Dance Flick (2009)

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

Color:

Color

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: In one shot, Megan is wearing tan pants, then the next shot she is wearing shorts, then in the next shot she is wearing pants again.

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 Hairspray (2007)

Soundtrack:

Fame

Honey, this film cannot step up for the last dance so let's not stomp the yard to see it.

A spoof movie brought to you by the Wayans brothers (who, at the last count managed to supply approximately half of the entire Earth's population) is a movie to be wary of. They might be a little better than Jason Friedberg/Aaron Seltzer at times but usually not by much.

I am not going to bother recounting the plot here (it's basically Save The Last Dance with a bunch of references to similar movies thrown in) so will just get through some brief thoughts on the film.

Shoshana Bush was a cute, likable leading actress and Damon Wayans Jr. was actually pretty funny too. In fact, I can admit that most of the actors did okay with the material they were given.

Just look at the list of movies referenced here and consider one thing - how dated all of this already feels. It's like watching your uncle breakdance at your eighteenth birthday party, just sad sad sad.

Despite how dated or obvious many of the gags were I did actually laugh on a few occasions. Yes, most of the comedy was juvenile or just dumb but dumb can still be funny at times and some of the dance-off moments, in particular, were worth a giggle.

Finally, if nothing else, it was worth seeing for one amusing poke at Twilight.

Fans of the Wayans brothers movies will probably already have rushed out to lap this up and a lot of other people will have steered well clear. Which is kind of how it should be. However, if you find yourself stuck with the prospect of watching it then it's, as Douglas Adams once called our entire planet, mostly harmless.

See this if you like: Save The Last Dance, Scary Movie, Superhero Movie.