTFUL DOCUMENTARY. THE FILM FOLLOWS A GROUP OF 11 YEAR OLDS AS THEY LEARN TO DANCE OLD-SCHOOL STYLES INCLUDING THE MERENGUE, RUMBA, TANGO, FOXTROT & SWING.

One, two, cha cha cha

I had checked this movie out from the library, loved it, and had to buy my own copy. What an excellent idea to teach children ballroom dancing! So many school districts have eliminated music lessons and even recess so to see a program like this one was most refreshing.

A documentary way better than any film out that year!

This was much better than the average mainstream movie put out that year. I was really amazed by this little flick. Yes a documentary.

The innocence, naivete and energy of the kids in it is really captured well here. To the point that they are so relaxed I had to keep reminding myself that there is even a camera pointed at them.

It is about grammar school kids from NYC competing in a Ball Room dance contest (it is "mad hot", as the kids put it)

It focuses on 4 teams. Two from Bklyn, one from lower Manhattan and one from Washington Hts. Three of the schools are very diverse and the Washington Hts team is homogeneously Dominican.

Its a doc but by sheer accident, I guess, it takes on the characteristics of a regular film. You get weepy for the kids/teams who are eliminated. You cheer on the lil Dominican girls when they get into a zone during the semi finals. (it helps that "meringue" is one of the required dance #s), there is a plot twist and you almost boo last year's champs, the almost snobbish team from ritzy Forrest Hills who seem as strong as a Roger Stauback led Dallas Cowboys team, when they enter the picture.

At first I thought I might b a lil biased as Im raising my 3rd "12 yr old" at this time, but my friend who is 30 something, childless and the consummate bachelor loved it as well.

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A Must See

I saw this movie in the theatre in '05 and absolutely loved it. I work with youth and had an event for parents where they would do something with their children. I decided to show this movie because I knew many of the families hadn't seen it and the film has many relateable messages. What a great film. I laughed, I cried, I got excited as if this were the first time I saw it. This is a great movie that everyone will enjoy!

Priceless Dialogue, Great Dancing, Super Entertaining

I loved this movie. The one thing that not many other reviewers seem to have mentioned is the interesting and often hilarious spontaneous dialogue of the kids. They talk about just about everything you can imagine and share some great insights. The teachers are inspiring and gifted at working with kids, as you can see from the results of the classes. THESE KIDS CAN DANCE. It's gonna take me years of lessons to get to their level!!

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very inspiring!!

This is a very inspiring movie that takes you into the lives of 5th grade students and their teachers as they try to learn ballroom dancing. If you like dancing, you'll love it, but I also recommend it for anybody who enjoys "coming of age" movies as well as general documentaries.

The part that was most interesting to me was to see the different opportunities available at different schools. Schools with money have options, schools without money not so much. Still the kids press on...and are hopefully doing well today.

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