Mad Hot Ballroom

Mad Hot Ballroom

Anyone can make it if they learn how to shake it.

Directed by Marilyn Agrelo

Produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Just One Productions

2005105 min6.7 / 10

A joyful documentary about urban schoolchildren discovering confidence and grace through ballroom dancing, celebrating transformation and human connection.

Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves and their world along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes humorous perspectives, these kids are transformed, from reluctant participants to determined competitors, from typical urban kids to "ladies and gentlemen," on their way to try to compete in the final citywide competition.

Questions people ask

  • Is Mad Hot Ballroom scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.

  • Does Mad Hot Ballroom end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is Mad Hot Ballroom easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.

  • Is Mad Hot Ballroom violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Mad Hot Ballroom sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

38/ 100

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