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Dominican Rep. Footloose
7,251
Drama. Romance
This classic tale of teen rebellion and repression features a delightful combination of dance choreography and realistic and touching performances. When teenager Ren (Kevin Bacon) and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small midwestern town, he's in for a real case of culture shock. Though he tries hard to fit in, the streetwise Ren can't quite believe he's living in a place where rock music and dancing are illegal. There is one ... [+]
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"A seriously confused movie that tries to do three things, and does all of them badly (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)" | NEG |
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"The musical sequences are good enough that they make you wish Ross had been willing to leave the surface realism behind and break out into the high stylization and exuberance of the genre's classic days" | NEU |
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The director, Herbert Ross, and the writer, Dean Pitchford, exhaust one bad idea after another, and build up to a letdown" | NEG |
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"'Footloose' turns out to be a sort of Boy Scout version of 'Flashdance'" | NEU |
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"A cynical and manipulative exercise with little feel for the teen culture it purports to celebrate." | NEG |
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