Mad About Mambo... an interesting, light rom-com about a boy from the wrong side of the tracks falling for the rich girl. It was all right in its own way, but....
... at no time did anyone ever do the mambo! They did lots of Samba and some Rumba, but never was Mambo in it. Strange titling for this movie. I guess Sick For Samba would not have grabbed as well.
The film seems to be a neat look into the lives of Belfast residents, but it's not a serious dance movie.
For some serious dancing, you'd do a lot better with Dance With Me, or Shall We Dance.
Mad About Mambo
2000
Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sport
Mad About Mambo
2000
Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sport
Plot summary
High school student tries to improve soccer skills by practicing dance and falls for his dance partner.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
March 18, 2021 at 05:59 AM
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Samba, not Mambo
a feel good movie
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!! It might be a boy meet girl story, but this movie is a cute, upbeat film. William Ash is great in this movie & I cannot wait to see him in something else. Keri Russell's accent did throw me off quite a bit, but all in all a cute family film.
Not that bad
I am usually sick of movies like this one, but for some reason, I was a bit entertained by this one. Maybe (as someone already mentioned) because it reminded me of my days back to high school. Who knows? I think that the story is a bit different than in other movies with the similar content. For example, I expected that it would be a classic love-teenage-sweet story (or whatever), and that they would just appear in the competition and win it. But I was completely wrong, and was a bit surprised with what happened at the competition. I agree about the most comments regarding poor dancing, Latino music etc, but I am not a big fan of all these things so that I didn't care much about it. Another thing that I liked, and that differs from the stereotype, is the place - Belfast, and lack of glamour and high-class houses, expensive cars, etc (except very few scenes). In summary, I give 7 to this movie, although it might be too high and not fair comparing to some other really great movies. But again, who cares. Cheers.