Long before there was So You Think You Can Dance or Dancing With the Stars there was Baz Luhrmann's first movie, the 1992 Strictly Ballroom. Paul Mercurio stars as Scott Hastings, the ballroom dancing son of a ballroom couple who has to face up to his parents pressure to win the Australian Pan Pacific Championship dancing title, even though all he wants to do is introduce new steps to the stodgy contest. When his partner deserts him tired of his shenanigans, Scott takes up with the dance studio wannabie Fran (played by Tara Morice) and two begin a timid romance amid the practicing. Its interesting to see this movie all these years on as even back then, you can see Luhrmann's unique style and his wonderful joive de vivre for life and love. Strictly Ballroom is a feel good movie, more fun and fabulous then its predecessor Dirty Dancing, with dancing from start to finish and quirky, adorable characters.
For the sheer frivolity of it all, and seeing character Tina Sparkle do her stuff, my rating 8 out of 10.
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