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Dance Flick
- Review Date: September 7, 2009
- PG-13
- Genre: Comedy
- 2009
Common Sense Media says
Dumb spoof is too raunchy, gross for tweens.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this lowbrow comedy is much raunchier than the teen-friendly dance movies it's spoofing. There's lots of gross-out humor, including a character's head literally going up his butt, a fat man squashing a thinner man in a dance battle, and more. Sexuality includes references to teen pregnancy, penis size, baby daddies/mommas, and pole dancing; a couple also kisses and has off-camera sex. The violence is obviously fake and cartoonish; language ranges from "damn" to "s--t" but isn't extreme.
What's the story?
DANCE FLICK -- like all of the spoof "flicks" before it -- weaves a loose plot around parodying dozens of dance-themed movies (Save the Last Dance, Step Up, Fame, Stomp the Yard, and many more). When aspiring ballet dancer Megan (Shoshanna Bush) loses her mother in a predictable car accident, she moves to Chicago and gives up her dream of attending Juilliard. She quickly hooks up with Thomas (Damon Wayans Jr.), a hip-hop dancer at her performing arts high school. He helps her get her groove back, and she helps save him from getting killed for losing a street dancing competition.
Is it any good?
Good for the Wayans family. The brothers (now in their 40s and 50s) have passed the teen-spoof mantle to the next generation, which includes actors Damon Jr., producer Craig, and director Damien Dante Wayans. The old guard still shows up in various roles, as do family friends/veteran comedians David Alan Grier (as a morbidly obese character that's part Fat Bastard, part Fat Albert) and Amy Sedaris (as an anatomically disproportioned dance teacher named Ms. Cameltoé).
While the raunch is subdued compared to the Scary Movie franchise that the elder Wayans launched, it's still gross enough to attract teens and repel older audiences. The comedy works best when it's kept simple -- poking fun at the politics of interracial relationships, teen musicals, or the stupidity of nightclub violence (the nightspot is literally called Club Violence). But the scatological stuff has been done so many times that it's just not that funny anymore. Let's hope the younger Wayans branch out beyond spoofs and try something less broad and predictable for their next project.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the movie's over-the-top, nonstop style of parody. Are all of the movie references funny, or does the sheer number lessen the comedic impact?
The movie casually mocks interracial relationships and teen pregnancy, but is either situation all that humorous?
Is this style of spoof still relevant?
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finally a good spoof
this movie was really funny. i think the wayans should do more spoofs than friedberg and seltzer. it was also really crude so if you don't like that kind of humor then don't watch it. i think 11 and over can watch it if they know right from wrong
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Kid, 12 years old
December 4, 2011
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Appropriate Rating
THIS MOVIE IS HILARIOUS! Some part I have to admit were a little vulgar(or allot) but the movie was funny because of the stupidity and overacting. This movie is and should be rated PG-13 because of the content. I would not recommended this movie to tween or kids under 14 or 15.
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Kid, 12 years old
April 11, 2010
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Really funny but retarded.
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Not For Kids 14 and under
it is kinda vulgar i would not recomend you let your kids see it
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you'll definitely get a couple of laughs
The Wayans give it to you straight up- their humour is in your face pop culture and at times just overthe top. They are all about rapid fire jokes which you find sometimes funny other times stupids- its all part of their mo. flava flav eye yellow, djimon hounson black, the spoof of J huds Dream girls performance, Ray, Hairspray, the gay undercurrents of High School musical all get jabs!
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teens
it was kinda funny in a really stupid way. i just have to say something about the sexual behavior is inappropriate and the reasons why that are stated above. one of the reasons is interracial dating. now excuse me for having an oppinion but how stupid is that??? that is NOTHING wrong let alone sexually inappropriate about interracial dating. it happens people can date whoever they choose (as long as their parents approve of them if they are under 18) there is a lot of inappropriate stuff in this movie but that is definatley not one of them. and FYI if you think that it is inappropriate for your children to see interracial dating on movies then you really need to re-think a few things because it is the 21st century for goodness sakes and it happens.
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Its perfect for teens. (its very funny and there's no sex in the movie.
Its a very good movie i think kids will love the jokes. i dont know why a lot of parents was saying it shouldnt be PG-13. its not that bad they dont show any nudity at all! and theres only 1 kissing part but it only last 5 seconds. it is a lot of cussing though. but my kids know better then to go around cussing and they know not to repeat bad stuff they see on tv.
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Bit Overboard
This movie was stupid. It had a few funny parts. Was that bad with violence or language. But sexual behavior was bad. you sow a teengae mother deliver while breake dancing. process is shown. More explict behavior is shown
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| Studio: | Paramount Pictures |
| Director: | Damien Dante Wayans |
| Cast: | Craig Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr., Shoshanna Bush |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 98 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | September 9, 2009 |
| DVD release date: | October 6, 2009 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | crude and sexual content throughout, and language |
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