Fancy Dancing (2002)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Brock Simpson

Writer:

Brock Simpson (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot Keywords:

Musician | Song | Father Son Relationship | Dancing | Singing

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jason Priestley	...	Asa Gemmil
Tanya Allen	...	Karen
Ewen Bremner	...	Bernard Schiff
Dave Thomas	...	Uncle Billy
Dave Foley	...	Nat Porter
Deborah Odell	...	Charity
Jack Duffy	...	Stan
Connor Price	...	Michael Pelham
Joyce Campion	...	Peg
Dan Chameroy	...	Mar Stoddart
Stephanie Graham	...	Doreen Gaynor
Clinton Walker	...	Randall Keenan Forbes
Naomi Gaskin	...	Roxie Nightingale
Norma Edwards	...	Nana
Tracy Dawson	...	Funny Singer

Also Known As:

Au rythme de l'amour (Canada: French title)
Call Me Irresponsible (Canada: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

91 min (Montréal World Film Festival)

Country:

UK | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Norstar Entertainment

Life's A Cabaret For Jason

Watching this Canadian film starring Jason Priestley with its north of the border cast I kept thinking how did Johnny Depp let this one slip by? The character of Asa Gemmill, a man who is a womanizing deadbeat dad who lives in a nostalgia world, but still maintains his likability seemed like a perfect fit for the quirky characters Johnny Depp loves to bring to the screen.

Still in Fancy Dancing Jason Priestley does a fine job in those two toned shoes that he sings and dances in. I have a soft spot in my heart for this film, it features the kind of music and entertainment that I like. And now that I'm retired I can listen and watch it all day long as Priestley does. But I had to work for over 30 years for New York State to have that leisure time.

And as a thirty something Priestley just hasn't grasped the fact that you've got to have work time to enjoy the play time. So Dave Thomas brings him into his advertising agency thinking maybe this is a place he might be useful.

For myself I certainly loved the music that writer/director Brock Simpson also wrote for this film. It sounded so period, I kept trying to think of where I might have heard it before. I do pride myself on my knowledge of these popular songs and only in the end did I learn there was a good reason I couldn't identify with them.

Priestley's best scenes are with his young son played by Connor Price, the two have a good chemistry together.

Fancy Dancing was a nice piece of entertainment from Canada and is in the running as the best Johnny Depp film, Johnny Depp never made.