Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.
- ballet dancer
- musical
- ballet
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Julia Stiles
Sara Johnson
Sean Patrick Thomas
Derek Reynolds
Kerry Washington
Chenille Reynolds
Fredro Starr
Malakai
- Terry Kinney — Roy Johnson
- Bianca Lawson — Nikki
- Vince Green — Snookie
- Garland Whitt — Kenny
- Elisabeth Oas — Diggy
- Artel Great — Arvel
- Cory Stewart — Lip
- Jennifer Anglin — Glynn
- Dorothy Martin — Momma Dean
- Kim Tlusty — Lindsay Johnson
- Felicia Fields — Woman on Train
- Directed
- Thomas Carter
- Written
- Duane Adler, Cheryl Edwards
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 1,370 ratings
- Studio
- MTV Films, Cort/Madden Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
2001 · You’re hereSave the Last Dance
Where it starts.
Save the Last Dance 2
2006
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
