Mad About Mambo (2000)
63 %
Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 10 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Consensus:
A throw back to earlier films like Strictly Ballroom, Mambo is a competent but ultimately dull film.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis: In order to improve his footwork on the soccer field, Danny Mitchell (William Ash), a teenage Catholic school student in Belfast, Northern Ireland, enrolls himself in Mambo classes. He falls in love with his teacher, 18-year-old Lucy McLoughlin (Keri Russell), who is determined to win a... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Keri Russell, William Ash, Brian Cox, Rosaleen Linehan, Tim Loane
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Boy falls for girl who wants to win dance contest. He learns all the steps, the girl becomes enamored of him, and . . . Well, you know. You've been there time and time again.
09/15/03
Boy falls for girl who wants to win dance contest. He learns all the steps, the girl becomes enamored of him, and . . . Well, you know. You've been there time and time again.
09/15/03
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06/05/02
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01/09/02
It's a sweet, funny story, and the choreography is mildly interesting, but we've seen this dance before.
01/01/00
Mad About Mambo's steps may be as familiar as the hokeypokey, but there's just enough gusto in the execution to make it a guilty pleasure.
01/01/00
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Ash and Russell ... generate just enough tension to keep the audience interested.
01/01/00
But Ash is a charmer, and Russell (whose Irish accent is passable) flings around her fondly remembered mane with flirtatious gusto.
01/01/00
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Nothing more than an ultra-formulaic Hollywood romantic fantasy grafted onto Belfast.
01/01/00
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