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Also in theaters
By STEVE PERSALL
© St. Petersburg Times, published January 11, 2001
Don't expect these to hang around
January is the month when Hollywood cleans out its creative closet, opening films such as Thirteen Days and O Brother, Where Art Thou? to capitalize on leftover holiday buzz. Studios also dump movies that will never be mistaken for art into theaters.
Put it this way: If they were any good, movies such as Double Take and Save the Last Dance would have been released during December when their youthful target audiences were on school vacations.
Double Take (PG-13) seems more like a summertime release, a mistaken-identity caper about a man on the lam (Orlando Jones) adopting the identity of a street hustler (Eddie Griffin). Preview trailers suggest these talented comedians were given plenty of room to play around by director George Gallo (Midnight Run). They may be good for a few improvised laughs.
Save the Last Dance sounds like a lame idea for any season. Julia Stiles (10 Things I Hate About You) plays a white Midwestern girl moving into inner-city Chicago. She becomes accepted by African-American classmates by learning to dance hip-hop better than anyone else. Sean Patrick Thomas (Cruel Intentions) provides an interracial love interest for Stiles' character. The film's apparently casual acceptance of their romance is the best part of the previews.
Both films open Friday, close soon thereafter and will likely be available on home video by spring break.
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