Save the Last Dance

Save The Last Dance is a 2001 film about a white midwestern girl who moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past. The film parallels Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
 * Directed by Thomas Carter. Written by Duane Adler and Cheryl Edwards.

The Only Person You Need To Be Is Yourself.

Sara Johnson

 * You know Snook, you talk a lot of shit for someone who never says anything.
 * You know what? Derek and I like each other and if you have a problem with that, then screw you.
 * We spend more time defending our relationship than actually having one.
 * [to her dad] It's not that I hate you, it's just that I miss her.

Derek Reynolds

 * You can do it. Sara, you were born to do it.
 * Ain't nobody watchin' you but me.
 * Let's put some S-E-X in those H-I-Ps!

Chenille Reynolds

 * They call him Snooky because Fool was taken.
 * Too many little boys thinkin' they are thugs.
 * You can't help who you love, Derek, you're not supposed to.

Dialogue

 * Chenille: Quit it, Nikki.
 * Nikki: Excuse me, I ain't walkin' on eggshells just 'cause you brought the Brady Bunch to the negro club.
 * Sara: Then you must be in the wrong spot because I'm pretty sure there aren't any negroes here.
 * Chenille: Ooh!


 * Nikki: It ain't over, bitch.
 * Sara: I don't even know why it started, bitch.


 * Sara: [about Malaki] So you're not down with the things he does, but you're still down with him? That makes perfect sense. I understand.
 * Derek: He's my friend, Sara. You don't have to understand.


 * Derek: "Stepps" ain't no square dance.
 * Sara: That's ok, I'll dance in circles, probably around you.


 * Sara: There's only one world, Chenille.
 * Chenille: That's what they teach you. We know different.


 * Chenille: You need to take off that 5th grade dance lookin' top.
 * Sara: Its from The Gap!
 * Chenille: Its country and you look country in it!


 * Snookie: I'm free Saturday night.
 * Chenille: Why, is your hand busy?


 * Derek: Do you get along with your dad? You tight and shit?
 * Sara: Yeah, we're tight and shit. Our DNA matches.


 * Sara: Asshole.
 * Chenille: Who? Because in this crowd you're going to have to be a bit more specific.


 * Sara: Screw you. I'm brilliant and cool.
 * Derek: You're not quite there yet.


 * Kenny: How you doin'?
 * Chenille: Why don't you ask how your son is doing? That's a line you haven't tried in a while.
 * Kenny: Why you always gotta jump off on me like that?
 * Chenille: Why you gotta be like you are?
 * Kenny: Ah, come on, you know you wanna dance with me. That's what you came here for, to yell at me, and to dance with me.

Cast

 * Julia Stiles - Sara Johnson
 * Sean Patrick Thomas - Derek Reynolds
 * Kerry Washington - Chenille Reynolds
 * Fredro Starr - Malakai
 * Terry Kinney - Roy Johnson
 * Bianca Lawson - Nikki
 * Vince Green - Snookie
 * Garland Whitt - Kenny
 * Elisabeth Oas - Diggy