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Work It

2020 · 93 min

A cheerful, easygoing teen dance comedy that feels like a warm hug, with playful energy and a few earnest emotional beats.

Directed by: Laura Terruso
Genres: Comedy, Music
Starring: Sabrina Carpenter, Liza Koshy, Keiynan Lonsdale

Tagline: Dance to your own beat.
Overview: A brilliant but clumsy high school senior vows to get into her late father's alma mater by transforming herself and a misfit squad into dance champions.

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Directed by: Laura Terruso
Genres: Comedy, Music
Starring: Sabrina Carpenter, Liza Koshy, Keiynan Lonsdale

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
family
identity
friendship
ambition
Places: school
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	3
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Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, music
Directed by: Laura Terruso
Written by: Alison Peck
Starring: Sabrina Carpenter, Liza Koshy, Keiynan Lonsdale, Michelle Buteau, Jordan Fisher, Drew Ray Tanner, Jayne Eastwood, Naomi Snieckus
Music: Germaine Franco
Cinematography: Rogier Stoffers
Runtime: 93 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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