A big-city teenager brings forbidden music and dancing to a small town, sparking romance and rebellion.
Feel-good and uplifting. A family watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Hoopla (free).
Some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language, about what a PG-13 should carry.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated PG-13.
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Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process.
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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