Another dance movie this year? Seriously, where the heck do they keep coming from?

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 8, 2011

...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.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 20, 2009

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

| Dec 20, 2008

This film's limp retelling of the against-all-odds cliche just doesn't bump, grind or sweat enough to make it happen.

| Sep 5, 2008

Mary Elizabeth Winstead [has] star quality.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 5, 2008

It's hard to dislike all these urban musicals aimed at teenage girls, and even harder to tell them apart.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 5, 2008

So predictable that you know exactly what's going to happen at any given minute.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2008

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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2008

The film should have been called Rehash Dance, because it is Flashdance without any new ideas.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 8, 2008

It's all just filler between the dance scenes, which are admittedly fun. Think Pussycat Dolls with slightly more clothes on. Unrepentantly formulaic, but enjoyable all the same.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2008

This awesomely unambitious film has all the depth of a Pepsi ad.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Aug 8, 2008

Its just as cheesy and just as icky, but calamitously fails to offer any high-octane dance to ease the pain.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 8, 2008

It could be a contemporary take on classic backstage musicals. Or it could be the end of the cinematic arts as we know them.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 8, 2008

There's dancing, there's emotion, there's an earnestly cheesy inspirational storyline, there's nothing you won't have seen before.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2008

The directing's lazy, the love interest is a smarmy douche and the dialogue is flatter than Winstead's toned tummy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2008

The story may be predictable but Winstead infuses every moment with an amazing amount of charm.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2008

In short, this is a watchable dance movie and Winstead's performance just about compensates for the generally poor direction.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2008