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Director:
Peter Gilbert
Writers (WGA):
Davida Wills Hurwin (book)
Kara Lindstrom (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 September 2002 (Italy) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
A great book that was turned into a bad film more (10 total)

Cast

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Larisa Oleynik ... Juliana 'Jules' Michaels

Shiri Appleby ... Samantha 'Sam' Russell

Peter Coyote ... Wyn Michaels

Patricia Kalember ... Sandra Michaels

Amy Madigan ... Jackie Russell

Shane West ... Paul, the DJ

Scott Vickaryous ... Eli

Anton Yelchin ... Jackson Michaels

Lynn Whitfield ... Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rob Adler ... Kevin (as Robert Michael Adler)
Ashley L. Anderson ... Juilliard Dancer (as Ashley Anderson)

Timothy Anderson ... Company Dancer
Jason Beitel ... Company Dancer

Kevin Christy
John R. Corella ... Company Dancer (as John Corella)

Vicki Davis ... Juilliard Chech in Girl
Jocelyn Dowling ... Juilliard Dancer
R.J. Durell ... Company Dancer
Michelle Elkin ... Company Dancer
Alicia Gilley ... Juilliard Dancer

Deena Grassia ... Juilliard Dancer
Jennifer L. Hamilton ... Colleen
Stacey Harper ... Company Dancer

Barbara Eve Harris ... Dr. Conner

Scott Hislop ... Company Dancer
Galen Hooks ... Company Dancer
Kirsten Inhat ... Juilliard Dancer
Bermina Jackson ... Juilliard Dancer
Charles Klapow ... Company Dancer

Shanti Lowry ... Eva
Mark Meismer ... Company Dancer
Carly Naples ... Young Jules
Breanne Oaks ... Younger Sam
Brittany Oaks ... Younger Jules
Ayesha Orange ... Sarah
Wes Pope ... Company Dancer

Dayna Price ... Briana
Honey Sanders ... Juilliard Administrator
Douglas Spain ... Mike
Shealan Spencer ... Company Dancer

Kevin Alexander Stea ... Bryan (as Kevin Stea)
Nancy Stephens ... Mrs. Hillman

Becca Sweitzer ... Company Dancer

Lindsay Taylor ... Dancer

Nikki Tuazon ... Nadia
Salvatore Vassallo ... Company Dancer
Gelsey Weiss ... Juilliard Dancer

Jennifer Weston ... Juilliard Dancer
Tovaris Wilson ... Ivan
Alexandra Yuman ... Young Sam
Emily Zachary ... Juilliard Dancer
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some language and a scene of sensuality.
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
East of Doheny more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[quietly]
Juliana 'Jules' Michaels: Crying doesn't help me Mommy.
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7 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
A great book that was turned into a bad film, 2 April 2004
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Author: Sweet_Ophelia from Australia

It is so dissapointing that one of the best books I have ever read was adapted into such a bad film that totally lost the plot.

The movie is about Sam & Jules. Sam loves to dance, but Jules lives to dance. Jules is planning on going to Juilliard, and Sam is planning on tagging along, simply because she and Jules have been inseparable since they were six years old. But Jules's dreams come to a grinding halt when she is diagnosed with cancer. Jules & Sam's relationship is put to the test and things will never be the same again.

Shiri Appleby was pretty ordinary and forgettable in this film. But, in her defence, if the movie had been based more closely on the book, her character would have been alot meatier and she probably could have done alot more with herself. Larisa Oleynik could have made her role really great. She could have tugged the audience's heart strings from beginning to end, but she didnt. Once again, in her defence, the film didnt concentrate enough on the emotional side of Jules's cancer, instead they stuffed it with way too many dance routines that just ended up being boring and hogging too much of the screen time. I know this film is about a girl who just wants to dance, but really, they were great steps, dont get me wrong, but too much of a good thing can be bad and boring. They should have concentrated alot more on the emotional and made sure there wasnt a dry eye by the end. Its strange that they didnt give Peter Coyote, a pretty darn good actor by my standards, more screen time. he had only two minor scenes with little dialogue and hardly any room for emotional response. There is one scene in which Jules tells her parents she wants to stop chemo, and he shows signs of potential, but then they leave it at that.

With all due respect, the book was much better.

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