Save the Last Dance is a 2001 American dance film produced by MTV Films and released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas as a couple of teenagers from different backgrounds who fall in love and have to struggle to overcome their differences.

The film was directed by Thomas Carter and written by Duane Clark and Cheryl Edwards. The film’s executive producers were Stacey Sher and Danny DeVito.

Save the Last Dance was released on January 12, 2001. It was a box office success, grossing $90 million worldwide.

The film was met with mixed reviews from …