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Love at First Dance

Love at First Dance

Romance · TV Movie · 2018

Hope is tasked with teaching Manhattan's former "Most Eligible Bachelor" how to dance for his extravagant, society wedding. But as the dance lessons progress, complications ensue when feelings begin to develop between student and instructor.

Movie details

Love at First Dance

2018 Romance · TV Movie 1h 24m

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6.0 / 10

Community rating

Hope is tasked with teaching Manhattan's former "Most Eligible Bachelor" how to dance for his extravagant, society wedding. But as the dance lessons progress, complications ensue when feelings begin to develop between student and instructor.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Mark Jean

Written by

Nina Weinman

Becca Tobin

Becca Tobin

Hope Mays

Niall Matter

Niall Matter

Eric Gunderson

Cecilia Deacon

Cecilia Deacon

Adriana

Bethany Brown

Bethany Brown

Cassidy

Veena Sood

Veena Sood

Sophia

Laura Soltis

Laura Soltis

Leona

Michelle Martin

Michelle Martin

Mirabella

Court is in session

Put Love at First Dance on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.