Dance Flick (2009) User Reviews

I loved this movie!

[jasminemoniquebell · 5/10 · 29 November 2009]

A lot of people are bashing this movie to shreds. This movie is not to be bashed its hilarious. It brought me out of my depression for a little while. It makes fun of classic dance movies. It could be offensive to those with little to no sense of humor. It kinda picks at gays,African American community,fat people,whites from the suburbs,Interacialdating, All the while doing it in a realistic stereotypical way. As a ex fat girl & African American I was not at all offended. Sometimes the best comedy is the one thats politically incorrect & free to be itself. People that think this movies bad don't know comedy its better then the typical spoof like movies out there. I think the wayans brothers did a glorious job at writing it. I wouldn't say its a 10 out of 10 but I would say its def. about half of that. It deserves better applause & recognition then its been getting. It maybe stupid but its def. funny & not predictable.

Definitely not "Scary Movie"

[mellvsej · 4/10 · 28 August 2009]

When I first saw previews for this film on TV, I got excited because I am such a fan of the Wayans films such as "White Chicks" and the first two "Scary Movies." While this film definitely had it's share of funny jokes, there was nothing original to it. A lot of the quotes from the original movies that it was spoofing were kept the same or extremely similar, without much humor really added. The young male lead did a good job, I will have to say though. I didn't recognize him as someone I had seen in movies before, but then I realized that he was one of the Wayans men as well. This movie was definitely better than the disastrous "Superhero Movie" and all of the other recent spoof films but didn't live up to the potential that it really could have had. I don't know if the Wayans brothers are losing their touch, or just wanted to give the next generation a place to try out his talent, but if I were you, I wouldn't pay more than the couple of dollars it takes to rent it. Definitely one to rent before you buy.

I can't believe this film actually disses "Employee of the Month"(2006)

[KineticSeoul · 3/10 · 8 November 2009]

I can't believe the creators of this movie think they have the right to actually diss "Employee of the Month"(2006) which I admit was not a good film, but I was just astounded. Now I will admit the movie did give me a few chuckles, but that is cause of how stupid the parodies in this is, but few of the parodies was a bit entertaining since I got most of it. I sometimes enjoy stupid comedies but the stupidity of this movie was just too much to the point it just gave me a bit of a head ache. The story is retarded and very simple, a girl named Megan who does ballet meets up with some wannabe break dancer Thomas(Damon Wayans, Jr). And they get some wacky romance going, with a bunch of stupid crude jokes thrown in to lengthen the run time which would actually have been a very short movie without it. The thing about the jokes in this movie despite it being not funny, is just way too drawn out. It just seems they went to great efforts to throw in unfunny jokes. If your someone who seen a lot of movies and get the parodies will find some of it to be very slightly amusing. But if you don't get what they are doing parodies of, you just won't get the dumb joke, because it's a inside joke for the people that has seen the movie they are trying to do parodies of and it's even a lousy attempt at that. And there is a heck load of parodies thrown in from a heck load of movies. It's just obvious the Wayans brothers was just trying to cash in, because they basically used the best bits for the trailer which wasn't even funny, so if you seen the trailer there really isn't a point to seeing this movie. This movie just makes black people look bad, in my opinion. The jokes are just vulgar and messed up while trying to go in the shock humor direction while trying to entertain the audience with the suffering of some of the characters in the movie. Which is fine if it was funny but that is not the case and it just feels like it's you that is being tormented. I must say they must have either payed the lead actress a lot of money for this role or she was just desperate for fame. The film is racist and sexist, and like I said is fine by me if it is funny, but it just isn't. This is one of those comedies where everyone is obnoxious and semi-retarded and I seen this types of comedies do quite well if they go in the right direction. But "Dance Flick" is just a jumbled mess and when the film is finished you start to wonder what just happened, because of the stupidity. And I ain't one of those critics that think they are more intelligent and superior to everyone else and go around bashing on dumb comedies that are actually quite entertaining for not being smart. But this film deserves to be bashed on. But like I said, if you get the parodies of other films which is strung up very randomly for laughs you might find it slightly amusing and will survive through it.

3/10

Dance Flick did not "step up" like it should have

[Smells_Like_Cheese · 2/10 · 22 May 2009]

With the recent disappointments that have been in the spoof movie genre, we needed something fresh and funny, well we're not getting that obviously. But ever since the Friedberg/Seltzer team has joined in the "I can make a movie too" bandwagon, we were begging the Waynes Brothers to come back. The last really funny spoof movies are the Scary Movie series, they were clever and in our faces about the clichés in horror movies. The past few years we have had a major thing with dance movies like: Save the Last Dance, Step Up, Stomp the Yard, You Got Served, Honey, etc. Leave it to the Wayanes Brothers to finally put this genre in it's over clichéd and overused scripts in it's place. Unfortunately Dance Flick did not meet my expectations, it was one of those movies that used all the funny clips in the trailer. I can't even believe how many problems there was with this movie, wither it's the editing, acting, or direction, Dance Flick is a let down.

Megan is a former dancer who goes to a new school where everyone can magically sing and dance. She meets some new friends like Tracy, Charity and Thomas who is in a street dance gang. When Thomas and Megan connect they must face their "impossible" dreams together. Trying to "bring it", they work together to bring the ultimate dance group together. They also must face the difficulty of having a inter-racial relationship, as black women and white men passing them by, they try to pretend their love isn't real. But will they put all aside to help Thomas and his crew win the five grand to pay back his sponsor? Well, if you've see the "dance flicks" of the past decade, you know how it goes.

Now for some odd reason I did get a few laughs out of a stupid movie like Meet the Spartans, but that was because I kept my expectations low and knew what I was going into. With Dance Flick it was completely different, I was really excited because we have a really funny team working on the film. But they relied too much on the gross jokes, instead of getting a laugh from them, they keep pushing on the gross jokes too much on the audience and it just didn't work. The actors seemed to force their comedy too much as well where they were just not funny. The movie was also, like most spoof movies, was way too short as well, the stories didn't make sense and were just too random. I'm sorry to say that Dance Flick is just a bad movie, it has a couple giggles here and there, but the audience was silent throughout most of the film. I'd say to skip the movie, if you really want to see it, go for the rental.

2/10

They used all the funny clips in the trailer

[the-movie-guy · 2/10 · 29 May 2009]

(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)

Use Any Moves Necessary to Escape.

[tfrizzell · 4 August 2009]

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).

A waste of time

[mrbilal1987 · 1/10 · 26 May 2009]

I went to see Dance Flick with a friend of mine just a couple of days ago. From the previews I thought the movie would be pretty funny and I hadn't seen my friend in a while so I thought "why not." My, I believe this is the first time I have ever stepped out of a movie theatre wishing I could get a refund. My friend and I were both able to agree that it was is probably the worst movie we have ever seen. The jokes, many of which based heavily on common negative stereotypes, were completely overplayed to the point of being down-right insulting. Some jokes just didn't make any sense whatsoever, and were disgusting. In short, the movie left much to be desired.

This movie was awful!!!

[cdiddy87 · 1/10 · 22 May 2009]

WOW!!! I went to see this movie today. I must say that this is one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. I knew going in that it was going to be a very silly movie but from the previews - it still looked funny. Sadly, it was not funny at all. This is very disappointing considering the actors in the movie. It was also directed by Damien Wayans who I've always thought was a funny guy. This movie gets a big THUMBS DOWN! Some parts of the movie actually made fun of Ray Charles which I didn't understand at all. That was not funny! Why would they make fun of him in a movie that is supposed to make jokes about other dance movies? Do yourself and favor and don't bother! This was a total waste of money!!!

Dance flick needs better choreography.

[davidbeckham1441 · 1/10 · 1 June 2009]

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen thankfully I saw it online.If I had paid for this I definitely would have demanded a refund.I only laughed about 2 or 3 times thats it throughout the whole film thats bad for a spoof.

Shoot I even liked Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans even own them now on DVD.But this movie was just plain awful making fun of Ray Charles(low-class).Making light of the incident where Brandy accidentally wound up costing an innocent person their life(despicable).

This movie seemed to drag on and on and on it literally bored me to death and the ending wth?!That has got to be the worst ending of any movie I've ever seen period .It made no sense to the rest of the movie and the movie it was spoofing.Plus the acting in this film:BAD flat out terrible.The jokes were forced repetitive stale and boring just seemed more like torture after a while.

The youngest Wayans debut in this movie was not a good one he needs to take some definite acting lessons he sounded like he was reading off the script while he was talking .Shoshanna Bushs character seemed lost confused and made certain facial expressions other than that her acting was also terrible she couldn't even fake crying now THAT is really bad for any actor or actress.Wayans I am begging you stop the nightmare on spoof street while you still can please.I give this a 0 out of 10 complete waste of time thank god I didn't spend money on this tripe.Oh and that part about invading space was wrong that was like promoting abuse towards women subliminally in that one scene.

How bad can a movie be? This one is hard to beat.

[tachytron · 1/10 · 24 May 2009]

My wife and I, along with our 4 sons, walked out on this movie. This movie was misogynistic and pornographic.

Guess what? Our kids hated it as well; they were stunned and said it was "just weird". We came home and explained to our kids we don't approve of this garbage. The trailers didn't convey whatsoever the degradation celebrated in this trashy film.

I enjoyed "Something about Mary", love Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, and Hot Fuzz etc. Assuming you can look past the tired, sophomoric attempts at pornographic humor, the not-so-funny gratuitous violence, "Dance Flick" simply is not funny and it certainly isn't intelligent.

Seems that we are not alone in our assessment of this terrible movie. We spoke to the manager after walking out, he agreed with us, apologized, and gave us compensation for our movie tickets. This movie shouldn't be rated PG-13; I recommend a rating of R. But still, I can't imagine any adult deriving any real entertainment value from "Dance Flick". Do not waste your time; it isn't even worth renting when it comes out on DVD. Yeah, it's that bad.

What were they thinking??

[midtra52 · 1/10 · 28 August 2009]

I've always been a huge fan of the Wayans brothers. Their sitcoms have been hilarious along with most of their movies. I mean Major Payne was great. But I don't know what on Earth happened here. We know they have talent. We know they can be funny. When it comes down to it, this movie was just plain corny and not funny.

There were a few funny parts but I mean very very few. I would have thought they'd watch this movie themselves and realize if they released it things would be a disaster. It was just painful, and I don't know what happened. I hope the Wayans brothers can rise up after this failure and make some good stuff again. As far as this movie goes, the instant I finished watching it, I took the DVD out and broke it in two so no one else would ever have to suffer.

My regards to the makers.

[sweettendersteak · 9/10 · 27 October 2019]

Thank you for keeping us entertained with smooth hilarious parody jokes and for using great quality cameras for a budget movie. Keep it up

Shockingly very funny

[Jackpollins · 7/10 · 14 August 2009]

After Disaster Movie, Epic Movie, and Date Movie, I wouldn't have been surprised if Dance Flick was as bad as them. I am happy to say Dance Flick is a hilariously nasty spoof of the Step Up movies, You Got Served, Stomp The Yard, Feel The Noise, and How She Move. I wasn't doubting that this was gonna be funny, it just wasn't a very good chance. The secret behind this and the first two Scart Movie's success (I do like the other two Scary Movies quite a bit, though) is the Wayans brothers. They now how to perfectly write, direct, and star in a comedy. There's still the same gross-out jokes, but for every gross out joke there's at least 2 huge laughs. The story is basically a huge parody of Step Up. City girl moves to a school, and forms her own dance crew. Only here, they make fun of it. Yes, we do get a hairy chest shot of her, pooping jokes, and snot running down people's noses, but unlike Disasater Movie or Date Movie, that's not the only thing here. There's also a lot of funny and cleverly done jokes laughing in the faces of these dance movies. If there's nothing better than paying eight dollars for a ticket to get a good amount of huge laughs, then I don't want to know what you should pay eight dollars to do.

will appeal to fans who love this sort of low brow humour

[gregking4 · 3/10 · 27 August 2009]

Not another movie spoof? Movie parodies are something of a hit and miss affair, with most of the recent movie spoofs (Meet The Spartans, Date Movie, Epic Movie, etc) missing the mark. As the creators of the original Scary Movie, Keenen Ivory, Marlon and Shawn Wayans have hit the mark with more accuracy though, as their parodies have been characterised by more wit and an appreciation for the subtlety required by the genre. As the title of their latest movie suggests Dance Flick is a send up of the whole dance oriented movie genre, targeting everything from Fame and Flashdance right up to more recent films like Step Up, Centre Stage and Stomp The Yard. But the film also includes spoofs of Hairspray and the whole High School Musical franchise. Most of these dance-themed flicks have followed a fairly predictable formula and have been fairly cliché-ridden, so the targets are pretty obvious. You can virtually tick off all the parodies as they parade before your eyes. There are quite a few laughs to be found throughout the scattergun approach, but there are also many more moments that fall flat. What passes for a plot centres around the relationship that develops between Thomas (Damon Wayans Jr), a street dancer, and Megan (Shoshana Bush), a classically trained dancer when they meet at a talent school. Thomas is involved in "street battles" and desperately needs to win an up and coming competition to pay back money he owes. Dance Flick has been co-written by siblings Marlon, Keenen Ivory and Shawn Wayans, who have been the creative mainstays of their films over the years. But the film introduces a whole new generation of Wayans into the film-making fold, both behind the camera and as on-screen talent. Making his directorial debut is their nephew Damien Dante Wayans, who has worked on TV series such as My Wife And Kids, and it is obvious that he shares his uncles' comic sensibilities and appreciation of cheap sight gags. Dance Flick will appeal to fans who love this sort of low brow humour.

Chill out

[Buddy-51 · 20 September 2011]

"Dance Flick" is the latest in a long line of "Airplane"-spawned movie parodies, this one a product of the formidable spoof-industry mavens, the Wayans Brothers. Like most such films, "Dance Flick" is a goofy, genial and instantly forgettable comedy that takes on such recent hits as "Step Up 2 the Streets" and "Hairspray" as well as more dated works such as "Flashdance" and even "Singin' in the Rain." As with all these scattershot send-ups, the movie defies the rules of logic and physics as it pokes fun at the accoutrements and style of hip hop music and culture.

Damon Wayans, Jr. plays the not-so-streetwise hood who falls for Shoshana Bush, a lame-assed white chick from the suburbs who wants to make it to Julliard but has to overcome the trauma of losing her mother in a car crash on the day of her audition. The amusing Essence Atkins costars as Shoshana's sassy best friend, Charity, with Shawn Wayans appearing as Charity's baby daddy.

It would be easy to feel superior to a film like "Dance Flick" - as most viewers clearly do - but a good part of it is actually pretty funny.

The trailer was much better

[OtherBrotherDarryl · 5/10 · 25 May 2009]

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.

The Wayans don't deliver

[Floated2 · 3/10 · 1 August 2010]

Dance Flick is a movie that really isn't funny or even remotely that great. It had some funny moments but not enough to actually be called funny. The acting was bad all in the film, mostly by the lead character Megan, and Thomas. His facial expressions were weird and he was over the top too much. But its a Wayans film, acting isn't always that great in their films. The plot is spoofed from Step Up 2: The Streets. About a girl Megan who wants to live her dream to become a dancer so she moves to another school. This happens when her mother passes away. Many spoofs in this film were unnecessary and just plain unfunny like the spoof of Ray Charles from "Ray", "Fame", and others. Spoofing Ray Charles was a surprise because "Ray" isn't a dance movie, and this movie is called Dance Flick. They also spoofed "Twilight" at the very ending. I didn't laugh at anything except a few chuckles. And like others have said, many of the funny scenes were in the trailers. One funny scene was towards the end with the final "you got served" dance scene with the fat guy dancing. Also credit to Shawn Wayans character and Affion Crockett (A-con), he was pretty funny. Though overall this movie was just not funny (except a few moments)

Odd....a Bottom 100 film that parodies another Bottom 100 film!

[planktonrules · 5/10 · 9 April 2019]

If you look at IMDB's infamous Bottom 100 list, you might notice that there are a lot of parody films on the list...all made during the last decade or two. It seems that a lot of lazy filmmakers have found that such movies are popular...althought they are extremely stupid and poorly made. An unusual parody film is "Dance Flick"....because it parodies another Bottom 100 film, 2004's "You Got Served" (#75)...though there is precident, as the "50 Shades" and its parody are both also on this list.

Like the other parody movies, "Dance Flick" ostensibly parodies one particular film or style of film but its jokes are very broad and they attempt to parody a variety of films and pop culture. Like these films, the misses outnumber the funny jokes. And, many of the misses are generally crude and disgusting.

"Dance Flick" is a Wayons project, with seven members of this acting family appearing in the movie or in behind the camera. This isn't so surprising, as a few of the Wayons' other films have been on this list over the years. What is surprising is that like "You Got Served", the movie isn't that bad and probably should not be on the Bottom 100 List.

The story, oddly, is a hip-hop film whose star is a very white girl, Megan, who moves to the inner city and finds friends among the local teens. She is an orphan and ex-dancer who soon falls for Thomas...a guy who loves hip-hop and introduces her to the culture.

On the plus side, although the film has many misses and many of the jokes are crude, there also many hits...genuinely funny skits that made me laugh...such as the scene involving the leg, the "Fame" song as well as the bizarro ballet Thomas takes Megan to see. Along the way, you see them parody a variety of films...some of which must have gone over the heads of the audience, as they were references to 1980s films....and most folks who like these parody films are teens and young adults who likely never saw films like "Fame" and "Flashdance". On the negative side, I am sure the script would offend many, as it tends to reinforce some negative black and gay stereotypes...so politically correct folks should think twice about seeing this one. It also is a crude and stupid film nearly as often as a clever one...so it's not like I am heartily endorsing the picture...just pointing out that it's watchable and not especially terrible...as its inclusion on the Bottom 100 would seem to indicate.

About the Movie

[Dwigg12 · 1/10 · 24 May 2009]

this was the absolute worst Wayne's movie i've ever seen. the movie was a waste of my time and money. everybody in the movie theater i was in wanted a refund for their money. The move was dumb. It had no point to it. now don't get me wrong, yes it did have some funny points in the movie but with the funny points or no funny points the movie made absolutely no sense and i wish i wouldn't have wasted my money. i was very upset with the movie and so were my older and younger siblings. if i didn't know that the Wayne's were really and truly funny people i would never go see another one of their movies. but since i know they are normally very funny people i cant wait until they make another movie i just hope its much better than dance flick

Tired even by the spoof genre level of films

[dbborroughs · 2/10 · 5 June 2009]

The Wayans family passes the torch to the next generation with yet another painful spoof film of the seemingly endless urban dance films that seem to pop up in the multiplex every couple of weeks. I don't really see the point since anyone who's seen any of the films spoofed would agree that many are actually pretty funny in their own right. The plot follows the usual "kids needing to dance ending up in make or break competition while finding romance along the way" rut. The problem is that the plot is so terribly clichéd that there really is no need to watch since you know whats going to happen.(yes I know its a spoof but its lacking any sort of creativity or effort beyond the obvious so it becomes painful going) For better or worse some of the jokes are funny, but they usually come at the end of much too long a set up. As it is I've wasted too many words on the lousy film in order to get over the minimum length. My best advice is avoid this.

What the!?!

[Jbrown0170 · 4/10 · 31 May 2009]

Damien Dante Wayans, Director 2009 PG-13 83 min Genre: Action, Comedy Starring: Shoshana Bush, Damon Wayans, Jr., Chelsea Makela, Brennan Hillard, Amy Sedaris, Chris Elliott, David Alan Grier, and Essence Atkins 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, 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. - Douglas Young (the-movie-guy) This movie was fun, but not as funny as the trailer. How is this possible? I can remember the 30 seconds of funny much better than I can remember the 83 minutes of funny, that's how. Although, this is by far one of the funnier Wayans Productions I've seen (yet), I still wouldn't want go to pay for this movie in the theater and probably will not watch the movie again. There are quite a few movies Dance Flick imitates or parodies, I guessed 5, but here's a cheat list if you don't recognize some of the scenes: 1. Save The Last Dance 2. Stomp The Yard 3. Step Up 4. Flashdance 5. Step Up 2 The Streets 6. Hairspray 7. Dirty Dancing (cut from final print) 8. Mamma Mia! (cut from final print, can be briefly seen in international trailer) 9. Little Miss Sunshine 10. Crash 11. How She Move (Cut from final print) 12. Black Snake Moan 13. High School Musical 14. Fame 15. Honey 16. Meet the Browns 17. Bring it on 18. Twilight 19. Roll Bounce 20. Dreamgirls 21. You Got Served 22. Brokeback Mountain 23. Superbad 24. America's Best Dance Crew 25. So You Think You Can Dance? 26. Catwoman 27. 1 Night in Paris 28. Little Man 29. White Chicks 30. Ray 31. Disturbia I can't guarantee you'll like everything you'll see in the movie, but should at least tell you, if you decided to watch this movie you should go in with an open mind or you'll definitely be disappointed by the movie. So I can say if you decided to watch it is….ENJOY!

Only person in there (some spoilers)

[TrAkILLAuDiO · 1/10 · 24 May 2009]

Don't get me wrong I like to laugh as much as the next guy, but when there is nothing to laugh at, and you're the only one in the theater there is just something wrong. So I went to see this movie with my wife this weekend, now both of us have seen the TV spots for "Dance Flick," and have both thought it looked OK, so we get tickets, and get into our seats about 20 minutes before this movie starts. We wait, and wait, and yet there is no one coming into this movie, right there was my first hint that this movie would boom out. Now the movie starts and the first about 5 seconds seem OK, then it's right back to the same humor as "scary movie", and" little man". I was so disappointed I walked out of this movie after the "little miss sunshine" rip off (And I have only ever walked out of one movie before, and that was the first "Hulk" movie). I was honestly so sick of this movie after 20 minutes, it was just one bad joke after the other, no thought, no planning, and half the jokes seemed about 2 years old. This movie is nothing but yet another dark stain on movie making. Don't see this movie, and if I could I would rate it maybe a ¼ star.

If you don't get the humor that's on you

[makaylatran-55770 · 8/10 · 22 January 2021]

It's a great parody film really funny and if you think the acting is bad that's literally the whole point it's a parody film don't rate a film bad because your humor is linear.

Dance Flick is a pleasant and hilarious surprise, AND a long-awaited return to Wayans' form

[culturedogs · 6/10 · 25 May 2009]

When I first saw the preview for this one, I found myself hoping against hope that the family that brought us I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka and In Living Color would step up to offer us a funny movie after White Chicks and Little Man. Honestly, I never bothered to watch those films, as the trailers were so screamingly unfunny to me.

And now I find myself horrified at the average rating of 3.3 out of ten on IMDb(as of opening weekend) for Dance Flick, which I consider a loooong awaited return to form for Keenan Ivory Wayans, and a revelation of the rebirth of that satirical spark from the earliest days of In Living Color. In fact, Dance Flick even tops all modern attempts at satire by Zucker proteges Friedberg and Seltzer (Disaster Movie,Meet the Spartans, Epic Movie, Date Movie) and even David Zucker himself (though, curiously, it seemed to me that Shawn and Marlon Wayans were in his orbit for an over decade long meltdown, including his involvement in the Scary Movie series and, finally, last year's unfunny and politically confused An American Carol).

Here's reason # 1 why Dance Flick tops it: it shows every sign that it was made by adults who actually watched the movies they're lampooning in their entireity (Gasp! Imagine that!). It's not surprising to me that a number of the more negative reviews on here ignore jokes based on movies like Little Miss Sunshine or Twilight, since those gags seemed to have been written by people who sat and watched more than the trailers for those films.

Reason #2: A good cast given a chance to shine. David Alan Grier's Showgirls parody was a great use of DAG's singing talents. Yes, he had to act through a fat suit for most of this film (ala Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy), but his performance so made up for his participation in Zucker's Carol.

Essence Atkins is hilarious as Charity, the student mom who hangs her baby carrier up in her locker, baby intact, telling the waif to "breathe through the vents."

Shoshanna Bush plays Megan White, who makes a bizarre choice for her Julliard audition, and whose mom seems on the edge of a "tragic" fate (in one of the funnier sequences in the film).

Damon Wayans, Jr., however, is a revelation as a chip off a really funny block. He plays Thomas Uncles (if you can't sit well with that joke, please go rent I'm Gonna Get You Sucka and then we'll talk), a young dancer in a street crew who's also a starry-eyed med school hopeful in what's described as a "Cosby sweater." Damon Jr. shows acting and humor chops equal to any in the previous generation of Wayans, and hopefully gets the chance to work on something at least this funny again.

Reason # 3: The director. Damien Dante Wayans demonstrates the difference between throwing a grab bag of lame material at the screen versus an attempt at layers of jokes.

Reason # 4: Continuity. This film, finally, feels like a product produced by people responsible for Hollywood Shuffle and I'm Gonna Get You Sucka. I'd gladly watch this film again, right alongside the previous two. Each of the films take out the satirical knives to point out the silliness inherent in a lot of pop cinema, but with affection.

Reason # 5: The jokes are funny. The movie is chock-a-block with well-timed gags, right down to the set decoration and costuming. Yes, there is evidence of jokes about Hairspray and Ray that are barely used, and the film is far from perfect. But the difference is in the funny. This is, and is so worth your time.

Their humour has expired

[tsangari2000 · 1/10 · 31 August 2009]

Just like Steven Seagal should have stopped making films long ago, the Wayans Bros should have stopped while they were at a high.

Only 10 people filled the cinema seats, including me. I was tempted to leave half way as there was no story to keep me interested, but the humour is nothing inventive.

You will find yourself laughing at some of the slapstick that's thrown at you, but the film is a real waste of good money and time. I don't think even Five.TV will want to show it either, and they're good at putting really dire films on.

Choose another film to watch. The Wayans Brothers have had a very good run over the last 17 years and they should leave it at that.

I mean, even the one single fart-joke was badly used in one scene. It's the one last weapon for a laugh in a film and they still managed to bodge it all up.