Dancin': It's On!

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Dancin' It's On!
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by David Winters
Written by
Produced byDavid Winters
Starring
Cinematography Alan Roberts
Edited byAlan Roberts
Music by Misha Segal
Production
company
East Side Story
Distributed byMedallion Releasing
Release date
  • October 30, 2015 (2015-10-30)
Running time
89 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12 million
Box office$27,000 [2]

Dancin': It's On! is a 2015 American musical romantic comedy film co-written, directed and produced by David Winters in his final film prior to his death in 2019. The cast consists of numerous winners and runner-ups from the dance competition TV show So You Think You Can Dance , led by Witney Carson and Chehon Wespi-Tschopp, [3] with Gary Daniels and Winters.

Contents

The film was released on October 30, 2015 by Medallion Releasing, to largely negative reviews from critics and audiences for its acting, screenplay, characters, editing, cinematography, music and dubbing. It has developed a "so bad it's good" cult following. [4]

Plot

The movie is about Jennifer (Carson), a girl from Beverly Hills, California, who is sent on a summer holiday in to meet her estranged father Jerry (Daniels) who owns a famous hotel in Panama City, Florida. While there she falls in love with Ken (Wespi-Tschopp), a boy who works there. The two compete in a dancing competition after becoming romantically involved even with disapproval from her father. [5]

Cast

Critical reception

Los Angeles Times reviewer Michael Rechtshaffen, gave the film a largely negative review which concluded, "the low-budget production, with its soapy dialogue and cheesy video effects, should have splurged for someone to help choreograph the leads' stiffly executed dramatic exchanges." [6] The Seattle Times reviewer Soren Andersen rated the film one star out of four, criticizing the "simplistic" plot and stiff acting of the lead characters. [7]

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