Katey does meet other American kids her same age including James Phelps (JONATHAN JACKSON), whose father is boss to hers, and snobby Eve (JANUARY JONES), who looks down on the local help, including waiter Javier Suarez (DIEGO LUNA).
Katey apologizes to him about Eve's attitude and the two become fast friends, with him introducing her to the sensual style of Cuban dancing. His brother Carlos (RENÉ LAVAN), who's involved in the political unrest sweeping the country, isn't happy that Javier is seeing her.
Nor are the Americans, with Eve and Susie turning him in for seeing a guest and thus getting him fired. Feeling bad for what occurred, Katey then tries to convince him to join her in a Latin ballroom dance contest where the winners receive $5,000.
With the country in growing turmoil, Katey and Javier become more than just dance partners as they practice for the big competition and must deal with keeping their love secret from everyone else, including her parents.
Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes (including some racist ones), several characters smoke or drink (with one young man being a bit intoxicated) and some tense family material is present. An assassination attempt is thwarted and some brief struggling and other contact occur.
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(2004) (Romola Garai, Diego Luna) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Moderate
None
Heavy
Mild
Mild
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
None
Minor
None
Mild
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Moderate
Mild
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
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Reviewed February 13, 2004 / Posted February 27, 2004
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