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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThere’s little in the way of originality in Work It, but there’s a fresh, upbeat, infectious vibe to the silliness, thanks in large part to the talented and likable cast of young actors.
- 67Vanity FairRichard LawsonVanity FairRichard LawsonOnly 92 minutes long, Work It could use more space to move around in: to let these performers really strut their stuff, and to allow the movie to develop a bit more idiosyncratic texture. As is, Work It is an agreeable enough pastiche, clearly aware of its influences and not trying to pretend that it’s come up with these steps all on its own.
- 63RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloRogerEbert.comMonica CastilloThis movie promises dancing, and it delivers.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger Moore“Ugly Dolls” screenwriter Alison Peck finds her niche with this picture, throwing just enough plot wrinkles and smart-ass banter into the mix to make the formula — if not exactly fresh — at least fresh-adjacent.
- 60The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanThe New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanWork It is no “Step Up,” but its best sequences involve Jake and Quinn, who share a chemistry in motion that, for a beat or two, conjures the genre’s magic.
- 60The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeWork It is a fun, mostly entertaining and easily digestible concoction that does everything you expect but well enough for its lack of ingenuity not to matter.
- 58IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandThe expectations of the genre provide a framework for Work It that both delights (so many dancing montages! all of them fun!) and confounds (a chemistry-less romance). When it dares to break those boxes, however, things get miles more interesting.
- 40Screen RantMolly FreemanScreen RantMolly FreemanNetflix's Work It is bogged down by its trite and wholly unoriginal underdog story, but its charismatic young leads help the movie limp to the end.