Entertainment Weekly, 01/22/1999, p.110, "...The sight of these two cavorting to effervescent tropical tunes is [worth the price]..."
USA Today, 08/21/1998, p.3E, "...Colorful and kinetically edited musical numbers..."
Box Office, 10/01/1998, p.54, "...It's a heartwarming tale, and the music's infectious beat gets audiences dancing in their seats..."
Sight and Sound, 05/1999, p.44, "...Exhilarating..."
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
(unspecified) - English
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Selections
Text/Photo Galleries:
Photo Gallery
Rafael Infante (Chayanne), a Cuban native who never met his real father, immigrates to America. Taking up residence in Houston, he begins searching for his illegitimate father and takes up employment as a superintendent at the world renowned Excelsior Dance Studio run by John Burnett (Kris Kristofferson). While working as a lowly handyman, Rafael meets Ruby (Vanessa Williams), a striking dancer. Together they enter into the Las Vegas World Open Dance competition and embark in a heated romance.
DANCE WITH ME is a warm heartfelt film. It exhibits Randa Haines' knack for suspenseful, romantic storytelling (she worked as a director on HILL STREET BLUES in the early 1980s). Kris Kristofferson departs from his standard role of grit-iron tough guy to play the effeminate dance instructor. Chayanne is striking and dapper. He demonstrates that dancing is both a sexy art form and a mode of expression for confident and empowered men.