Feel-good pablum for teens, about a motherless small-town girl who goes to live with her jazzman dad (we hear he's "pretty good," though not for ourselves) and who transfers into an inner-city school where a new black boyfriend revives her dreams of dancing. Julia Stiles, as distinct from her lower-body and long-shot double, shows no moves to qualify her for "Julliard" (as it is spelled on a placard in flashback), but she plays on our sympathies anyway through her pitiful turned-down mouth and puckery baby face. She and her engaging co-star, Sean Patrick Thomas, can make you feel better about it all, if not altogether good. Directed by Thomas Carter. (2001) — Duncan Shepherd
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