Search - Sweet Hearts Dance on DVD

Finally: a great film as it was meant to be seen

J. Gabriel Estrada Quintero | Mexico City | 03/30/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wiley and Sandra Boon (Johnson and Sarandon) were high school sweet hearts, the ones who were admired and loved by everyone, the perfect couple. Some years and three children after, Wiley realizes how bored and sad he is because of what his life has become: boring and sad. At least that's what he thinks. He decides to leave the house to find himself, we could say that what he finds out is that that life was the one that he longed for, but that's simplistic as hell. So, while he is out there thinking how it was that he fell out of love, his best buddy Sam (Jeff Daniels) has finally found the one girl he's looked for all his life -or is she?. This 1988 film starred Don Johnson in the best work of his career (so far) and Susan Sarandon in some kind of post-Springsteen characters story (theirs was the idyllic marriage, they were the king and queen of high school) and they are now trapped in the routine of marriage. Bruce Springsteen wrote in one of his songs that heroes are the ones who raise children and make families happy, so, here it is, a great, well acted, better written heroic story that will show you what married life really is."

Endearing and amusing, but Sarandon is miscast.

J. Gabriel Estrada Quintero | 04/18/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Don Johnson and Jeff Daniels are engaging as old high school buddies, and the movie is, on the whole, very endearing, but I find Sarandon as Johnson's wife a strange bit of miscasting. Although she is a good actress, she really did not fit the part. Elizabeth Perkins was amusing, but too restrained. All in all, an enjoyable movie."

Sometimes A Movie Comes Along That Surprises You!

P. Hall | usa | 05/18/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Isn't it funny how sometimes a film can mirror your life. I came across this movie on the Encore channel this weekend and tuned in because of the title. I stayed with it because Don Johnson looked so great, at his peak I would say. I finished it because of the story, touching, telling and true to life."

True To Life

Graphic Goddess | Olympic Peninsula, Washington | 07/12/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Only recently got to see this movie - was drawn by the cast of stars, and really enjoyed the movie overall. Painted a very true to life portrayal of a couple that everyone envied, who couldn't keep their hands off eachother when they dated in high school and how after time and kids, the spark in their marriage is threatened. Jeff Daniels is always fun, and Susan Sarandon is one of my favorite actresses. This is good movie."