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Save the Last Dance
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Save the Last Dance (2001) -- A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.
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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   18,916 votes
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Director:
Thomas Carter
Writers (WGA):
Duane Adler (story)
Duane Adler (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
12 January 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
The Only Person You Need To Be Is Yourself.
Plot:
A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
6 wins & 6 nominations more
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More Than I Expected more (315 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Julia Stiles ... Sara

Sean Patrick Thomas ... Derek

Kerry Washington ... Chenille
Fredro Starr ... Malakai

Terry Kinney ... Roy

Bianca Lawson ... Nikki

Vince Green ... Snookie
Garland Whitt ... Kenny

Elisabeth Oas ... Diggy
Artel Great ... Arvel (as Artel Jarod Walker)
Cory Stewart ... Lip
Jennifer Anglin ... Glynn
Dorothy Martin ... Momma Dean
Kim Tlusty ... Lindsay
Felicia Fields ... Woman on Train
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug references.
Runtime:
112 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director Thomas Carter cast Julia Stiles in the role of Sara after seeing her "table dance" in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Obvious double when Derek is dancing and does the splits. more
Quotes:
Chenille: And this is Diggy. She thinks she's down.
Diggy: Excuse me? I am down, okay?
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Scary Movie 2 (2001) more
Soundtrack:
In for Cream more

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19 out of 26 people found the following comment useful.
More Than I Expected, 16 January 2001
7/10

Okay, so it won't bring home a little golden guy. . .it's from MTV Films for crying out loud. But who says everything has to? I will say this; this movie actually had a little more substance than what I walked in expecting. I went to the theater on opening night with 5 girlfriends expecting to hear some good music and see some good choreography and scenery of Chicago--a city I dearly love. I got all of that. But I also got a glimpse of broken homes, the dynamic between a father and daughter who don't know each other, friends who've gone by the wayside that you still don't want to let go of, I could say more. Oh, and the thing that really still pisses people off though it's 2001. . .interracial relationships. I'm not saying the plot isn't a little rehashed, but there's not a whole lot that's new out there. No, it's not a great film--I give it a B, but I'd see it again. In fact I did see it again with another set of friends on Saturday night. All in all, I saw this movie with 10 friends of varying sex, age and race and all of us liked it. I think that's a pretty good showing.

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