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ziggyboggydude Its one of those stereotypical mtv generation dance movies, and I do not see where all this 'its not that bad' rubbish is coming from. The acting is terrible, it follows exactly the same storyline as all the other 'dancing' movies out there. Its terrible! The name should scream don't watch. 'How she move.' Since when can movie titles ignore grammar? At least some dance movies had half decent dance scenes, these ones don't even deserve a watch. I give it a 1 out of 10, just because there is no zero. I seriously implore anyone with an IQ of over 60 not to watch this, and not to waste your money. The 1.6/10 should tell it all. This movie should not have even be made.

nikplowman Dance films, however clichéd and corny they may be, have an energy and vibe to them that transcends the need for a rock solid plot line. Things are no different in "How She Move," except that the performances and atmosphere of the picture are more captivating than most contemporary dance films.After the drug-overdose induced death of her older sister, Raya (Rutina Wesley) is haunted by the accident and her grief takes over her life and choices throughout the film. Her sister's death left her family in financial ruins, and this forces Raya to leave her elite private school for a far grittier public school in Jane Finch-Corridor, Toronto. She had the opportunity to get a scholarship that could get her back into her private school, a chance she destroyed, and now her only option is to earn the money to get back into the school on her own terms.As Raya drifts further into the world that took the life of her sister, being a world of drugs, alcohol and partying, she still clashes with a few who believe her to be nothing more than a snob. Her main clash is with tough girl Michelle (Tre Armstrong), which eventually leads to a number of unplanned dance-offs, using her undeniable step skills to break out.Her mother (Melanie Nicholls-King) urges her to focus on her studies and Raya keeps the fact that she blew her scholarship exam a secret. She continues focusing her attention on dance, ignoring her mother's warnings.She sets her sights on the all-male dance crew, JSJ, of which her good friend Bishop (Dwain Murphy), is a member of. JSJ are heading towards the "Step Monster" dance competition in Detroit and the winners would walk away with a rather large cash prize ($50, 000). Step teams and competitions are extremely sexist, and while Raya's decision to join JSJ may isolate her from her fellow female steppers, the only way for her to get the kind of recognition she needs is to join a male team. When she clashes with Bishop, she is forced to leave JSJ for a rival team that has less chance of winning the top prize, only to return to JSJ for the finale showdown. It is not my intention to spoil any of the highly predictable details, but this kind of information comes standard with any dance-minded film.The magnetic and expertly choreographed dance routines are not mindlessly implemented to distract from the story, we are given time to understand the performers first and learn what makes them tick. Dancing comes second. The film's script, which reworks many worn out plot points into a thing of urgency, is invested in exploring the interactions and relationships of the, very often confined, characters far more than the usual one-dimensional examination this genre usually steeps to.The performances in the film are most surprising, with newcomer Rutina Wesley giving an admirable turn that serves as the anchor of the story. She is convincing and energetic, not only in her dancing. Her demonstration of how easily Raya's emotions fluctuate is powerful, and her body language is expertly defined. Melanie Nicholls-King and Conrad Coates give small but heart-warming and moving portrayals as Raya's parents, giving the film its rewarding sense of family values, but not only biological family, also the connections the dancers share with each other, especially the confrontations between Raya and Michelle.This is a dance film that just happens to be better than most others in the genre. It is an untidy and flawed film, and its faults, including the majority of the film's seemingly forced dialogue, are obvious. Director Ian Iqbal Rashid cleverly attempts to stay away from clichéd devices and story arcs (he is not always successful), infusing breathtaking choreography with resonant human interaction, that makes How She Move somewhat weighty and somewhat enjoyable, but nothing more.

pfogertyca With title like this you know you get pretty much lot of junk. Acting bad. Script bad. Director bad. Grammar bad.Movie make lot of noise that really not music and lot of people yell. Movie make bad racial stereotype. Why come every movie with black hero have drug addict? Why come hero always have to dance to be success? Why come famous rapper always have to be in dance movie? Why come letter "s" can't be in title?Hollywood need to stop dumb down audience and make movie that have people with brain who know how speak proper English.Do self favor and not go see.

gregeichelberger We've been served - a terrible film.Okay, I'll admit that since I'm white and have had no practical experience in the "competitive world of step-dancing," I might not exactly be an authority on this type of film. On the other hand, I do know a bad motion picture when I see it.And, boy, have I just seen it.Filmed in Low-Budget-Vision and directed by Ian Iqubal Rashid, ("A Touch of Pink"), "How She Move" tells the tale of how important it is to follow one's dreams - even if those dreams include bopping around to loud, irritating hip-hop music and speaking dialogue the average person would not understand if he or she had an international translator.I'll try to give a small synopsis of the "plot." First of all there are two actors that look like LL Cool J who work in an auto shop in Toronto (the Mecca of racial diversity), but still have time to practice dancing for eight hours a day. There are a few other guys in this "crew," including a token white dude and a guy that looks like Denzel Washington in "Malcolm X." There are also two women in the movie - one resembles Serena Williams and the other looks like Geraldine from the old "Flip Wilson Show." One of these ladies was kicked out of a private college because her parents spent all of her tuition on a drug-addicted sibling. The other girl, a member of Salt N Pepa, no doubt, is just plain no good.There's another guy who looks like Eddie Murphy's Buckwheat, while still another actor who's a Huggy Bear knock-off. These guys are rival step dancers. Evidently, this activity is very hard-core in the 'hood, and they are all practicing for the big "Step Monster" jam in Detroit.Since I was unable to understand 90 percent of the dialogue (perhaps some subtitles would have been useful, as in a Bergman film or that one music video by Snow), it's hard to explain what happens, other than there's a lot of arguing, the Serena Williams girl (who never smiles, by the way) becomes a freelance stepper (moving from group to group), there's some step-dancing and a lot of irritating hip-hop music.It's a typical rags-to-riches story; sort of like "Rocky" with a really bad soundtrack, "Rudy" with annoying rap music in the background, "Cry Freedom" without the laughs. But why does a film - which could have made a big impact on black audiences - have to contain drug addiction, bad parents and a title that sounds like a first-grader saying the phrase, "How she moves"?I was "moved" by this movie, however. Moved to leave the theater as quickly as possible.