“[M]addeningly appealing. I'd call it a guilty pleasure, but it's actually better than that – if only by the narrowest of margins”

- Rob Blackwelder

“Center Stage is all dancing and hugging and no good”

- Desson Howe

Center Stage

A Midwestern teen (Amanda Schull) realizes her dream of being admitted into a prestigious New York ballet school and discovers it's more difficult than she imagined. Ilia Kulik, Eion Bailey, Susan May Pratt, Peter Gallagher, Debra Monk, Sascha Radetsky, Zoe Saldana, Ethan Steifel. Director: Nicholas Hytner (2000, PG-13)