Movie · Romance · Drama

Sara (Julia Stiles) wants to be a ballerina, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her mother. She moves in with her father (Terry Kinney), who she has not seen for a long time, in Chicago, mainly the ghetto. She gets transferred to a new school where she is the only white there. Her life takes a turn for the better when she is friends with Chenille (Kerry Washington). Later, she falls in love with her brother, Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas).

2001 · 1h 48m
Director Thomas Carter

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Save the Last Dance

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Sara (Julia Stiles) wants to be a ballerina, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her mother. She moves in with her father (Terry Kinney), who she has not seen for a long time, in Chicago, mainly the ghetto. She gets transferred to a new school where she is the only white there. Her life takes a turn for the better when she is friends with Chenille (Kerry Washington). Later, she falls in love with her brother, Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas).

COMMON SENSE

Formulaic teen romance has cursing, underage drinking.

TOMATOMETER
Average 5.9
Reviews 98
Fresh 53
Rotten 45

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
2001
Run Time
1 hr 48 min
Rated
PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug references.
Region of Origin
United States
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Original Audio
English
Audio

English (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), English (United States)

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English (CC)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.