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How She Move

  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
6.8K
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Tre Armstrong in How She Move (2007)
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Following her sister's death from drug addiction, a high school student is forced to leave her private school to return to her old, crime-filled neighborhood where she re-kindles an unlikely... Read allFollowing her sister's death from drug addiction, a high school student is forced to leave her private school to return to her old, crime-filled neighborhood where she re-kindles an unlikely passion for the competitive world of step dancing.Following her sister's death from drug addiction, a high school student is forced to leave her private school to return to her old, crime-filled neighborhood where she re-kindles an unlikely passion for the competitive world of step dancing.

  • Director
    • Ian Iqbal Rashid
  • Writer
    • Annmarie Morais
  • Stars
    • Rutina Wesley
    • Tre Armstrong
    • Brennan Gademans
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.6/10
    6.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ian Iqbal Rashid
    • Writer
      • Annmarie Morais
    • Stars
      • Rutina Wesley
      • Tre Armstrong
      • Brennan Gademans
    • 19User reviews
    • 59Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    Rutina Wesley
    Rutina Wesley
    • Raya Green
    Tre Armstrong
    Tre Armstrong
    • Michelle
    • (as Tré Armstrong)
    Brennan Gademans
    Brennan Gademans
    • Quake
    Boyd Banks
    Boyd Banks
    • Mike Evans
    Clé Bennett
    Clé Bennett
    • Garvey
    Ardon Bess
    • Uncle Cecil
    Conrad Coates
    Conrad Coates
    • David Green
    Keyshia Cole
    Keyshia Cole
    • Keyshia Cole
    Eve Crawford
    • Seaton Teacher
    DeRay Davis
    DeRay Davis
    • DeRay Davis
    Shawn Fernandez
    Shawn Fernandez
    • Trey
    • (as Shawn Desman)
    Nina Dobrev
    Nina Dobrev
    • Tall Girl in Bathroom
    Kevin Duhaney
    Kevin Duhaney
    • E.C.
    Ingrid Gaynor
    • Pam Green
    Balford Gordon
    Balford Gordon
    • Neighbourhood Guy
    Patrick Haye
    Patrick Haye
    • Customer
    Malvin Jacobs
    • Scrawny Guy
    Rogue Johnston
    • DJ
    • Director
      • Ian Iqbal Rashid
    • Writer
      • Annmarie Morais
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    • Trivia
      The movie originally had a scene set at the Canadian/U.S. border where the Canadian protagonists cross the border in order to get to the climatic dance contest in Detroit. However, this scene was cut out after a test screening because it confused many people in the test audience who had assumed up to that point that the movie was about American characters doing their thing in the United States.
    • Goofs
      The math teacher asks two students to solve a quadratic equation using the quadratic form. However the equation, x^2-4x+6=0 has no real solutions. Unless the class is studying complex numbers, the question is impossible.
    • Quotes

      Raya Green: It's funny, isn't it? How one moment can change a million after it.

    • Connections
      Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Dance Movies of the 2000s (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Out Here
      Performed by Mayhem Morearty

      Written by Kevin Williams and Andrew Franklin (SOCAN)

      Published by Kevin Williams and Andrew Franklin

      Courtesy of Mosaic Music

    User reviews19

    Featured review
    7/10

    This movie is better than average dance movie

    I watch them all.

    It's not better than the amazing ones (_Strictly Ballroom_, _Shall we dance?_ (Japanese version), but it's completely respectable and pleasingly different in parts.

    I am an English teacher and I find some of the ignorance about language in some of these reviews rather upsetting. For example: the "name should scream don't watch. 'How she move.' Since when can movie titles ignore grammar?"

    There is nothing inherently incorrect about Caribbean English grammar. It's just not Canadian standard English grammar. Comments about the dialogue seem off to me. I put on the subtitles because I'm a Canadian standard English speaker, so I just AUTOMATICALLY assumed that I would have trouble understanding all of it. It wasn't all that difficult and it gave a distinctly different flavour as the other step movies I have seen were so American.

    I loved that this movie was set in Toronto and, in fact, wish it was even more clearly set there. I loved that the heroine was so atypically cast. I enjoyed the stepping routines. I liked the driven Mum character. I felt that many of the issues in the movie were addressed more subtly than is characteristic of dance movies.

    In summary, if you tend to like dance movies, then this is a decent one. If you have superiority issues about the grammar of the English standard you grew up speaking, your narrow mind may have difficulty enjoying this movie.
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    • Release date
      • January 25, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ritmos del barrio
    • Filming locations
      • Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Sienna Films
      • Celluloid Dreams
      • MTV Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $7,070,641
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,957,471
      • Jan 27, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,659,212
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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