"British director Sally Potter stuck her neck out when she made "The Tango Lesson," a fictionalized account of her relationship with Argentine tango master Pablo Veron...Potter takes what seemed like a recipe for embarrassment and excess and delivers a film that's sweet and understated and devoid of diva posturing...film is smoothly directed, nicely written and falters only in the performance that Potter was able to squeeze out of herself while performing her multiple tasks."Yet, Guthmann says Potter should have cast another actor in her role. He adds,