Movie Description
The worlds of dancing and spoof step up and throw down in DANCE FLICK, the latest melange of movie parody from the Wayans clan. As the film opens, we meet Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans Jr.), a hip-hop hopeful whose dance-competition loss puts him in debt to gargantuan gang leader Sugar Bear (David Alan Grier). But his luck begins to change when he meets the new girl at his performing-arts high school, Megan White (Shoshana Bush), an aspiring ballerina whose Juilliard dreams are shattered when her mother dies a heroically protracted death on her way to Megan’s audition. Though they start as prickly competitors, it isn’t long before Thomas and Megan’s mutual love of dance enables them to overcome the social and racial barriers between them. But will their unlikely love story be enough to inspire all of the school’s students, rekindle Megan’s dreams, and save Thomas as he returns to the hip-hop battlefield of his earlier defeat? In true family style, star Wayans Jr. and director Damien Wayans were assisted by the talents of fellow Wayans Keenen Ivory, Shawn, Marlon, Craig, and Kim to bring the film to life. Poking fun at everything from FAME to HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL to TWILIGHT, DANCE FLICK is a raucous send-up that keeps its scatological beat grooving from start to finish.
| Credits | | Producer: | Keenen Ivory Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez, Shawn Wayans | | Cast: | Amy Sedaris, Craig Wayans, David Alan Grier, Essence Atkins, Shoshanna Bush |
| Details | | Edition: | Canadian; Unrated & Outrageous |
Editorial Reviews
"A humane and patient filmmaker, Mr. Yamada, director of the long-running TORA-SAN series, reels us in slowly with his attention to detail and his obvious delight in small moments of family intimacy."
New York Times - Jeannette Catsoulis (05/22/2009)
"[A]n explosively funny spoof....DANCE FLICKS offers a nonstop barrage of jokes and quotations from movies and television that are all the funnier if you know the sources, though familiarity is not required."
New York Times - Stephen Holden (05/22/2009)
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