I loved this film. I did put it off for a while, thinking it would be just another sequel that we don't need, but when I watched it, I realised its a completely different film all together. A young girl and her family move to Cuba just before the revolution, like the original, Katey Miller (Romola Garai) is expected to marry someone her parents approve of, which is were James Phelps (Jonathan Jackson) comes in, the snobby rich guy, only after one thing. Meanwhile Katey meets Javier Suarez (Diego Luna) a waiter, who begins to show her the time her life by dancing with her secretly for a dance contest. I was surprised to see Patrick Swayze in the film, who played Johnny Castle in the first movie, he appeared in a scene trying to encourage Katey to take part in the dance contest. The original was set in 1963, and this movie was set in 1958, so i'm guessing this movie was meant to be before the 1st one actually happened. Patrick Swayze can still dance the night away, and he'll always be a great actor, but the star of this movie was Romola Garai and Diego Luna, a great actress and actor. The script was predictable, a rich girl and a poor boy falling in love, but that didn't put me off. Unfortunately this movie will never beat the original, to me its a classic.
The music, the clothes, the dancing everything was sexy and stylish, a great chick flick for the girls.
The music, the clothes, the dancing everything was sexy and stylish, a great chick flick for the girls.