Save the Last Dance vs The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith

The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.5/10 for Save the Last Dance). The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 53m. Save the Last Dance is the older of the two (2001 against 2009). Both are drama, family, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Save the Last Dance posterSave the Last Dance2001 VS The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith posterThe Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith2009
Save the Last DanceThe Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 8.0/10
Year20012009
Length1h 53m1h 30m
GenresDrama, Family, Music, RomanceDrama, Family, History, Romance
Country––
DirectorThomas CarterStephen Patrick Walker
Main castSean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Bianca Lawson, Julia Stiles, Terry KinneyNicholas X. Parsons, Gretchen Becker, Dan Haggerty, Robert Shepherd, Kera O'Bryon

Synopsis

Save the Last Dance

After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.

The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith

The Book of Ruth, is a triumphant love story in the face of adversity. This selfless journey of love and devotion is seen through the eyes of a young widow. Choosing to leave her homeland of Moab, she follows her mother-in-law Naomi to Israel after the death of her husband. Upon reaching Bethlehem, she meets and marries a man named Boaz, who is of the Royal House of Judah. This chain of seemingly unrelated events, sets the stage for the future…

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