Bootmen

The story plot not that bad either!


Bootmen..Andy Hardy meets The Full Monty meets STOMP!!   July 26, 2002
BOOTMEN with all its predictablity, is still an entertaining film mainly because of the engaging characters and the fact that it has something that is missing in film for so many years..tap dancing! Set in a small town near Sydney, Australia, a steel worker (Adam Garcia as Sean)yearns to be a professional tap dancer. Along the way, he is discouraged by his father(also a steel worker), has a falling out with his brother (Sam Worthington as Mitchell) over a girl, and fails at his chance to be on a tap chorus line in a major stage production in Sydney. He decides, againts all odds, to create his own tap dancing show and recruits friends to be in his production. Then he is given permission at the steel mill to use an empty warehouse to rehearse and renovate to put on his show. At first, the show is to showcase his talent, but when the steelmill announces a layoff and shutdown, he uses the show as a benefit to raise money for awareness and re-training for the soon to be unemployed steel workers. The sublot is Sean's brother's illegal automobile chop shop business and his affair with Sean's girlfriend which seems a little heavyhanded compared to the upbeat foreground of the main plot. Otherwise, BOOTMEN delivers on inventive tap dancing to a Rock 'n' Roll beat, a decent plot, and characters to care about.


An incredible venture into dancing, acting, and feeling good   July 25, 2002
Tim Hord (Atlanta GA...but I want to move...)
Recently became a fan of Adam Garcia after seeing him in Riding in Cars with Boys and Coyote Ugly. So I looked this video up. This is really the best. He's the lead obviously and the viewers get a chance to see him do his thing and dance like crazy. My sons watched it and now they are going to take tap this fall. Something I wanted to do. I thought it was great. The critics probably hated it. They hate his newest release the 1st 20 million is always the easiest, but they shouldn't forget that the writing plays a significant part in the success of the movie. For his part Adam is a total success.


Adam Garcia -- What More Can I Say!   May 31, 2002
Elaine Wood (Westbrook, ME USA)
Five days ago I had never even heard of Adam Garcia and now I am looking everywhere for his work. I saw him in Coyote Ugly and decided I wanted to see more of what he's done. I ordered this movie and it arrived three days later! I just watched it. While the story line was nothing new or novel, it was a solid plot with good acting. But, the dancing -- absolutely incredible. What a fantastic dancer Adam Garcia is! I wish I had been able to see him in Saturday Night Fever -- I bought the CD this week and love it and highly recommend that. I think this young man has success written all over him. Also highly recommend Riding in Cars With Boys. Excellent movie.


Real men DO dance!   May 12, 2002
I loved this movie! It has everything I look for - good story, good acting, characters you can care about. The tapping was great, and it was wonderful to see men who were built like men and not teenage girls doing the dancing. It's also about love and loyalty. I didn't recognize any of the actors, all Australian, but it didn't matter and actually made it more real. This movie is defintely a keeper!