Make It Happen (2008)

The story may be predictable but Winstead infuses every moment with an amazing amount of charm.

In short, this is a watchable dance movie and Winstead's performance just about compensates for the generally poor direction.

...yet another tedious inspirational tale revolving around a would-be dancer's efforts at transcending her wrong-side-of-the-tracks upbringing to become a professional hoofer.

We know the trajectory, it's a question of how brightly the rocket burns and how interested we are in the astronauts aboard this dance missile from small town Indiana to Chicago Big Time Dance School

This film's limp retelling of the against-all-odds cliche just doesn't bump, grind or sweat enough to make it happen.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead [has] star quality.

It's hard to dislike all these urban musicals aimed at teenage girls, and even harder to tell them apart.