Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School

Aroview: Old-fashioned melodrama, shading into elegaic whimsy, in which a widowed baker (Carlyle) helps and learns the story of a car crash victim (Goodman), who had been racing to keep an appointment with a girl he met at a ballroom dance class forty years previously.

Deciding to meet the appointment himeslf, Carlyle infiltrates the nostalgic world of the titular school and falls under the spell of its enigmatic namesake (Steenburgen). Lightly stepping through its fairytale-ish fable of innocence reborn out of trust, this will reward a certain suspension of disbelief at its outlandish storyline, with some heartfelt moments, stylish ballroom moves and leggy female cast. Note: adapted by the director from his own short film made in 1990.

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