Critic Reviews

• Anna Smith, Time Out

  'All Stars' is funny and enthusiastic enough to entertain kids, if not their elder siblings, who may not buy this scrubbed-up version of teenaged Britain.

• Andy Lea, Daily Star

  Got To Dance winner Akai Osei has all the moves and Horrid Henry star Theo Stevenson has charm by the bucket load.

• Alistair Harkness, Scotsman

  It's hard not to go along with the film ...

• Philip French, Observer [UK]

  It's very sub Grange Hill and Waterloo Road.

• Derek Malcolm, This is London

  At least the dancing is fun.

• Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]

  It seems derivative and lacklustre, and really inferior to almost anything on CBBC or CITV.

• Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph

  "Oh, not the talent show thing again," groans Ashley Jensen's social worker when the youngsters announce their plan. Well, you said it.

• Tim Evans, Sky Movies

  It's a well-worn formula - a gang of youngsters have to form a dance troupe to put on a show that will save their local youth club - but what it lacks in budget it makes up for in bravado.

• David Jenkins, Little White Lies

  A charming family entertainment with a clutch of seriously astonishing and visually ingenious dance numbers.

• Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

  Hugely enjoyable British let's-do-the-show-right-here comedy enlivened by strong performances, impressive dance sequences, likeable characters, breezy direction and a witty script.

• Damon Smith, Birmingham Post

  All Stars is inoffensive wish fulfilment aimed at a distinctly younger audience than the StreetDance franchise.

• Nev Pierce, Empire Magazine

  Derivative but occasionally fun.

• Neil Smith, Total Film

  Some day, God willing, there will be a moratorium on films about plucky kids putting on talent shows to save their schools/parks/yoof centres from predatory developers.

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