Reception
The film was well received by audiencees but negatively received by critics. As of August 22, 2006, the film had an average score of 48/100 on Metacritic, signifying "mixed or average reviews", its highest score was 75 (from both Entertainment Weekly and the Boston Globe), and its lowest was a 25 from the San Francisco Chronicle. It scored a "Rotten" 19% on Rotten Tomatoes, the consensus stating that "this trite teen romance has too little plot and not enough dancing."
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