Dance Flick (2009)

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 they enter in the mother of all dance battles.

Director:

Damien Dante Wayans

Writers:

Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans

Stars:

Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Shoshana Bush

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shoshana Bush	...	Megan
Damon Wayans Jr.	...	Thomas
Essence Atkins	...	Charity
Affion Crockett	...	A-Con
Chris Elliott	...	Ron
Christina Murphy	...	Nora
David Alan Grier	...	Sugar Bear
Amy Sedaris	...	Ms. Cameltoé
Kim Wayans	...	Ms. Dontwannabebothered
Lauren Bowles	...	Glynn
Brennan Hillard	...	Jack
George Gore II	...	Ray
Chelsea Makela	...	Tracy Transfat
Ross Thomas	...	Tyler
Shawn Wayans	...	Baby Daddy

Storyline

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 they enter in the mother of all dance battles.

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Plot Keywords:

dance | african american | rap | parody | overalls | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France] Official site [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 May 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Snowflake

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$12,622,450 (USA) (22 May 2009)

Gross:

£1,098,075 (UK) (28 August 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, Wayans Bros. Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min (unrated DVD)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the back-up dancers in Uncle Tom's crew is Christopher Scott, who played "Hair" in Step Up 2: The Streets (2008). He is wearing the same outfit in both movies.

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Goofs

Charity's baby is played by at least 4 different babies.

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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?
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Connections

References So You Think You Can Dance (2005)

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Soundtracks

La Di Da Di
Written by Doug E. Fresh (as Douglas Davis) and Slick Rick (as Ricky Walters)
Performed by Amy Sedaris

User Reviews

Use Any Moves Necessary to Escape.

Nearly incoherent mess from the Wayans brothers basically parodies every dance-themed film of recent memory and even takes stabs at other pop culture features like "Twilight" as well. Vignettes add up fast and furiously with no one in the cast making much of an impression and the film almost feeling like it had two dozen different directors and screenwriters (and none with a good cinematic idea). As good as "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" were in the 1980s, "Dance Flick" and others of the type are that awful in the 2000s. Do whatever moves necessary to avoid this horror of a movie which accomplishes nothing except stealing the audience's time, energy, and money. Gobble, gobble. Turkey (0 stars out of 5).