Modern day teens Mack and Brady get a real world visit from Lela, Tanner, Butchy, and other surfer and biker pals from the beach party film within a film, Wet Side Story.
Director: Jeffrey Hornaday
Stars: Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Gracie Gillam, Garrett Clayton.
Jeffrey Hornaday ... choreographer
Christopher Scott ... choreographer
Danielle Sten ... Assistant Choreographer
disc arrived today.
18 songs in the Soundtracks, most are danced-to, or at least sung by cast.
Original: Teen Beach Movie (2013), 7+.
This film is more internal than external, so they spend too much time being serious/introspective. (In the 1st film they struggled to get back to reality and repair the alterations their presence made in WSS.)
Lots of good dancing. Wish they'd provided a feature to watch those again without the rest of the film. Extra feature talks about 8 weeks of rehearsal before filming. An impressive feat: actors dancing in front of a projected film, matching the choreography.
Definitely glad to have this one too.
Rated 6.3 (2,769)
Disney, dir. Hornaday; 7-
