Go for It! Page #3

Synopsis: Carmen is a good student with a bad attitude who lives for dancing in the underground clubs of Chicago. She yearns to be 'somebody' but is afraid to believe in herself. Her immigrant Mexican, working-class parents want her to stay in school and get an education, so she attends junior college while working at a grocery store. Carmen's professor catches her performing one day in the neighborhood and challenges her to audition to a formal dance school in California. She gets into a fight with her chaotic family and runs away to her best friend Gina's place only to find out Gina's been getting beat up by her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Carmen's boyfriend, Jared wants her to commit and move in with him. Pulled apart in every direction, her dream of dancing fades. Can Carmen overcome her fears and take the biggest chance of her life, or will she succumb to her self-doubt?
Genre: Drama, Musical
Director(s): Carmen Marron
Production: Lionsgate Films
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.0
Metacritic:
44
PG-13
Year:
2011
105 min
$100,000
Website
50 Views


of copying off of her?

I'm sorry, no. I don't have to do that.

You know you copied my test

because your prissy ass was too lazy

to study.

Prissy is better than poor.

Well, poor is better than puta.

Who taught you how to speak, trash?

Shut up and crawl back under that rock

that you came from.

That's enough!

Both of you know the material so well?

You will take a make-up exam right now.

Why do I have to take another exam

if I didn't do anything wrong?

Consider this your chance

to prove your innocence.

I ain't doing sh*t.

Listen, you take the exam right now,

or you fail.

End of discussion.

- Whatever. I'll take it.

- No.

This is bullshit.

I'm gonna tell you what bullshit is.

Your attitude.

You think that you can scare me

with some bad-ass-from-the-hood drama?

Are you kidding me?

What does it matter, anyway?

That's right.

So don't even bother, homegirl.

I mean, you know you're gonna end up

working for me someday anyways, right?

Richard, the other student

instigated the situation.

Frank, she practically knocked

her unconscious.

I can't change the rules for that.

I got a board to answer to.

- She's off two weeks.

- Come on.

- Richard...

- Well, she'll be reinstated

when she's served her suspension.

As long as she keeps up with the work,

if you know what I mean.

Frank, please, don't take it personally.

You know, this whole tenure thing.

Well, word in the right ear.

Six, seven, eight...

Just like that.

How you doing?

Keeping up with your assignments?

Why do you care?

The other day I saw you dancing in the park.

What if I told you there was a college

in California you may be interested in?

It's a reputable school.

It offers academic scholarships.

It even has a fine school of dance.

From what I understand,

many of the students

go on to become professional dancers,

if that would interest you.

Carmen, you have talent.

I'll even write a letter of recommendation

for you.

Okay, you know what? Go ahead.

Do your thing and piss your life away.

Why are you working so hard

if you don't wanna be someone?

Take it.

I dare you.

Mija, how's school?

It's good. Fine.

You're a good student.

No, no, no, no. Pops, come on.

"Student," okay?

- Shut up, dude.

- Leave her alone.

- Shut up.

- Hey!

- What's your deal?

- No hats at the dinner table.

What about you, mijo? How's work?

Busy, Pops. We're working

on some dope-ass homes up in Lake Forest.

Ma, they're as big as our zip code,

and I'm making bank.

Bank!

Well if you're making bank,

why don't you go back to school then?

Hey, as far as I can count,

I'm making a lot more moola than you,

- so don't be giving me advice.

- Whatever.

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