An average movie

Honestly, I find it rather difficult to review this movie. Indeed, I thought it was a rather weird flick. Basically, it has barely anything to do with the original version. But on the other hand, it was actually not really a bad thing since I wasn't a huge fan of this 80’s ‘classic’. Furthermore, Romola Garai and Diego Luna (both of them are actually pretty talented if you check the rest of their career) were not bad and they had some good chemistry. Still, who am I kidding? Obviously, once again, the story was just really weak and the attempt to set the movie during the historical events in Cuba was just laughable. I mean, you either make a fluffy movie or you make a serious one, you don't mix these things by making a fluffy movie which such a serious historical background, it is really annoying and it just doesn't work. On the other hand, I’m obviously not the target audience and I think my wife who loved the original movie thought it was pretty good. Anyway, all in all, it remains a rather average dancing movie and it is not really worth a look, except maybe if you are a die-hard fan of the genre.

5/10