An Unfiltered Review of Netflix's Work It
50 Unfiltered Thoughts For My Squirrel Friends Who Can't Stop Watching Netflix's Work It
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- The reveal that the team has the infamous Jake Taylor to choreograph their routine leads Isaiah to sabotage them by telling Jake's boss he's been letting TBD practice in the studio for free. Seems like an extremely petty reason to get someone fired, since Jake is a real grown-up with bills to pay, but sure, let's go with it!
- Somehow, Quinn's grades have radically fallen in the span of what has to be less than a month (but whatever, time is a social construct!) and she's spiraling. So, obviously, she has to quit the team!
- Frankly speaking, Quinn is the worst dancer of the group and they'd be better off without her. But it's high school and everything is heightened, especially betrayal.
- I know Jake doesn't have a job anymore, but watching Priya's Instagram Live and racing to find Quinn after is a little much. Just text her, dude.
- Sincerely confused about why TBD would have to disband without Quinn — they're still in the competition — but Quinn gets to be pouty for like a week. Somehow, the life-changing advice she gets is that there's no point in being ambitious, just have fun! Because there's absolutely no happy medium there. You can't work hard to get into your dream college and have a life. See, this is what these themes always do to me, they make me sound like my mother!
- Apparently, all Quinn needed to do to learn how to dance was listen to Ciara's "Thinkin' Bout You," which is fair because it's a bop.
- She runs to Jake's house (I know her mother would not approve of that kind of after-school activity) and apologises to him, even though I've already forgotten what she did to "hurt" him.
- Oh, she indirectly got him fired and then quit the dance team that was the reason for him losing his job in the first place; I remember now!
- Quinn shows off her newfound dance skills in a routine that quickly turns sultry and all is forgiven. Seriously, if her mom had issues with her being on the dance team, she is not going to like this new extracurricular activity!
- The band is mostly back together and Raven makes her funny quip of the scene before we launch into a random dance montage, because Jake believes they all need to learn each other's dance styles. It's giving me very much Step Up 2: The Streets.
- Jas and Quinn reconcile after Isaiah works Jas's last nerve and then suddenly it's the day of the competition!
- Quinn's mom is refusing to let her leave the house for the dance competition "dressed like Shakira," so Quinn decides to throw the deuces and steal her mom's car to get to the Work It contest. Teenage rebellion!
- The Thunderbirds perform their routine, and I don't care how much heart TBD has, they can't beat them. The power that Isaiah in a feathered cage top has? The intelligence that that has, the clearance that that has, the access that that has, the influence that has, the profile that has, the international implications that that has? Please!
- TBD goes on, with Quinn coming in right in the middle of the routine, and I appreciate these kids, but this isn't like the finale of Sister Act 2 when Sister Mary Clarence gets them to take off their robes and they put on a rendition of "Joyful, Joyful" that makes you believe there might be something bigger out there for less than five minutes. Basically, I'm saying TBD should come in second place.
- So, obviously, TBD wins by three points! A scout from New York School of Dance reaches out to both Jas and Isaiah (who congratulates TBD because it's boring winning all the time) and Ms. Ramirez shows up, revealing to Quinn that she now works admissions at NYU, which Quinn should look into since Duke hasn't worked out.
- If it feels like Carpenter, Koshy, and Buteau are in a much funnier movie than Work It actually is most of the time, they are! But that's what makes the film more enjoyable than it should be.
- Quinn and Jake celebrate their winnings with a very . . . athletic kiss (to Carpenter's single from the movie soundtrack) and truly have me wondering where her mother is because she could probably do with a clue as to what her daughter is using those dance lessons for. But they're so cute, I'm letting it go!
- Quinn ends the film by letting us know that Einstein was right, "Dancers are the athletes of God," and all she knows right now is that it isn't that hard to follow a four-count. The rest, of course, is TBD.
- So, that definitely means a sequel — right, Netflix?