Take the Lead vs The Stories
The Stories has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.9/10 for Take the Lead). The Stories is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 48m. Take the Lead is the older of the two (2006 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Take the Lead
The Stories| Take the Lead | The Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | – | Egypt |
| Director | Liz Friedlander | Abu Bakr Shawky |
| Main cast | Jasika Nicole, Dante Basco, John Ortiz, Alfre Woodard, Laura Benanti | Nelly Karim, Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner, Amr Abed, Ahmed Kamal |
Synopsis
Take the Lead
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.
The Stories
The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Class Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.
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