Weekend Movie Forecast: The Cove or Funny People

Documentary Gotta Dance concerns the New Jersey Netsationals, 12 women and one man, all in their sixties, who are chosen at open auditions to perform at home games. Neil Genzlinger at the Times writes, "It would be easy enough to build an argument that Gotta Dance, Dori Berinstein’s documentary about the 60-and-older hip-hop dance team that performs at New Jersey Nets basketball games, is actually furthering the ageism it condemns.

"Making a big deal out of the not-very-rigorous wiggling and jiggling of some older folks — several of them younger than Paul McCartney, who is currently rocking arenas across the country — only reinforces the stereotype that 60 is when the vast majority of people cease to be interesting. Yeah, it would be easy enough to make that argument. But Gotta Dance is so enjoyable that you don’t want to bother."