Synopsis
A brilliant but clumsy high school senior vows to get into her late father's alma mater by transforming herself and a misfit squad into dance champions.
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Cast
- Sabrina CarpenterQuinn Ackerman
- Liza KoshyJasmine Hale
- Keiynan LonsdaleIsaiah "Juiliard"
- Michelle ButeauMs. Ramirez
- Jordan FisherJake Taylor
- Drew Ray TannerCharlie
- Jayne EastwoodRuthie (Nursing Home)
- Naomi SnieckusMaria
- Briana Andrade-GomesTrinity
- Kalliane BremaultBrit Turner
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
There’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. - 67
Vanity Fair
Only 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. - 63
RogerEbert.com
This movie promises dancing, and it delivers. - 63
Movie Nation
“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. - 60
The New York Times
Work 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. - 60
The Guardian
Work 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. - 58
IndieWire
The 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. - 50
Variety
Few of the lessons and triumphs of Work It will surprise, and some of the missed opportunities disappoint.
