How She Move was shot on the cheap in 16-mm. film, and some of it is a little drab-looking, but it has energy and bravado.
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01/28/08
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How She Move (2008)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:14
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Despite a formulaic plot, the energetic and gritty How She Move is elevated by a commanding debut performance by Rutina Wesley.
Theatrical Release:Jan 25, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $7,008,269
Synopsis: Much like STOMP THE YARD and STEP UP, HOW SHE MOVE showcases the hypnotic choreography and mind-blowing talent that make step dancing such a popular part of youth culture. In her film debut, Rutina... [More]
Starring: Rutina Wesley, Brennan Gademans, Cle Bennett, Tre Armstrong
Director: Ian Iqbal Rashid
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Reviews for How She Move
Top CriticAs we replay last year's step-dance hit Stomp the Yard, the ostensible message about working hard in school gets stomped out of the yard.
01/25/08
Top CriticHow She Move isn't a great film or even a terribly well-made film, but it has its moments and, of course, it has the ending it's promised all along.
01/25/08
Top CriticThe strong acting, spectacular dance routines and culturally specific details in How She Move turn clichés into catharsis.
01/25/08
Top CriticHow She Move gets it right in every dance sequence, but stumbles badly whenever the characters step offstage (or a car hood, or the sidewalk, or wherever they happen to be practicing).
01/25/08
Top CriticHonestly, this is a carbon copy of every other 'gotta dance' flick ever made, down to the cheesy emcees who host the big dance-off (it's in Detroit!) and the wannabe heart-tugging conclusion.
01/25/08
Top CriticThough it may sound like it, How She Move is not just another dance-off flick.
01/25/08
Top CriticA grittier, slightly more real-world version of movies like Step Up, Stomp the Yard, and Save the Last Dance.
01/25/08
Top CriticThough the story is predictable, How She Move has two key assets: powerful dance sequences and an emphasis on education.
01/25/08
Top CriticIn the increasingly crowded field of movies based on urban dance, How She Move stands out as a well-written and well-acted drama with an appeal that reaches beyond dance fanatics.
01/25/08
Top CriticDoesn't exactly break any new ground. But the terrific dance numbers on display should please its teenage target audience.
01/25/08
Top CriticYou might see the ending of How She Move coming from the first frame, but you'll tap your toes the entire way.
01/25/08
Top CriticShe move good!
01/24/08
Top CriticHow She Move was nominated for the grand jury and audience award prizes at last year's Sundance Film Festival thanks to its ingratiating sincerity, a winning cast and musical numbers that could rouse the dead. Or even the Norwegian.
01/24/08
Top CriticThis step-dancing drama is mired in cliche, but with its dingy ghetto settings and hardened, despondent young characters, it's marginally more interesting than Stomp the Yard.
01/24/08
Top CriticHow She Move proves you can't judge a film by its plot line, even if it sounds suspiciously similar to a few other movies about stomping the yard and dreaming your dream and dancing like you mean it.
01/24/08
Top CriticThe story itself is a hodgepodge of devices, conceits and half-baked motives, but amid the dissing and the dancing are affecting moments, usually quieter ones, between people at war who shouldn't be.
01/24/08
Top CriticSomewhere between the acrobatic dance sequences and lead-footed script of How She Move there exist fleeting glimpses of a serious film that could have been.
01/24/08
Top CriticHow She Move, quite simply, doesn't move. Instead, the dreary, familiar tale unspools in painfully static fashion. If there's a glimmer of imagination here, it's not visible in the finished product.
01/24/08
Top CriticFor once, the movie -- written by Annmarie Morais and directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid with a gritty overlay of 16mm grain -- regards book learning as at least as important as physical prowess.
01/22/08
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