Movie review: Take the Lead
Take The Lead is a movie about the values of teamwork, respect and dignity, lessons of hard work and trust all for love of the dance. Based on a true story, Antonio Banderas plays Pierre DuLaine, a Spanish-French New York City polite dance instructor who gets the idea of teaching the aesthetics of ballroom dancing to a group of problem detention students in a tough inner-city Manhattan high school.
Mr. DuLaine shows his devotion to guide people, to help them reach their full potential and in his old-world elegance, he teaches them to feel the dance and learn discipline, honor and self-respect.
Anyway, of course everyone thinks Mr. DuLaine is crazy but he persists, and wins the kids’ trust, and hooks them on the magic of the tango and waltz. Banderas attacks this role with a real conviction making the magic of the dance and the life lessons learned by the goup of the students, affects their lives and inspire them to enter a prestigious city competition. The end of the movie Take The Lead is predictable and the winning goes much deeper than just learning the dance moves and competing.
Genre: Drama, Musical/Performing Arts, Biography
Featuring: Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Elijah Kelley, Dante Basco, Jenna Dewan
Director: Liz Friedlander, Liz Friedlander
Producer: Diane Nabatoff, Christopher Godsick, Michelle Grace
Score: 4.5 / 5