Make It Happen (film)

Make It Happen is a 2008 dance film directed by Darren Grant and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The screenplay was cowritten by Duane Adler, who was a screenwriter for Save the Last Dance and Step Up, films that also involved dancing.

Dejected, Lauryn goes to a diner to down her sorrows, but soon finds her car towed off. Upon seeing her misfortunes, Dana Tessa Thompson, a friendly waitress from the diner invites Lauryn to her apartment and out of the pouring rain. Dana subsequently offers Lauryn a place to stay, considering Lauryn could not go back home and face her brother. The next day, Dana brings Lauryn to a club called Rubys whose dances are rooted in burlesque, where she meets with Russ Riley Smith, the slicktalking disc jockey, and Brenda Karen LeBlanc, the club owner. Brenda hires Lauryn as a bookkeeper, in light of her skills with numbers. Lauryn watches as a dancer, Carmen Julissa Bermudez performs impressively on the stage.Before locking up late one night, Lauryn goes on the stage and silently and elegantly dances, while unbeknownest to her, Russ watches from a distance. The next night, Brenda finds herself short of dancers. Russ asks Lauryn to dance, after having seen her graceful performance the previous night. Lauryn reluctantly agrees, and goes on stage. At first, new to the sexy routine, Lauryn looks foolish, but when Russ starts playing hiphop music, Lauryn does a sexy hiphop routine, and finds herself to be Rubys new star. As Lauryn and Russ relationship progresses, Lauryn continues performing stunningly on stage, much to Carmens chagrin. ........

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