Critic Reviews

• Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies

  I'd say Love 'n Dancing felt like an after-school special about overcoming disabilities and being the best you can be, but I fear I'd be doing a disservice to after school specials.

• Ben Lyons, At the Movies

  From the acting, to the music, to most importantly, the dancing everything feels amateur in this film.

• Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

  It is unfortunate when someone with a history of staging musical numbers and directing musical sequences can't make dialogue scenes flow.

• Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

  Seems more like a dance studio's infomercial than a romantic comedy.

• Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

  The film starts out as an empowerment story, gravitates toward romantic drama, has bits of lame comedy, and, of course, there's the dancing. Something for everyone, presumably, just none of it very good.

• Peter Debruge, Variety

  Bland as its title, Love N' Dancing extends the cliches of the dance-and-romance genre -- so overplayed that it's targeted for a Wayans brothers spoof later this month -- to the world of West Coast Swing.

• Sean Gandert, Paste Magazine

  The bottom line is that a few pretty dances aren't enough substance to make for a fulfilling, or even moderately entertaining movie when the rest of the material is so weak.

• Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City

  If you cut the extraneous parts of Love n' Dancing -- you know, all the ones except for the dancing scenes -- it might not be a half-bad movie.

• Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly

  Everyone moves beautifully, yet director Robert Iscove keeps such a coolly professional distance from the dancers that we never feel their heat.

• Geoff Berkshire, Metromix.com

  How did it wind up in theaters? Even as a limited release? That's a mystery far more intriguing than anything on screen.

• Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile

  Instantly likeable, especially if you like dancing and this originally jazz-derivative but now pop/rock driven style

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