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  • Mad Hot Ballroom
  • Opened May 13, 2005
  • PG
    some thematic elements
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 8+. Read More
  • Filmmaker Marilyn Agrelo spotlights New York schoolchildren who take part in a citywide ballroom-dancing contest.
  • Director: Marilyn Agrelo
  • Genres: Documentary

Mad Hot Ballroom Critic Reviews

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  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    A documentary experience to savor. Warm, funny and very difficult to resist,...

  • 80
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    Sweet and wise little film.

  • 80
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    Resistance is futile. It's impossible not to be swept up into the uplifting...

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Walter Addiego

    Beguiling.

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