The dancing is, of course, breathtaking.
But there’s so much more to it than that.
It’s so much fun
Yeah, we said that already.
But it bears repeating:Work Itis a straight-up good time!
All director Laura Terruso wanted while making this movie was for people to have fun while watching it.
“It doesn’t take itself too seriously,” she says.
“We’re very aware of how silly and crazy it all is.
It’s definitely lighthearted in a lot of ways.
I hope this movie can bring people a little sense of joy right now.”
“I just want people to feel good,” Fisher says.
It has an inspiring message
Work Itis deeper than you may expect.
On the surface it’s easy fun, but the way the movie uses dance is surprisingly sweet.
“Dance is a universal language,” Terruso says.
“It connects us all and it really brings people together in an incredible way.
Carpenter was surprised by the story’s real-world parallels.
Life is a long time, and life is about trying things that scare you.”
“We all need something like that, especially right now.”
It’s a dance comedy, which is a little different
Everyone loves a good dance movie.
But what about dancecomedies?
“That comedy element sets this apart from other dance movies,” Terruso says.
“We tried to be really playful and and have fun with it.”
Along with iconic dance films likeDirty Dancing, a big inspiration forWork ItwasSister Act 2.
“It’s one of my favorite competition movies of all time,” the director says.
Quinn’s journey is actually pretty close to what the director experienced in her own life.
“It changed the way I related to my body.
And that connection is what drove me throughout to tell the story.”
But he says he enjoyed that challenge more than anything.
The diversity of this is so great.
It’s really about the people.
And it’s all celebrated."
That was important to the director from the very start.
You don’t have to be any specific way to be a dancer."
“We cast dancers from this crew calledILL-Abilities,” Terruso says.
The day those guys came to set, I was so happy and so moved.
It just felt like, yes, this is this is why we’re making this movie."
The soundtrack, duh
What’s a dance movie without music?
This soundtrack is the perfect thing to help switch things up during quarantine.
“We really needed a song for the end credits, but we needed it in a week.
But Jones still can’t get over how they can all dance, act,andsing.
“I didn’t realize Sabrina was that.
I didn’t realize Liza was that.
I didn’t realize Keiynan was as big a talent.
Work Itis now streaming on Netflix.
