Not as bad as you might think… but not great either. A “reimagining” of the original, this time set in 1950s Cuba. Okay, I’m an American female of a certain generation so of course I saw the original… this is very different in tone. Romola Garai is a straight-laced American, who moves to Havana with her well-to-do family during the lead-up to the Cuban Revolution. She meets a boy who works in her hotel, who teaches her how to dance — and in the process she learns to loosen up and to fall in love. Selma Ward as the mother has some really nice 1950s dresses (great evening wear especially). Romola Garai in the lead role wears very normal teenager wear.
