- Yes, this movie is as predictable as the plot synopsis would have you believe. We don’t see these kinds of movies because we’re expecting originality, skilled film making, and consummate acting skills, we see these movies because we like to watch people who really know how to dance.
- P.S. They really know how to dance.
- You would think that if you’re running a step competition with a $50,000 grand prize that there might actually be rules in place. Rules that might, say, disallow a member from one step team leaving the team and joining up with another team mid-way through the competition. Apparently not.
- I knew this movie had been filmed in Toronto because they’d been profiling some of the local actors who appear in it in the local paper recently, but I assumed that it was a typical Toronto-as-stand-in-for-American-City type movie, so when the main character said she wanted to go to med school at Johns Hopkins, this seemed perfectly natural. Apparently, though, it actually does take place in Toronto The Good because one guy disses another for living in Scarborough, another refers to Rich Man Hill a.k.a. Richmond Hill, and a third refers to “The T-Dot”. Which makes me wonder why a girl whose family has money problems only has Johns Hopkins med school on her radar when she could instead be setting her sights on med school at the University of Toronto, which is a short TTC ride away. Disbelief? Not suspended. I get that people have their dream schools, but come on: commuting doesn’t suck that much.
- Truthfully, I was kind of pissed that Raya ended up with Bishop instead of Bishop’s freaking adorable younger brother, Quake. Who’s the one who believed in Raya’s mad skillz when no one else would give her the time of day? Quake. Who stayed up all night practising with Raya? Quake. Who’s the one who opened up and showed Raya his crazy book of moves that eventually allowed them to win the big competition? Quake. Who sat around all vulnerable like with Raya prior to the big show? Quake. Who saved all their asses? QUAKE. Bah. When Raya and Bishop started kissing on stage at the end, I was like “Wait, wait, you’re making out with the wrong brother!” Bah, stupid movie.
How She Move
Teen Dance Flick #23948054.
IMDB Plot Synopsis Following her sister's death from drug addiction, a high school student is forced to leave her private school to return to her old, crime-filled neighborhood where she re-kindles an unlikely passion for the competitive world of step dancing.