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Movie Overview
Cast
• Rutina Wesley
• Brennan Gademans
• Cle Bennett
Director
• Ian Iqbal Rashid
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for some drug content, suggestive material and language.
How She Move (2008)

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OFCS Rating: 83% Fresh
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B
"Move has heart, respect, and some incredible acting newcomers, making it late to the party, but ending up the best feet-first creation yet."  eFilmCritic.com  Brian Orndorf

B
"Almost worth watching for the dancing alone, but you should watch it for the simplicity of the story and the earnestness of the characters instead."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

4/10
"...has little new going for it beyond a boatload of energy and enthusiasm. And pure formula."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

2.5/5
"As formula films go, How She Move achieves exactly what it sets out to do."  7M Pictures  Kevin Carr

2.5/4
"The inventive dance sequences are expertly staged -- the percussive, aggressive rhythms of stepping come through vividly, laced with touches of sly humor and assertive sexiness -- and the youthful cast consistently chooses grit over gloss."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

"It's a little bit earnest, it's a little bit afterschool-special-y, but its young newcomer cast is highly appealing, its spirit is honest and affecting."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

B-
"The thin and predictable plot benefits from likable performances by Wesley, Armstrong, and the rest of the cast, from some distinctive detail about the Caribbean immigrant population and their community, and from some smokin' dance moves."  Beliefnet  Nell Minow

2.5/4
"That Raya's rhythmic, stomp-heavy dance performances provide her with an outlet for rage and grief would be more corny if Wesley's dancing wasn't so ferocious, and if Rashid's depiction of his tale's run-down milieu and its underground dance scene didn't"  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

4/5
"I can't actually say that I will ever sit through it again in my lifetime but I must confess that I found myself getting far more engrossed by the film than I could have possibly expected to be when I sat down to watch it"  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

1.5/5
"It's actually fairly impressive how many cliches the screenwriter can squeeze into the script."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

B-
"Its youthful target audience...is in for a visually and audibly exciting good time."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

B-
"... the latest urban music drama from MTV Films... manages to give a familiar story a vivid jolt of character."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

7/10
"The film does the right things well enough that it's a satisfying, if hardly earth-shattering experience."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton
OFCS Rating: 83% Fresh
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