Quoting from a reviewer here that said this was " one of the greatest Latin dance movies", I honestly didn't think it was that good actually. Even though I know it's Cuban music, I still didn't feel the rhythm or the beat in some of the songs. It's probably because I never heard much of Cuban music before but honestly, it is basically the same as Cuban music but within a different country. It just didn't really understand me!The storyline wasn't that good, it was pretty much overrated. OK Vanessa Williams was involved in this, although it doesn't matter if there were too many famous stars in a movie, as long as it's good. Sadly at the end of the day, this movie didn't pretty much impress me!

First: I did dance myself but had to stop due to health reasons - and because I really sucked at dancing (two left feet and no coordination to boot), so I HATE dance movies (jealousy and all, y'know?) and tend to be a mean five letter word when it comes to critique. And although I watched Dirty Dancing eleventy million times when I was younger I never really liked it.I zapped in around the beginning of "Dance with Me", where Rafael talks to Ruby about dancing and she tells him off. My first impulse was "Hah! Serves you right. Dancing isn't the breeze you believe it to be." and to switch channels.I don't know what made me stay. Maybe it was Chayanne's boyish smile (which surprises me a lot as neither he himself nor the character he portrays is my type at all), maybe it was the overall lightness of the movie, I couldn't say. But stay I did.And I didn't regret it. The dancing is wonderful. It speaks. It tells me things about the characters that no dialogue could ever bring across without being - well, yes - cliché. And yes, the movie is predictable and - here we go again - cliché (I seem to like this word a lot tonight...) but somehow this does not diminish its charm one jot. In a sort of twisted logic it even adds to it. Don't ask me why, for me, it just did. The lack of dialogue had the potential for a decided minus for the film, but I found the dancing, the music, the scenes (the engagement party, for example) expressed more than words alone could say.The movie is kinda cheesy, uneventful on a bigger Michael Bay-ish scale and slow, granted, but hey, that's life. In consequence, the film itself lives and breathes and one becomes part of the dance studio family, whether one wants to or not.Consequently, I was no where near ready for the end after the dance contest. I wanted to see more of the gang. I wanted to share their lives just a little longer. I was really sad the movie was already over.It left me with a light hearted feeling of contentment, almost joy. I didn't know where it came from, for I passionately loath dance movies, especially dance movies containing dances I did or always wanted to do. Not so in this case. I liked it. Heck, I LOVED it! For the first time a dance movie left me with a "Hey, you did it! Congrats!"-feeling. Thank you, "Dance with me". You did it!

What a pleasure to discover an internationally acclaimed Latino performer, Chayanne, totally by accident! While DWM has flaws that have been pointed out in other reviews, (I voted "10" for the experience) for me it was primarily a time of joy and delight as I experienced an honest, exciting performance by a young man I might not have otherwise known. Chayanne's sincerity, passion for life, and ability to respond truthfully to his cast mates were evident throughout the film (not so hard on the eyes either!). Since viewing DWM, I've found his music (dozens of gold and platinum albums in the international community) and his fans (chayanne.net, casachayanne.com and others) and my life is richer for the discovery. Take a chance and have a ball!

I saw the movie "DANCE WITH ME" because there was nothing else interesting on. If I had known it would be so entertaining I would have watched it years ago. Like "STRICTLY BALLROOM", it is a beautiful mix of music, fun and dancing. This movies shows an intensity and passion between 2 people that is lacking in most modern movies. Most movies never develop a love story.....rather they jump into some steamy sexual situation. What happened to leaving things to our imagination....Happily Ever After!!! Don't get me wrong, the script was lacking at times, but the performers made up for it with energy, and realism. Who can't relate to being torn between something you love and something you want. Vanessa L. Williams is outstanding. If she had starred in "MOULIN ROUGE", I may have been able to watch the whole thing. Vanessa is one of the few MULTI-TALENTED PERFORMERS(singer, actress and NOW dancer)overlooked by Hollywood. Few women can do it all. Not since the likes of Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, and Ginger Rodgers. "DANCE WITH ME" is worth watching.