Carlos Everyone has mentioned this: the problem with "The Tango Lesson" is that it has Sally Potter all around. And Sally Potter doesn't dance badly, but her character, her persona, feels thin for a main character (surely because she tamed it down a lot, "forgetting" many of her "ugly" bits, so she feels like an unfinished creation), and can't carry the movie. It's interesting when the films feels sincere (loneliness, creation, and so on), but the thing that redeems this 100 minutes are the dance pieces, the musical parts, which for once they feel like a natural and optimistic part of the story that do not break the narration but feel part of it (like in the old MGM musicals and so on), and Pablo Verón. She has strengths; it's a pity that she didn't realize of her weaknesses.

ecuabeatinezz The Tango Lesson was a film in which one can very much see clearly the idea of feminism. Sally is a woman who wanted to learn how to dance tango. She met a man named Pablo who taught her very much on how to dance tango. He dominated her in the sense of how she had to dance, stand, look, etc. While she learned how to dance, she was writing a play that she wanted to publish. As they both practiced on dancing they start to attach feelings for each other. A little after experiencing these feelings she questions Pablo about where exactly they stand (she seemed like she wanted more than just a friendship). He replied to her that he wanted to keep distance and not confuse the professional with the personal.After learning enough to dance in a front of a stage, Sally and Pablo perform in front of an audience. She learned enough that he felt like she was taking more control than she had to. He says that she took his liberty away and he was upset. He had to be in control of the dance and let him guide her. Not the other way around. This is the turning point of the film, she starts getting in control. Her play advances, and she chose who was in her film and she regulated what happened in her film. She is the leader now in the dances, and at the end of the film she instructed them to dance and her personality gave away as a leader.This film portrays how a woman who came from not knowing anything, to a woman who became a leader of her self. Many obstacles were in her way, such as Pablo. He had an idea of a man who had to be in control and it somewhat astonished him when he saw the changes in Sally. I recall in one scene when they are arguing he states, "Let me be in control!" Even through the norms of this society, Sally managed to be in control of her self and what she wanted.

jonr-3 "The Tango Lesson" is one of the strangest movies I've seen. Normally I am very much put off by self-indulgence in any art form. "The Tango Lesson" is nothing if not self-indulgent (as well as self-referential!), yet somehow it all WORKS; even the extremely corny action in the movie shoots that serve to point up Ms. Potter's fictional (or is it real?) frustration with her craft, have some kind of wacky propriety to them in the context of this very unusual story. The dance scene in Pablo's apartment is magical. (And it is hard to believe that he isn't a professional actor.) The scenes with the two tango instructors in Buenos Aires (and indeed all the Argentinian scenes) are touching and beautiful. Ms. Potter's difficulties with her London apartment will be sympathized with by any city apartment dweller!I've seen the film twice in the theater, and once on tape. The second time I enjoyed it even more than the first (because I knew what to expect); the third time I found I'd reached a kind of plateau, but still was sorry when the film was over. This is one of those films I find myself thinking about every single day. It just won't let me alone. I would never call it "great," but I certainly find it memorable, and entertaining even in memory.

Theo Robertson Wow what a great premise for a film : Set it around a film maker with writer`s block who decides to take up tango lessons . Hey and what an even better idea cast the central role to a film maker who`s interested in tango. Gosh I wish I had that knack for genius . Yes I`m being sarcastic.It amazes me that these type of zero potential for making money movies are made . Come on unless you`re a rabid tango fan ( I do concede they do exist judging by the comments ) or a die hard member of the Sally Potter fan club ( ? ) there`s nothing in this film that will make you rush off to the cinema to see it . Even if you`re into tango much of the film is taken up with meaningless scenes like a house getting renovated or a man in wheelchair going along a road Coming soon THE REVIEW LESSON where a failed screenwriter from Scotland sits in front of a computer writing very sarcastic but highly entertaining reviews of films he`s seen . Gasp in shock as Theo Robertson puts the boot into the latest Hollywood blockbusters , weep in sympathy as he gets yet another rejection letter from a film company , fall in lust as he takes a bath and rubs soap over his well toned body . THE REVIEW LESSON coming soon to a cinema near you if anyone is stupid enough to fund the movie PS Sally Potter is unrelated to Harry Potter