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Is this a bad movie? No I don't think so. Would I ever want to watch it again? Same answer.

It is really really family friendly stuff. Like the whole family can sit down on a Sunday night and watch this. Or like you can stick it on to keep the kids happy during Quarantine or the summer holidays.

Did I find anything in this movie remotely funny? No but I'm not a 9 year old so maybe they would. I sometimes struggle to tell if a younger audience would find stuff funny. When I was a kid would I have found this movie funny, no probably not.

So it's easy watching and like "feel good" I guess. So you could stick it on your children and maybe watch it with them unless you have something better to do.

Feel the Beat (3 out of 5 stars).

Feel the Beat is a cute fair family film. When big shot dancer April (Sofia Carlson) blows an audition that turns bad. She moves back home to a small town where she tries to teach and coach a bunch of young girls dancers. Soon enough, they make go on a competition tour.

The plot is cute and charming. It can be predictable with its story. April lost the big leagues in dancing. And teaches a group of girls that has yet to compete. The girls and April do not easily get along. When the girls are looking up to her. But April is critical. She also runs into her former boyfriend which she ran out on cause she wanted to move to the city. And he stayed in there home town.

The direction and script is cheesy. With cheesy dialgoue. Can be cringing with its direction. But it tries to have a lot of fun.

Sofia Carlson is good with the role. She is fun. Charming. And beautiful.

Reading the varied reviews and what was enjoyable about this movie was the good and the bad that others have pointed out.

Is it perfect? No....is it funny, sad, cringe worthy and endearing at same time...yes!

I didn't like this film at all, because the main character shouts at children. She's just full of herself, and I can't stand her.

Is it Oscar worthy? No. But it's still pretty cute, just the right amount of cliche that hits you in the feel goods. Obviously low budget, but doesn't try to outdo itself. Pretty good acting, not too bad of a script. Just another mindless feel good underdog story, and I'm here for it.

Look up this movie on plugged in online for a more thorough review. IMBD was lacking some information and I felt it was more mature than the rating given such as language and sensuality.

A little cliché and some of the messaging can be over the top at times but 'Feel the Beat' is a well-made routine dance movie that has the ability to leave its audience with a smile and a great warm feeling.

I expected this to be goofy and probably subpar but at least entertaining. It actually ended up being much better than I expected with fun storylines that kept me enthralled.

As a movie, it was splendidly fun and often took itself seriously one moment only to play around the next, keeping the pace and story alive and fun the whole way through. Sofia Carson also got to flex her intense skill in dance after years in The Descendants while also giving some serious proof that she's a great actress.

This is absolutely worth the watch.

Sofia Carson is amazing in this film. This film is so good. The base of this film is music, and the story is very good.

It's hard to find a feel good film these days. And as a father of three young daughters I appreciate this film. It was fun, clean and beautiful!

It's not about the story how touching, inspiring it is but learn how to get along with someone you disliked, face the fears and reality of life is. The behind meaning is why I rated 6.

Our lead character is a self-centered opportunist from the first scene through the last! It's impossible to root for her because she is a soulless shrew all the way through with absolutely zero character development. AND A DANCE DOUBLE DOES ALL OF HER REAL DANCING! Sure the kids are cute. Same-o same-o. Same formula as School of Rock but that's where the similarities ends. School of rock is excellent this movie is NOT. I was also shocked and saddened when I saw Mia Michaels credited as choreographer. She is brilliant. But I don't know how she went wrong with this production. Simply stated, don't waste your time with this garbage.

This movie actually has kind the feeling of the 2020 version of The 'Step Up' movies, which I really liked as a kid. So it's good to know that this genre isn't dead, and there are still cute movies like this out there. It really is a good family movie. Especially if your family includes members who will always have a warm corner in their hearts for dancing.

This is a beautiful formulaic film, it ticks all the tropes, and I love it. The young cast is excellent in their various roles and funny as well. It won't win any Oscars, but it will win your heart and make you smile. Do we need much more?

The protagonist so greasy, irritating, feisty, and superb that it almost made me hate the movie, but those little girls, and the little boy, stole my heart ... Very cute, she even managed to tear me away ... Very cute ...

This is defintly Sofia Carson at her best. Her character in this movie is so unlikable and mean, borderline the villain in fact, which is a nice change from the teeny bopper DIsney Channel characters she usually plays. I would actually like to see a movie where she is 100% villain. I know she was Sandman's daughter in that Spider-Man episode, but I want a full movie where she's like a full psycho evil classic villain.

Ok, so plot-wise, this is pretty much beat for beat (no pun intended) School of Rock, but with dance instead of rock band, but not nearly as funny. It's predictable, yes, but still enjoyable. it feels very 90s in some parts, but I think that was kind of the point. The young kids in this film also give very believable performances. I thought this was a fun movie. Netflix lied about the rating, though. They have it listed as TV-G, but it is definitely a PG-13. Mild language, some suggestive content, some...teenage situations, let's say. It's about the same level as School of Rock (which is also PG-13) in terms of content. I hope Sofia gets more roles that show her range. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, cast her as a villain. (Evie from Descendants doesn't count. She wasn't actually a villain, she was just vain.) Grade: B 8/10 4/5 stars

"Dance is music made visible." George Balanchine.

Feel the Beat is a shameless pre-teen dance competition musical of the kind that Pitch Perfect recently produced with the same formula for voice. And countless other competitions in film history.

What saves it from being the most saccharine, unimaginative film of the year is its unabashed sincerity that these adolescents--one chubby, one deaf, one poor, one boy, et. al.-- could survive a competition by sheer will and the guidance of a gifted dance instructor. In other words, aspiration far outstrips talent.

Director Elissa Down and her writers craft an almost believable story of a small Wisconsin town that welcomes back a talented but coldly remote dancer from Broadway, April (Sofia Carson), to guide the kids, not so much to victory but to a belief in hard work to achieve a goal, regardless of whether or not the goal is achieved.

Life lessons in the rough road to success are what these musical fantasies are all about, and Feel the Beat gives plenty of routines to show how rigorous the competition is in the heartland. Although some of the adults act goofy, and not all the kids are talented, the spirit is what counts.

In fact, this musical has nothing new to add to the genre except its seeming sincerity about the complicated nature of growing up. Commitment is the word that regularly crops up from April's abandoning the town to go to NYC to boyfriend Nick's (Wolfgang Novogratz) staying in town for a noble cause. The film doesn't ram home the pop culture staples of dedication to family and home; it just shows the virtues of staying true to the ones you love.

Feel the Beat misses most of the beats of great filmmaking, but it wins an award for trying. That's even what the film is about.

Okay first of all, this kids movies always started with trailer which sells and gives too much of the story. So I'm pretty much well-informed.

The conflict starter is really... cliche.. a dreamer who failed and try to get it together. The story progress is also what you expected in family movie. Problem - hero tries to conquer - hero fails - hero tries again - hero succeeds - hero fails big time - hero prevails - and all is save. I must but commend the essence of the movie, it's light and bundles childish humour (i must admit i laughed a couple of times), a decent character developement and a great choreographer. I must say the dancing is what you expect of hollywood movie, the lead dancer's technique i must admit is very good, a nice posture, power and attitude, though the styling could be better.

I wouldn't say it's all that inspiring, there's aspects of reality, (but because it's a family movie) some things are make-believes and impossible to happen in reality. But it's indeed enjoyable!

I really enjoyed the dumb humor in this movie and how the message was carried out throughout the movie. It had a good mix of cheesy and realistic but I wasn't pleased with the ending. It was pretty sloppy and seemed like it was just an after thought. Other than that it was a pretty good movie.