Powerful

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

If you enjoyed Moulin Rouge then you owe it to yourself to check out Strictly Ballroom, which Baz Luhrmann wrote and directed nine years earlier. There are several scenes, such as the one on the roof with the Coca Cola sign, that will have you thinking of scenes from Moulin Rouge.Strictly Ballroom has all the makings of a classic feelgood movie; a protagonist who has a story arc that takes him from hero to zero, before starting his journey back to redemption (or not), a heroin who starts of looking frumpy with a poor choice in glasses and acne, and a whole host of support actors who are truly marvellous.I don't want to spoil the movie for you so I'm not going to go into any of the plot twists and turns, but I can say that once you start watching you are unlikely to stop, as it is an absolute corker of a film.

Look, i very much loved the dancing and the music involved, the storyline just looked really obvious like we all know there'll be a happy ever after in the end and everyone says sorry blah blah blah. It didn't really make me feel excited in a matter to be interested in the contents of the story.I think Tara Morice was quite a good dancer but i think she would rather suit better if she was the character Scotts sister than playing as his love interest. I just don't feel that they both would be a couple, maybe if the producer or director got someone else who would fit the role, then I would've given this movie a rating of 9 or a 10. I have to admit, the movie gave me a good vibe watching it at the same time. Definitely people who are interested in salsa dancing and haven't seen this, they would have to check it out!

With the recent upsurge in popularity in and broadcasting of all things Ballroom and dancing and stuff, it seems I'm the only one I know that can resist it - and quite easily, at that.All that forced preening, pirouetting and showing off leaves me cold. Baz Lurhmann's debut film, Strictly Ballroom, however, at least actually gets me looking at the screen and not my toes.Whilst not getting quite as enraptured by its sparkly magic as much as some folk - and many critics, it is the story and the very human one at that shines through. Everyone who has a single DNA in their bodies that gives them an ounce of heart and compassion will soon appreciate this modern fairytale.Some of the styles are rather alarming, both in hair and fashion but that now adds to the film's charm and keeps the metabolism slightly uneven. Strangely, to me, it looks a little older than the 20 years that it is.For the rest of the population who do enjoy "Strictly" and those other shows will undoubtedly lap this one up. Not only do you get the swirly moves but a beautiful story, too.

Absolutely brilliant; by the writer and the director and the actors. Shirley Hastings is one of the most important and true characters in any Art form. She is to be studied by students in psychology, psychiatry, and social work. As is her husband. Unfortunately the theme is all too common. The future is the youth. To stifle them is so wrong on so many levels. Narcissism abounds. It is epidemic and crippling to happiness and creativity. The hen-pecked husband is all too common in marriages. His realization of this is awaited by the audience throughout the movie...Does he ever break-away from the narcissistic dominating wife? How does one do this and keep a marriage together? How does a son break away from a mother? From a father? From both?