Center Stage
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 12, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
15
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Ultimately the ballet performances, and notably the work of Stiefel, a star with American Ballet Theatre, are the only moments that deserve center stage. Read full review
80
Dallas ObserverJean Oppenheimer
Audiences will leave the theater ready to sign up for some dance classes themselves. Read full review
80
NewsweekTed Gideonse
The end is predictable after the first five minutes (two, if you're smart), but the film sucks you in all the same. Read full review
80
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Grand, juicy fun regardless, tapping as it does into some archetypal pleasure center. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The 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. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Rarely has a dance movie done so many cinematic pirouettes with such a graceful sense of audience-pleasing fun. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
The best dance movie since "Flashdance."
75
Chicago TribuneMonica Eng
Although the film's ending is a little too neat and happy to be realistic, it does leave you with the feeling of young girls taking charge of their lives.
70
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Sexy and infectious in spite of itself. Read full review
70
Film.comRobert Horton
There isn't a sensible reason to recommend this movie, except that its melange of clichés and conventions is embarrassingly enjoyable. Read full review
70
Film.comMoira Macdonald
A dopey but sweet-natured I-love-to-dance film, fits nicely into the downhill-since-"The-Red-Shoes" tradition of ballet movies. Read full review
63
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Aiming to keep it real, the cast of the new dance casserole Center Stage sweats spunk. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Anybody who's ever laced on toe shoes, or wanted to, will find something to take away from Center Stage.
63
Philadelphia InquirerDesmond Ryan
Modestly entertaining when it is engaged in such a celebration onstage, but it trips up when the action moves backstage, where bad dialogue ... lurks in the shadows.
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