Take the Lead

2006
PG-13
1h 58m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

27K

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A dance teacher offers to conduct detention for a group of misfit students by teaching them ballroom dancing. He overcomes their insecurities and prejudices, to enter them in a dance competi... Read allA dance teacher offers to conduct detention for a group of misfit students by teaching them ballroom dancing. He overcomes their insecurities and prejudices, to enter them in a dance competition.A dance teacher offers to conduct detention for a group of misfit students by teaching them ballroom dancing. He overcomes their insecurities and prejudices, to enter them in a dance competition.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

27K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations

Trivia
The youthful members of cast worked with the real Pierre Dulaine to get their dance moves correct for the movie.

Goofs
When Morgan comes to the school to dance with Pierre for the students, she descends the steps to the room fully costumed, including her shoes. Ballroom dance shoes have soft suede soles that are are easily damaged by wet or dirty floors, so most dancers, especially serious ones like Morgan, will not put risk their shoes by putting them on at a non-competition venue until they are ready to step onto the dancing surface.

Quotes
Pierre Dulaine: To do something, anything, is hard. It's much easier to blame your father, your mother, the environment, the government, the lack of money, but even if you find a place to assign the blame,it doesn't make the problems go away.

Connections
Featured in HBO First Look: Take the Lead (2006)

Soundtracks
I Got Rhythm (Take the Lead Remix)
Written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Performed by Lena Horne
Additional vocals performed by Q-Tip
Remixed by Swizz Beatz and Aaron Zigman
Courtesy of RCA Victor Group by arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Q-Tip appears courtesy of Motown Records a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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Featured review

8/10

"To Sir With Love" meets "Dance With Me"

TAKE THE LEAD (2006) *** Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, Lyriq Bent, Brandon Andrews, Laura Benanti, Yaya DaCosta, Jenna Dewan, Elijah Kelley, Shawand Mckenzie, Marcus T. Paulk, Joseph Pierre, Katya Virshilas, Heidi von Palleske. "To Sir With Love" meets "Dance With Me" could've been the pitch for his entertaining melodrama based on the true-life account of Pierre Dulaine's (Banderas in one of his best performances) unorthodox method of communicating with Manhattan high school delinquents with teaching them ballroom dancing. While Dianne Houston's screenplay is riddled with clichés and formulaic storytelling, novice filmmaker Liz Friedlander, who cut her teeth on music videos, inhabits the film with a lot of style, panache and energy thanks largely to her unknown ensemble of willing young talent and stand-up and cheer moments including a ménage a trios tango that sizzles.