Plot Summary:Three separate stories of the hopes of the lonely are told, with the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan as the setting. In "The Waltz", recently widowed May, a graceful woman who was married to her husband Eddie for thirty-five years, mourns the loss of dancing with her long time partner. Although she initially thinks him crass, May chooses as her new dance partner Stan if solely for what link Stan seems to be able to provide to her past. Stan tries to steer her away from that past and look to her future. In "The Hustle", a young man named Russel "works" as a full time gigolo for the wealthy Pauline, who is on the far side of middle age. Russel meets the shy Marilyn, Pauline's friend who was recently jilted by her husband, with whom there is a mutual attraction. Cleo, Russel's former dance teacher, wants Russel as her professional dance partner despite him treating dance now merely as a past-time. Both Marilyn and Cleo try to get Russel away from the life he leads with Pauline, which may be difficult to do seeing as to the comfort that lifestyle affords. And in "The Peabody", the elderly Rosa, who sees herself as a dance superstar, dreams of winning the regularly held Peabody dance contest at the ballroom. Her regular partner, Arthur, is not the best dancer, but he sees his relationship with Rosa in a slightly different light. They both hope they achieve their dream before the inevitability of life and death.
8.0。一部顶级名导、名编剧、名演员汇聚的电影，可惜存在感稀薄。剧组穷，限制多。实地拍摄，拍摄时段有限，场地改装被禁止，哪怕一根灯管，群演也基本是现实里的舞厅常客。由此，电影到处是中景特写、浅景深、强力柔光，以及有些奇怪的粉色调。尽管如此，电影依旧相当可观。角色间微妙的感情维系、脆弱的默契下暗藏的张力。浪漫的舞厅，“儚”的氛围，镜子外是女人孤独的灵魂，镜子里是女人对青春、爱、美的永恒向往。这是一部有趣的女性电影，细微，淡然，不露锋芒，却富于情感深度。据说，剧本在很大程度上取材自当时的玫瑰园常客。虽然沃肯不怎么提起这部电影，他在这里扮演一名几乎不动声色的gigolo，却能从他的沉默中读出很多情绪，简直要好奇剧本了。
片中交谊舞厅常客都是自己造梦的人，老人恋爱代价更高。沃肯演八面玲珑的男伴游，如愿跳了好多舞。他年轻时那么漂亮大部分导演却对这点视而不见只有Ivory把他当作美男来派戏还让女人猛夸他“美人儿”呢