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How She Move

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Canada, United States, France · 2008
Rated PG-13 · 1h 34m
Director Ian Iqbal Rashid
Starring Rutina Wesley, Dwain Murphy, Boyd Banks, Clé Bennett
Genre Drama

Following her sister's death from drug addiction, high school student Raya Green is forced to leave her prestigious private school to return to her old, crime-filled neighborhood. She soon finds herself drawn into the world of underground dance competitions and re-kindles an unlikely passion for the competitive world of step dancing.

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Washington Post by

The movie, which is burdened by a rather mediocre script by Annmarie Morais but boasts some terrific performances -- is not just a sports movie. It's a girls-can't-do-it/girls-can-do-it/girls-do-it/girls-beat-the-boys-at-it movie.

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Variety by Justin Chang

Title refers not only to its heroine's physical gyrations but also her moral maneuverings as she strives to break out of her lower-class surroundings in this moody, intelligent take on conventional material.

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Austin Chronicle by Kimberley Jones

This kind of a dance film lives and dies by the routines, and this one wins: Mixing elements of gymnastics, karate, and break with the almighty step – an exceedingly polite term for what is really an awesome stomp.

75

Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman

Choreographer Hi Hat and director Ian Iqbal Rashid kick the film into high gear every so often with dance sequences, climaxing with a dance-off in Detroit that seems too short.

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The A.V. Club by Nathan Rabin

The film's good intentions gradually get lost in a sea of overwrought contrivances, stock characters, awkward cameos from B- and C-listers (R&B singer Keyshia Cole and not-so-funnyman DeRay Davis) and warmed-over family issues.

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