Dance Flick
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| Directed by | Damien Dante Wayans |
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| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Edited by | Jeff Cummerhill |
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Production company | Wayans Brothers[1] |
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Running time | 83 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million[2] |
| Box office | $32 million[2] |
Dance Flick is a 2009 American musical comedy film directed by Damien Dante Wayans in his directorial debut and written by and starring many members of the Wayans family. A parody of the dance film genre, the plot follows a suburban girl who moves to the inner city and teams up with street dancer to form a dance crew to compete in a high-stakes battle to pay off a debt to a drug lord. The film was set for release in the United States on February 6, 2009, and changed to May 22, 2009. The film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics.
Plot
Suburban girl Megan White (Shoshana Bush) gets into a series of misadventures when she moves to the inner-city and pursues dance. A nerdy street boy named Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans Jr.) is passionate about street dancing, but he is stuck working for a drug lord (David Alan Grier).
Megan later befriends Thomas’ sister Charity (Essence Atkins) who has a baby and poor parenting skills. Charity has her own issues dealing with her dimwitted "baby daddy" (Shawn Wayans) who also is a bad parent. Once Megan and Thomas spend more time together, they become dance partners and begin to fall in love.
Cast
- Shoshana Bush as Megan White
- Damon Wayans Jr. as Thomas Uncles
- Essence Atkins as Charity Uncles
- Affion Crockett as A-Con
- Shawn Wayans as Baby Daddy
- Amy Sedaris as Ms. Cameltoé
- David Alan Grier as Sugar Bear
- Chelsea Makela as Tracy Transfat
- Chris Elliott as Ron White (Megan's Dad)
- Brennan Hillard as Jack
- Lochlyn Munro as The Coach (Jack's Dad)
- Christina Murphy as Nora
- Marlon Wayans as Mr. Moody
- Kim Wayans as Ms. Dontwannabebothered
- Keenen Ivory Wayans as Mr. Stache
- Craig Wayans as Truck
- Ross Thomas as Tyler Gage
- George Gore II as Ray Charles
- Tichina Arnold as Aretha Robinson (Ray's Mamma)
- Lauren Bowles as Glynn White (Megan's Mom)
- Sufe Bradshaw as Keloid
- Andrew McFarlane as D
- Casey Lee as Undercover Cop
- Chaunté Wayans as Free Gas Pedestrian
Release
On the opening weekend (May 22–24), the film ranked at No. 5 in the top 10 with $10,643,536 in 2,450 theaters.[3]
Reception
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 18% of 95 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 3.49/10. The site's consensus reads: "Dance Flick scores a few laughs thanks to the Wayans brothers' exuberance, but it's ultimately a scattershot collection of gags without much direction."[4] On Metacritic, it got a 40/100 "mixed or average" score based on 17 critic reviews.[5] Peter Deburge of Variety wrote that it "delivers just enough laughs to justify its existence".[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Dance Flick". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
- ^ a b "Dance Flick (2009)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ^ "Dance Flick (2009) - Weekend Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com.
- ^ "Dance Flick (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ "Dance Flick". Metacritic. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (May 21, 2009). "Review: 'Dance Flick'". Variety. Retrieved April 23, 2017.