Mad Hot Ballroom
by Marilyn Agrelo
List Price:
Our Price: $11.49
You Save: $1.49 (11%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $2.95 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Emma Therese Biegacki, Graciela Daniele, Heather Berman, Paul Daggett, Pierre DulaineDirector: Marilyn Agrelo
Brand: Paramount
Cinematographer: Claudia Raschke
Producer: Marilyn Agrelo
Editor: Sabine Krayenb?hl
Producer: Amy Sewell
Writer: Amy Sewell
Producer: Brian David Cange
Producer: W. Wilder Knight II
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-18
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Mad Hot Ballroom
Movie Review: A Must See
Summary: 5 Stars
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!
Summary of Mad Hot Ballroom
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. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/01/2007 Rating: PgIf the delightful spectacle of preteen kids dancing the foxtrot and the merengue isn't enough to lure you in, add the pressure of a dance competition and the triumph of troubled kids finding self-respect through discipline--if Mad Hot Ballroom were a Hollywood movie, it would be too corny for words. Instead, it's an engrossing documentary about a wildly successful after-school program in New York City. Mad Hot Ballroom follows a handful of kids in three different schools from the beginning of their dance classes to the night of the inter-school dance finals. Regrettably, the movie fails to pursue the dancers themselves; a few scenes provide glimpses of some smart, articulate kids with vivid personalities and compelling emotions, but the filmmakers make a minimal effort to draw the kids out or explore their lives outside of the classes. Watching the kids develop as dancers is still gripping and the final competition will have you on the edge of your seat, but it could have been all the more so. Though certainly worthy and genuinely heartwarming, you can't help but feel that Mad Hot Ballroom lost an opportunity for something truly dazzling. --Bret Fetzer
Documentary DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in Recent Behavioral Documentaries I Like
Young@HeartRelease date: 2008-09-16; DVD
Best price: $7.59
Price in other shops:
Winged MigrationSony; Release date: 2005-11-22; DVD
Best price: $7.64
Price in other shops:
SpellboundSony; Release date: 2004-01-20; DVD
Best price: $7.72
Price in other shops:
My Kid Could Paint ThatSony; Release date: 2008-03-04; DVD
Best price: $10.49
Price in other shops:
March of the Penguins (Widescreen Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2005-11-29; DVD
Best price: $2.29
Price in other shops:
Mad Hot BallroomParamount; Release date: 2005-10-18; DVD
Best price: $3.92
Price in other shops:
The Hobart ShakespeareansNew Video; Release date: 2006-02-28; DVD
Best price: $16.39
Price in other shops:
The Farmer's WifeRelease date: 2006-01-17; DVD
Best price: $21.38
Price in other shops:
The Education of Shelby KnoxIronweed Film Club; DVD
Best price: $19.97
The Cliburn - Playing on the EdgeRelease date: 2005-11-22; DVD
Best price: $27.12
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
One Last DanceUniversal; Release date: 2005-08-23; DVD
Best price: $4.16
Price in other shops:
Akeelah and the Bee (Widescreen Edition)LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT; Release date: 2006-08-29; DVD
Best price: $4.84
Price in other shops:
Shall We Dance? (Widescreen Edition)GERE,RICHARD; Release date: 2005-02-01; DVD
Best price: $4.29
Price in other shops:
Burn the FloorUniversal; Release date: 2000-04-04; DVD
Best price: $3.14
Price in other shops:
Salsa - The Motion PictureTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2003-04-15; DVD
Best price: $4.26
Price in other shops:
Dance with MeSony; Release date: 1999-01-12; DVD
Best price: $4.20
Price in other shops:
SpellboundSony; Release date: 2004-01-20; DVD
Best price: $6.86
Price in other shops:
Take the LeadBANDERAS,ANTONIO; Release date: 2006-08-29; DVD
Best price: $3.56
Price in other shops:
Shall We Dance?Release date: 2005-02-01; DVD
Best price: $4.81
Price in other shops:
Strictly BallroomRelease date: 2002-03-19; DVD
Best price: $4.79
Price in other shops: