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.
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.
By Andreas Heinemann, Flicks.co.nz
As bad as you expect it to be...
I'm a spoof fan (have everything on dvd from Scary Movie to The Naked Gun), but sadly this movie barely has enough spoof / humour to make it worth the ticket price. Too much Wayans Brother's style, not enough of the classic Zucker / Abrahams humour.
this movie was unbelievbly in co-hereirnt. the theme was sketchy and could have possibly be directed by my 90 year old grandmother. in conclusion you will regret buying tickets. what a waste of 12 bucks
Should be zero stars f****** Dumb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this movie iS aLl OveR thE PlaCe,ThErE wAs nO PoiNt Of tHis MovIe Do NoT BuY a TiCkEt iTs A WASTE OF MONEY..................
A complete waste of 1hr 24 mins,Not funny at all just ridiculus. deffinetley a 1 star in every aspect of the movie,it is nothing like "Scary Moive"
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.
The miss-and-hit parodies score best when focusing on the Julia Stiles-styled girl next door.
Its belly laughs leave you feeling liberated and not guilty; I repeat, not guilty.
Toothless and obvious, even its ‘best’ gag – a farting-ballerina set piece – was done more effectively, for free, on YouTube a year ago.
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."
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Thursday, 10th Sep 2009.
Release date: September 10th 2009.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
