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Breakin'

1984

Joel Silberg

Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers, Ben Lokey ...

5.4

332

Musical. Drama. Comedy. Romance 'Breakin': A struggling young jazz dancer (Lucinda Dickey) meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds. Features ICE-T in his film debut as a club MC.

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"[It] employs a very small story that is meant to be functional but still interrupts the dancing far too often"	NEU
Canada	Noel Dix Exclaim!	"You can't rip on 'Breakin' too hard because it's definitely a guilty pleasure in the world of hip-hop"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"This is really two movies: A stiff and awkward story, interrupted by dance sequences of astonishing grace and power (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
Canada	David Voigt In The Seats	"It serves as an earnest introduction the music and style of the streets at the time and it painted a serious and genuine portrait (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Dickey, Shabba-Doo and Boogaloo-Shrimp (...) are all spellbinding; the soundtrack is also a treat, and the storyline, if lame (...) is peppered with enough modern motifs to suspend disbelief."	POS

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