Breaking Legs

I must say ,it is not the best movie but a entertaining one!! I would not name it a family movie,I see older kids and young teens(around 10-14 years old) as audience,but not so much older viewers! I guess that the bad ratings are coming from older viewers. The dancing scenes are well executed and the music good! The plot, "nice,shy and friendly school kid bullied by evil fellow student" has been done many times now and was "okay'ish" executed and more on a comedy level! The acting from the kids was good from my point of view. I really saw much worse made kids/family movies than this one and thats the reason I gave a 5 star rating!

This film tells the story of an aspiring dancer from a dancing family, who moves to a new town to live with her uncle. Not only does she have to adjust to the new environment, but she also attracts the jealousy of Miss Popular in the high school. "Breaking Legs" wants to be "Mean Girls", but unfortunately it is nowhere close in terms of meanness and in entertainment factor. It is more about the rather uneventful rivalry between two girls. Fortunately, the music in the film is uplifting and makes people want to dance. I am not exactly the target audience of the film, so I cannot say I thoroughly enjoyed it.

This movie was filled to the brim with clichés, A girl with no parents who has a dream, Check. A mean, bratty girl who is jealous, check. A boy who is in love with bratty girl, who then falls in love with protagonist, check. Quirky, idiotic sidekick, Check. It's just like every other teen movie out there, it started well but just completely fell apart, with no real resolution or plot, don't waste your time.

Wonderfully told story of the confusion, chaos, & heart ache of pre high school life. The ensemble of likable & extremely talented youth transports you back to a special time when life revolved around love, sports, dance, & homecoming. The dance solos look like a Broadway Show & Chris Karan is as talented as ever!! Laughed the entire time and this movie really captures those early teen years in a compelling form.

What even is this movie. I'm not sure who this movie is made for if not deeply disturbed adults. The wildly inappropriate humor makes it zero percent for "kids"? The abuse related unfinished plots are unforgivable. I can only imagine the positive reviews are from family members or kid offenders of the sort you would see on law and order svu. Read theses comment and tell me I'm wrong.

I counted at least 6 very hot hard bodies. Total tribute to America. Even the teacher who is the main judge is a super hottie. No fat trash here. A dancing movie with sights to behold.

My family and I enjoyed this movie A LOT. For me it was the frequent nods to the past (80 TV shows and dance musicals), as well as the whole look and feel of the film, which I understand was shot on real film! (quite a feat for a small indie project). The colors of the film captured the look of classic dance movies of the past, and some of the soundtrack definitely sounded like 70s TV. My kids liked the dancing (of course) and the teen romance between Herbie and Bloom. The film did have quite a lot of grown up material, individual character flaws, but the story didn't let itself get bogged down and these topics were dealt with lightly and the overall film was kept upbeat and positive. If you expect a straight drama, you'll be disappointed. I thought the lead girl, played by Liv Southard, was a beautiful young dancer and did an excellent job being natural and not over acting, and the characters of Jake and Gracie were funny. Oh...and the Gene Kelly tap routine by the Uncle was excellent!