Dance Flick (2009)

User Rating:

3.2/10   

Director:

Damien Dante Wayans

Writers (WGA):

Keenen Ivory Wayans (written by) &
Shawn Wayans (written by) ...

Release Date:

22 May 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Music

Plot:

Street dancer Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as the enter in the mother of all dance battles. |

Plot Keywords:

Wardrobe Malfunction | Teenager | Single Mother | Audition | Childbirth

Cast

Shoshana Bush	...	Megan
Damon Wayans Jr.	...	Thomas
Essence Atkins	...	Charity
Affion Crockett	...	A-Con
Luis Dalmasy Jr.	...	Dancer #9 (as Luis Dalmasy)
Chris Elliott	...	Ron
Christina Murphy	...	Nora
David Alan Grier	...	Sugar Bear
Amy Sedaris	...	Ms. Cameltoe
Kim Wayans	...	Ms. Dontwannabebothered
Lauren Bowles	...	Glynn
Brennan Hillard	...	Jack
George Gore II	...	Ray
Chelsea Makela	...	Tracy Transfat
Ross Thomas	...	Tyler

Also Known As:

Snowflake (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, and language.

Runtime:

USA:83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45025) | UK:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:MA | Norway:11 | New Zealand:R16

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: Charity's baby is a different baby at least 3 or 4 times throughout the movie.

Quotes:

A-Con: All we need is D to do his signature move.
Thomas: He can't. It's too dangerous.
A-Con: Yo I don't care about that man D's gonna do it.
Thomas: But he can break his neck and be crippled forever.
A-Con: D don't care about that man, alright he's gonna take one for the team!
Thomas: Well, like a hundred million Americans, D doesn't have insurance!
D: Yeah, he's right, I don't.
A-Con: Yo man, he's doing the move and that's final. I want this!
Thomas: Exactly YOU want this. Look man, there ain't I in team.
A-Con: There ain't?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Soundtrack:

Fame

They used all the funny clips in the trailer

(Synopsis) Megan (Shoshanna Bush) has a dream of going to Juilliard and becoming a dancer. While she is performing at her dance audition, her mother is tragically killed in an auto accident. Megan must move to another city to her destitute father's apartment which is located in a condemned building. She enrolls in Musical High School, an inner city high school. Since her mother's death, Megan has given up dancing. Megan meets some new friends at the school like Tracy (Chelsea Makela), Charity (Essence Atkins), and Thomas (Damon Wayans Jr.) who dance in a street dance gang. Thomas and Megan connect, and they must face their impossible dance dream together. They try to bring the ultimate dance crew together to win $5,000 at the local dance contest.

(My Comment) The funny and inventive Wayans Brothers made this spoof movie, yet it was not as funny as the TV movie trailers would imply. This is one of those movies that used all the funny clips in the trailer. If you go in thinking it will be a funny movie, it will disappoint you. There are so many problems with the acting, script, editing, and direction. Unfortunately, Dance Flick did not meet my expectations. I did laugh at many of the scenes, but the few laughs that I did have, weren't enough. At least the movie was short. I would not recommend this movie to anyone, so save your money and see something else. (Paramount Pictures, Run Time 1:23, Rated PG-13)(2/10)