Go for It! Page #6

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


I told my mom to stop telling me

'cause this one time, she told me

I ate french fries, and they were worms!

Why?

Latin people, we eat everything.

Cow intestines or...

No, I think pig intestines. Cow tongue.

Bull's balls.

Chicken feet.

Beef brains.

- Eyeballs!

- Hey, don't worry about me

'cause that one was real.

Sorry.

So, do you come here a lot?

Yeah.

Yeah, I really do, actually.

- Dance with me!

- You don't want me to do that.

- Why not?

- Because I'll probably kill you.

Shut up. Come on.

It's really easy, okay?

So, you're gonna walk forward

with this foot.

- And then, step back with that foot.

- Okay.

And then, one, two, three.

I am so sorry! Are you okay?

It's fine. Totally fine.

- I am such a clutz.

- It's okay. I'll just wear boots next time.

Just kidding.

Okay, ready?

You know what part I do know?

Wow!

Bookworm.

Stop it. Stop it!

- Quit it!

- I will not quit it.

That's it. Come on!

You are so going down!

- Am I?

- Yes. Yes, you are.

No!

Okay, okay. He's here.

I'll call you later, I promise. Bye.

- Hey.

- Hi.

I hope you're hungry,

because I totally blew off practice today.

Come on, come on, please.

Gina, take out the trash.

You're so beautiful.

So, Carmen, it's great to finally meet you.

Jared's been keeping you quite a secret.

Tell us about yourself.

Dad, she's not one of your clients.

I should hope not.

I sell medical devices, call on physicians.

By the way, what a beautiful name you have.

Carmen. How original.

Are your parents big opera fans?

Is that what gave them the idea?

No. They named me after the saint,

Maria del Carmen.

I have five cousins, two friends, an aunt

and a neighbor's dog with the same name.

- A dog?

- Oh, my.

So, Carmen is an awesome dancer.

She's been showing me

some new dance steps,

- among other moves.

- Really?

Did Jared tell you that

I used to be a dancer?

Well, that was a long time ago.

- You can dance for me any time.

- Honey, behave!

I'm so sorry.

So, Carmen,

what type of dance do you do?

- Hip-hop.

- Hip-hop?

Is that like the old bebop from the '50s,

with just a little bit of cha-cha-cha?

Wonderful!

How are your lessons coming, Son?

Great. Yeah, I think I'm almost ready

for my public debut.

Now, Carmen, tell me,

where do you do your dance?

Logan Square.

Logan Square?

Jay,

people get mugged down there.

People get mugged everywhere, Mother.

Still! Honey, it's not safe.

She's right on this one, Son.

If you're gonna take over the family

business, I need you in one piece.

Sweetie, you know how my anxiety disorder

takes on just at a drop of a hat.

- Do you need a pill?

- Just the other half.

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