Gotta Kick It Up! (TV Movie 2002)

Gotta Kick It Up! (TV Movie 2002). 1h 25m | TV-G

“This is another in a long line of feel-good films wherein a down-and-out school team overcomes a variety of difficulties and rises to victory. In this case, itu0026#39;s a dance team, and the draw here of course are the many dance numbers strung throughout the course of plot and action.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn addition to the dance teacher played by Susan Egan, whose long list of credits is one with which Iu0026#39;m mostly unfamiliar, are actors who appear later in more familiar roles, most notably the two leads, Camille Guaty (TVu0026#39;s u0026quot;Prison Breaku0026quot; and u0026quot;The Nineu0026quot;) who plays a dance diva who, under the tutelage of Julliard washout Heather Bartlett (the aforementioned Susan Egan), learns to become a team player, and America Ferrera (u0026quot;The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsu0026quot;), star of the current TV hit, u0026quot;Ugly Bettyu0026quot;. The other actor of note here is Miguel Sandoval (currently the district attorney on TVu0026#39;s u0026quot;Mediumu0026quot;) who plays the tough-because-he-has-to-be school principal.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlthough fun to watch, this movie doesnu0026#39;t pack the emotional power of some of its more famous counterparts, but serves as a stepping stone for some young actresses to go on to greater things.”