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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Dallas ObserverJean OppenheimerDallas ObserverJean OppenheimerAudiences will leave the theater ready to sign up for some dance classes themselves.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie uses the materials of melodrama, but is gentle with them; it's oriented more in the real world, and doesn't jack up every conflict and love story into an overwrought crisis.
- 70The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensSexy and infectious in spite of itself.
- 70Film.comRobert HortonFilm.comRobert HortonThere isn't a sensible reason to recommend this movie, except that its melange of clichés and conventions is embarrassingly enjoyable.
- 63San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisAiming to keep it real, the cast of the new dance casserole Center Stage sweats spunk.
- 50Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezComes off as an episode of "Beverly Hills, 90210" where, instead of spoiled rich kids, the characters are all ballet stars in the making.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackThe strained romantic plot is a slow fizzle.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThe cliched script by Carol Heikkinen plays like "Dawson's Creek" in toeshoes.
- 50L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorHas next to no story beyond some stock clichés about bulimia, stage mothers and internal affairs in the corps de ballet.
- 40Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorAn ounce of self-awareness about its almost gleeful use of cliches would have improved this dance soap opera.