Make It Happen

PG-13

2008

1 hr. 30 min.

Drama

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24%

17 Reviews

Tomatometer

40%

10,000+ Ratings

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A young woman discovers a dance form which brings conflict and self-discovery.

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Critics Consensus

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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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

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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

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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

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Audience Member

I own this on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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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

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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

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Darren Grant

Director

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Lauryn

Riley Smith

Russ

Tessa Thompson

Dana

John Reardon

Joel

Ashley Roberts

Brooke

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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

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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

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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

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Mike Edwards

What Culture

Another dance movie this year? Seriously, where the heck do they keep coming from?

Rated: 2/5

Apr 8, 2011

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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

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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

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Synopsis

A young woman discovers a dance form which brings conflict and self-discovery.

Director: Darren Grant
Executive Producer: Robert Benjamin, Darren Grant
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

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