Dancin': It's On!
Dancin': It's On! is a 2015 American musical romantic comedy film directed and co-written 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.
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Directed by | David Winters |
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Produced by | David Winters |
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Cinematography | Alan Roberts |
Edited by | Alan Roberts |
Music by | Misha Segal |
Production company | East Side Story |
Distributed by | Medallion Releasing |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million |
Box office | $27,000[2] |
The film was released on October 30, 2015 by Medallion Releasing, to largely negative reviews from critics and audiences.
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.[4]
Cast
- Witney Carson as Jennifer Gabriella August
- Chehon Wespi-Tschopp as Ken
- David Winters as Hal Sanders
- Jordan Clark as Shotsy
- Gary Daniels as Jerry August
- Matt Marr as Danny
- Russell Ferguson as the Captain
- Pauline Mata as Pauline
- Ava Fabian as Jennifer's mother
- Brandon Bryant as Brandon
- Tadd Gadduang as Tadd
- Comfort Fedoke as Comfort
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."[5] 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.[6]
References
- "Dancin' It's On (2015)". Boxofficemojo.com. 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
- "Star Titles 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' 'Burnt' Fall As 'Martian' Dominates Lowest Grossing Weekend Of 2015 – Sunday Postmortem". Deadline Hollywood. Deadline.com. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ""SYTYCD" Stars Go Hollywood". Dance Spirit. 2017-03-23. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- "Choreographer David Winters Opens Up About His New Film And His Love Of Fort Lauderdale". Fort Lauderdale Daily. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- Michael Rechtshaffen (October 25, 2015). "Review: 'Dancin' It's On' stumbles on drama scenes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- Soren Andersen (October 29, 2015). "'Dancin' It's On': Acting is off". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 17, 2019.