The Forbidden Dance

Its PG-13 version of a Hollywood-vice plot is so inept it puts you in a stupor.

Its dance sequences are barely sexier than a bowling tournament. But connoisseurs of clunky dialogue and shameless continuity lapses should look no further.

Herring, a former Miss USA, must not have danced for her talent portion of the competition.

The story relies on one absurd coincidence after another, the acting is pedestrian, and the screenplay is often unintentionally laughable. However, although overlong, the film is consistently entertaining.