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'... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
Leave your thoughts about Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School.
| Upstage MagazineKam WilliamsA surprisingly-moving message movie about love and redemption filled with sentimental and transformational moments leading to tearjerker of a finale. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordMarilyn Hotchkiss... is a bit device driven as it flashes back and forth from Frank's lonely life to the accident that will change him forever |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenWatchable enough, but many insufferable scenes particularly any with the presence of John Goodman and with the school's founding director. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderLong on good intentions but short on believability. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanReally, about all that unifies the movie is its inclination to turn little people's dreams into limply ''affectionate'' camp. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteThree movies gasp for life inside the clumsily titled Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School. |
| Kaplan vs. KaplanJeanne KaplanFine actors and acting do not compensate for a script with too many flaws. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekThe sort of cloying, sentimental heart-tugger that would be more at home on network television than the big screen. |
| Monsters and CriticsRon WilkinsonForgive the occasional forays into schmaltz-land as Marilyn Hotchkiss shows us how to dance, and love, in spite of it all. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Cliffordtwo cliches and a bit of nostalgia all crashing against each other |
