Strong and Moving!

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Some nice terpsichorean talent is on full display in Dance Off. Some talented dancing young people put this across and you don't mind the plot which involves a reunion of sorts between childhood sweethearts now rivals at different dance studios. Can love be rekindled between Shane Harper and Kathryn McCormick despite the competition.People around both Harper and McCormick are urging both to get a mean on in regard to the competition. But amateur dancers Harper and McCormick prove they're professional enough.There's a sub plot going on between David Burtka a former dancer himself and his Devil Wears Prada mother Carolyn Hennessy who is running the "National Nationals" competition. I swear that's the name.Although you get the idea you are watching an extended version of the Disney Studio show Shake It Up, the talented and appealing young people make this an easy to take musical film.