Brit Ben Miller stars in this Aussie mockumentary about a children’s dance school. He’s the choreographer training a troupe of girls for a contest, designing routines around his favourite causes, from animal experimentation to female oppression in Afghanistan.
While fittingly amusing, he’s royally upstaged by Kerry Armstrong as pushy mum Justine. Meanwhile a Gothed-up Tara Morice (Strictly Ballroom) is sullenly preparing constricting costumes liable to cause fainting fits.
There are loud echoes of Drop Dead Gorgeous and Little Miss Sunshine but this is a lighter affair, favouring one-liners over character development. It may be familiar, but it’s funny, feelgood and eminently quotable.