Surprisingly entertaining teen dance flick

Rating: 8/10 (1 December 2008)

First of all, I did not go in expecting a great movie... maybe something like Save the Last Dance. But I was BLOWN AWAY by the all-out amazing dancing and equally amazing talents of the cast. Most of all I liked that the story was very focused on Andie's independence and special-ness. I was very impressed with the artistic merits of the film- super job, Jon Chu. Great chemistry between Briana Evignan and Robert Hoffman had my eyes glued on the screen when they weren't dancing, and I have to admit the acting was very good, even if one-dimensional for most of the supporting cast. I loved that the direction of the movie focused on the story without distracting with "artistic directional use of lens"... Even though the ending was predictable, it was SO unpredictably good!!!