I heard for a few years about MARILYN HOTCHKISS' BALLROOM DANCING & CHARM SCHOOL because of the cast full of actors of which I saw some movies and also because being on YouTube, I assumed it was rather obscure. When I saw it last August I found decent overall, and it starts to become good after the first 30 minutes.
It begins with Frank Keane (Robert Carlyle) that is driving with his girlfriend in a mountain road and calls his friend Kip Kipling (Sean Astin) but has to interrupt the call because he sees Steve Mills (John Goodman) that had an accident with his car. While Steve waits for the ambulance and also when he is taken, Frank offers to go with him and tell Steve his story and about when he used to go to the Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom school for finding the love of his life, while Kip was trying to steal it from him. And all this discussion unfolds in a journey about redemption and grief.
The plot, while simple, was enjoyable and I liked more the parts with Goodman than the ones set in the ballroom school because the stories they told each other were nice. And the music was ok too.
Not a life-changing movie but still something original and watchable if you don't want to think too much.
It begins with Frank Keane (Robert Carlyle) that is driving with his girlfriend in a mountain road and calls his friend Kip Kipling (Sean Astin) but has to interrupt the call because he sees Steve Mills (John Goodman) that had an accident with his car. While Steve waits for the ambulance and also when he is taken, Frank offers to go with him and tell Steve his story and about when he used to go to the Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom school for finding the love of his life, while Kip was trying to steal it from him. And all this discussion unfolds in a journey about redemption and grief.
The plot, while simple, was enjoyable and I liked more the parts with Goodman than the ones set in the ballroom school because the stories they told each other were nice. And the music was ok too.
Not a life-changing movie but still something original and watchable if you don't want to think too much.