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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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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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Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) 09/05/2008
2.5/5
It's hard to dislike all these urban musicals aimed at teenage girls, and even harder to tell them apart. Go to Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard 08/08/2008
2/5
So predictable that you know exactly what's going to happen at any given minute. Go to Full Review Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) 08/08/2008
2/5
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. Go to Full Review Mike Edwards What Culture 04/08/2011
2/5
Another dance movie this year? Seriously, where the heck do they keep coming from? Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 01/20/2009
2/4
...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. Go to Full Review Andrew L. Urban Urban Cinefile 12/20/2008
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 Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Queeneth H @RT46936780 12/01/2024 Irk …. Tired of supposed dancers who can’t dance and just flip their hair and swirl around the stage … might as well called it another “save the last dance spin off” See more 01/14/2021 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. See more steve d @RT35616104 06/22/2020 Its star makes it watchable but all the other aspects of the film are cable movie of the week quality. See more 10/02/2016 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. See more 04/10/2014 I own this on DVD and Blu-Ray. See more 08/04/2013 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. See more Read all reviews
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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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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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