Dance Flick (2009)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Director:

Damien Dante Wayans

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

22 May 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

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:

Audition | Teenager | Breakdance | Musical | Child Abuse

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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

Company:

MTV Films

Trivia:

Before filming, the Wayans watched many dance films in order to set the idea straight.

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 ATL (2006)

Soundtrack:

Fame

The trailer was much better

In comedy, they say, timing is everything. This movie works great when boiled down to a 30-second promo, and I was actually pretty excited to see it, even though I've never been a big fan of the Wayans' movies (and haven't even seen most of the films that this one spoofs). Unfortunately, they managed to fit most of the big laughs into that preview, so those moments didn't strike me as hard, and some of them dragged on too long and simply weren't funny at all (like the "invade my space" scene).

I do think the current rating (2.8) is a bit harsh, though. The movie isn't that bad, it just isn't as funny as I'd hoped it would be.