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Make It Happen

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Embarking on a journey to fulfil her dreams as a dancer, a young girl discovers a new style of dance that proves to be the source of both conflict and self-discovery.
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Cheap, predictable, formulaic and unimaginative generic dance film. Comes across as Showgirls for simpleton teens, but with much less flesh on show.

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Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) It's hard to dislike all these urban musicals aimed at teenage girls, and even harder to tell them apart. Rated: 2.5/5 Sep 5, 2008 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard So predictable that you know exactly what's going to happen at any given minute. Rated: 2/5 Aug 8, 2008 Full Review Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) Then you wait for the moment one of the regular girls gets injured, the hostess has to find a replacement and... the rest you know. Rated: 2/5 Aug 8, 2008 Full Review Mike Edwards What Culture Another dance movie this year? Seriously, where the heck do they keep coming from? Rated: 2/5 Apr 8, 2011 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...yet another tedious inspirational tale revolving around a would-be dancer's efforts at transcending her wrong-side-of-the-tracks upbringing to become a professional hoofer. Rated: 2/4 Jan 20, 2009 Full Review Andrew L. Urban Urban Cinefile We know the trajectory, it's a question of how brightly the rocket burns and how interested we are in the astronauts aboard this dance missile from small town Indiana to Chicago Big Time Dance School Dec 20, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This is my guilty pleasure movie. I love it! I especially love Tessa Thompson in the film. Really like the story, the dances the music and the outfits in the film. My only criticism is the romance story she has with the dj guy, it was a bit dry and predictable. But I always really enjoy this movie. Very inspiring. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review steve d Its star makes it watchable but all the other aspects of the film are cable movie of the week quality. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member With these types of movies it comes down to, do you enjoy the dancing and do you enjoy the cast? Well, Mary Elizabeth Winstead yes. The dancing different than what you would expect. So, not a half bad movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member I own this on DVD and Blu-Ray. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Lauryn Kirk is a small town girl from Indiana that has one dream of being-accepted into a highly acclaimed dance school in Chicago. She & her brother Joel have lost both parents; her brother is weary of her decision but understands her choice of wanting to depart. When Lauryn starts her audition for the judges she gets stopped in the middle; & told that her performance is just not good enough to make the short cut of acceptance. Feeling depression she stops into a dinner shop: before leaving Chicago where she meets an affable waitress (as fate would have it) that is a dancer for a club called Ruby's who also takes her to the club the next night. Well she is there she lands a job as a bookkeeper; later she becomes one of the top dancers. This was a feel good type movie; for me it was predictable from start to finish never the less it, was entertaining. A good film for a couple to watch together; I am going to go a moderate thumb up for this film. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member A re-make of Flashdance. Not a bad movie but nothing too special about it either. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Embarking on a journey to fulfil her dreams as a dancer, a young girl discovers a new style of dance that proves to be the source of both conflict and self-discovery.
Director
Darren Grant
Producer
Brad Luff
Screenwriter
Duane Adler, Nicole Avril
Production Co
The Mayhem Project
Rating
PG-13 (Sequences of Sensuality)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
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