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1992 Certificate PG
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A top ballroom dancer pairs with a plain, left-footed local girl when his maverick style earns him the disdain of his more conventionally-minded colleagues. Together, the team gives it their all and makes dreams of the National Championship title come true. Directed in a delicious high-key style by director Luhrmann (WILLIAM .. Read more

Starring Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson
Director Baz Luhrmann
Genres Drama

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Strictly Ballroom

A top ballroom dancer pairs with a plain, left-footed local girl when his maverick style earns him the disdain of his more conventionally-minded colleagues. Together, the team gives it their all and makes dreams of the National Championship title come true. Directed in a delicious high-key style by director Luhrmann (WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO + JULIET) in his madcap debut.

Starring Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson, Barry Otto, Peter Whitford, Gia Carides
Director Baz Luhrmann
Studio ITV DVD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 47 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 28 Jan 2002
Blu-ray: 23 Jun 2008
Production year: 1992
Format DVD

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  • 5 stars out of 5

    Feel-good movies don't come any better than this Australian smash hit, which is an exuberant joy from sequined start to feathered finish. Come Dancing meets Footloose when rebel ballroom star Paul Mercurio hesitantly teams up with ugly duckling novice Tara Morice for an important contest. He wants to perform his own Latin routine, however, rather than the boring steps set by the conservative dancing federation. Will love be in the air? What do you think! As kitsch and as corny as anything, this hilariously heart-warming romantic comedy drama is the ideal pick-me-up. It's bright, breezy and strictly fabulous.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Right from the glorious opening, it's obvious that Baz Luhrmann knows exactly what he's doing. The story recounts the... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 16 out of 16 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Strictly brilliant

    A brilliant parody of the world of 'comepetition' dancing . From the opening minutes humour is woven with a romance that out dances and provides more real passion than Dirty Dancing ever could. Funny, stylish and entertaining, even the predictable ending inspires, when it could have disappointed. My number one feel good film, whether you are Scott or Fran, watch this with a broad smile and laugh out loud as your eyes fill with tears of joy, and then see Muriel's Wedding.

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  • 16 out of 16 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Strictly brilliant

    A brilliant parody of the world of 'comepetition' dancing . From the opening minutes humour is woven with a romance that out dances and provides more real passion than Dirty Dancing ever could. Funny, stylish and entertaining, even the predictable ending inspires, when it could have disappointed. My number one feel good film, whether you are Scott or Fran, watch this with a broad smile and laugh out loud as your eyes fill with tears of joy, and then see Muriel's Wedding.

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    Bad movies come in all shapes and sizes. This one is a doozy, a big, sweeping national epic that cost Rupert Murdoch’s Twentieth Century Fox an arm and a leg ($130 million) and which has been hobbled by its weak US showing. Of course it’s doing nicely down under, but the real question is: what will the rest of the world make of it? And that’s a bit of a head-scratcher. Writer-director Baz Luhrmann has enjoyed a Midas touch up to now, tapping popular acclaim with his so-called Read more

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