Make Your Move

The New York Times by Andy Webster

Mr. Hough, a “Dancing With the Stars” champion, impresses with his footwork and sufficiently fulfills his romantic-lead duties. BoA is cute and appealingly impudent, but a bit more remote. On the floor, however, their chemistry ignites.

The Dissolve by David Ehrlich

Overlong and lacking a single believable moment, Make Your Move is nevertheless a sweet reminder that anyone can dance together, so long as they aren’t fighting over who should lead.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

It’s cheesy fun for sure, but fun nonetheless.

The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

Hough’s dancing is far more impressive than his acting, and BoA, despite her perky sexiness, is an even less compelling screen presence. But they certainly move well together, and that’s pretty much all that matters here.

Los Angeles Times by Inkoo Kang

Its core dance styles are a wonderfully frenetic fusion of tap and hip-hop and a truly novel blend of Japanese taiko drumming and K-pop girl-group choreography. Whenever actor Derek Hough and BoA stop leaping and twirling, though, Make Your Move is an underwritten mess.

Variety by Justin Chang

A slick, disposable soap opera.

New York Post by Sara Stewart

The dancing’s fine here, but there’s little else to distinguish Make Your Move, an entirely generic drama.

RogerEbert.com by Sheila O'Malley

A movie like Make Your Move rests on the success of its various dance sequences, not its plot. And the dancing here is exciting, innovative, and specific.

Washington Post by Stephanie Merry

Some of the dancing really is spectacular. Scenes from the competing clubs include impressive choreography and gravity-defying moves. If only the poorly delivered, trite dialogue and predictable plot aimed as high.