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Dance Flick
The Wayans brothers brought us such heavenly delights as White Chicks and the Scary Movie franchise. Now there are five, count them, five Wayans involved in the making of Dance Flick, set to spoof dance movies including Fame, Save the Last Dance and Hairspray.
Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans Jr), a young street dancer from the wrong side of the tracks, and a beautiful young woman, Megan, are brought together by their passion for dancing and put to the test in the mother of all dance battles.
Starring Chelsea Makela, Brennan Hillard, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr., Amy Sedaris
Directed by Damien Wayans (TV's 'My Wife and Kids')
Written by Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Craig Wayans, Damien Wayans
Dance, Comedy | 1hr 24mins | Rated (R16) | contains violence, sexual references, offensive language | Origin: USA | Official Site »
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I’m trying to think of something nice to say about this movie but I’m drawing a blank. It really is piss poor on every possible level with its laundry list of botched attempts at humour.
Gross-out comedy that is somehow both puerile and bland – check. Ham fisted acting that makes the delivery of jokes come across desperate for approval – check. Tired, played out visual gags – check. I know these are staples of spoof movies but when carried out this poorly, even compared to previous efforts by the Wayans brothers, they’re pretty hard to forgive. The formula that worked for stuff like Scary Movie and the rest has lost all of its shock value and now it’s just sad watching this stuff in a full but silent cinema.
The funniest thing about this film, aside from the two or three genuine laughs it delivers, is how it ends up being worse than the original movies it parodies. The cycle of modern teen musicals aren’t exactly prestigious stuff but compared to this they seem like beacons of artistic virtuosity.
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Hollywood Reporter
The Wayans brothers manage to squeeze it all in to consistently amusing effect and in a way that just barely manages to stay within those PG-13 parameters.
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Los Angeles Times
The miss-and-hit parodies score best when focusing on the Julia Stiles-styled girl next door.
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New York Times
Its belly laughs leave you feeling liberated and not guilty; I repeat, not guilty.
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Total Film (UK)
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Toothless and obvious, even its ‘best’ gag – a farting-ballerina set piece – was done more effectively, for free, on YouTube a year ago.
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Variety (USA)
This slapstick and scatological spoof settles for obvious punchlines, delivering just enough laughs to justify its existence without coming anywhere near the bar set by "Scary Movie."
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