One Last Dance
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Movie Reviews of One Last Dance
Movie Review: A master class for those who want to film dance
Summary: 3 Stars
Very few people know how to photograph dance on film. Ms. Niemi & her cinematographer do.
There are cuts and closeups which take advantage of film's immediacy and flexibility, but often the dances are shot wide, the dancers shown from head to toe, and we get to experience all they express. The overhead shots, in particular, are gorgeous, give a unique sense of the flow of the dances, and are used with intelligent restraint.
I can't argue with many of the criticisms other reviewers have mentioned, but I wish the photographers of movies like "Step-Up" had the courage and trust to follow this film's example.
Movie Review: Lovely to look at
Summary: 3 Stars
OK - it's not Casablanca. It's a dance film, and a well done one. Very enjoyable, beautifully danced, and some of the best (note: not ALL of the best, but some) modern young choreographers are represented here. Also, both Patrick and Lisa are really easy on the eyes and they dance amazingly together. The labour of love this film represents gives it a special glow. Expect a pretty series of dance sequences and you won't be sorry you spent your time.Movie Review: Patrick Swayze fan & dance fan
Summary: 3 Stars
Though this is a small movie, it should delight fans of Patrick Swayze and dance. Not a Dirty Dancing type movie but one in which he can star with his wife. Generally , just a nice movie that can be watched a number of times without getting bored.Movie Review: One Last Dance
Summary: 3 Stars
I loved watching Patrick Swayze dancing with his wife. He is one of my favorite actors & he didn't disappoint me in this movie.Movie Review: I give it 2 stars for it's unintended comedy.
Summary: 2 Stars
Thank goodness my wife and I rented this movie because it is a one-viewing-only experience. We are introduced to Patrick Swayze's character and he seems the country hayseed who just got off the train from Booniesville. Later, we learn he's been "all over the world". Then we have to endure watching Lisa Neimi having, or reliving, her repeated emotional breakdowns. Boo hoo. Oh, don't forget George De La Pena. One minute he's prodding the two former lovers, (Swayze and Neimi), into dancing the production they've all reunited to do. The next he's crying at his makeup table because he never believed he, himself, could complete the darn task. Oh please!!! The story is so full of drama queens it's beyond belief!!! I have to admit that my wife and I spent most of the movie chuckling at the acting, the story and finally the lover's dance sequences. My major complaint was we hardly got to see these "great dancers" dance. There were plenty of waist up shots of the pair emoting their polarizing love/hate feelings. Demonstrations of their dance skill? It seemed to be a case of hiding their weaknesses. And, then there's Neimi's fatherless daughter. It wasn't too hard to figure out who's daddy. This plotline is so tired and comes at you thousands of miles before it's revealed. No surprise here.
Now let's be real. The threesome, who are supposed to be saving this dance company with their performance, were all pushing their mid 40's when we see the flashbacks of seven years prior!!! Now the movie is trying to convince us that not one, but three people are going to beat the odds, and are expected to perform like the kiddies?!?!? As I said, we had to hold back the giggles.
Three things of note should be added here:
1. Watch the extra feature on this DVD. Neimi and Swayze, (real life husband and wife), show SO MUCH more of an emotional connection there than they ever could muster for the movie's performance. When not of the wooden variety, their emotional range swung to a stupefying over acting. Again, boo-hoo.
2. The movie's lighting director and photographer should have been fired on the spot. Miss Neimi looks quite ancient and Swayze looks like his face is plastic. During one scene Patrick wants to practice a jump-catch!!! We cringed because it was like telling us our grandma was going to make the same attempt. We were convinced if Lisa fell it would be the preverbal "old woman" breaking her hip. Again, refer to the extra features. They look quite pleasant and Neimi looks like she may even be able to pull this wishing well story off.
3. Lastly, I would say the sequences with the other dancers gathered for this movie were very good. They were quite entertaining to watch and were performed with inventive choreography. Three cheers for the understudies!!! Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah!!!
I have mixed emotions about this film. On one hand I like to root for the "old-timer" who makes good. On the other, it is tremendously embarrassing watching "old people" look foolish. Unfortunately my rooting turned to laughing in disbelief. Rent, don't buy, this movie as ironic camp and for the intermittent supporting dancers' sequences.