Dance Flick

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Dance Flick

PG-13

Released May 22, 2009

1h 23m

Comedy

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Megan White (Shoshana Bush), a naive teen, and Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans Jr.), a student from the wrong side of the tracks, find common ground in their love of dancing. Megan and Thomas join forces to perfect their moves and win the mother of all dance battles, though they face stiff competition Nora, the school's queen of the dance floor.

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Critics Consensus

Dance Flick scores a few laughs thanks to the Wayans brothers' exuberance, but it's ultimately a scattershot collection of gags without much direction.

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Daily Telegraph (UK)

To say they fail is to insult the word fail. Scene for scene, there were probably more chuckles in The Reader.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 24, 2009

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Cosmo Landesman

Times (UK)

This comedy is so bad it will make you want to tear out your eyeballs and use them as ear plugs.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 24, 2009

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Ryan Gilbey

Heat Magazine

A musical spoof with two left feet and no rhythm.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 24, 2009

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Plain bad. Wrong bad. Horribly bad.

Rated: 0/4.0

Sep 5, 2020

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Brandy McDonnell

The Oklahoman

If you want to lower your adolescent's IQ, just drop him off a high cliff onto a hard surface. I promise it will be less painful than watching Grier break-dance in a fat suit.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 8, 2018

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

I may like this genre of comedy, but a film like this makes me hope it's going to fade soon.

Rated: 0.5/4

Aug 15, 2011

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Brian S

Critics Missed the Point—Shocking, I Know Dance Flick got panned like it was trying to be Citizen Kane. Newsflash: it wasn’t. It’s a dumb, hilarious, unapologetic parody—Scary Movie for dance films—and it nails it. If you’ve ever seen Save the Last Dance or You Got Served, this movie roasts them perfectly. Is it stupid? Absolutely. But it’s also funnier than half the stuff with “Certified Fresh” slapped on it. Critics just didn’t get the joke—again.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/14/25

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Kevin S

The general consensus of this film is mind boggling. Maybe Wayans brothers were just way ahead of their time. This films follows the plot of Save the Last Dance almost verbatim, parodying many other films of the time along the way, such as Step up, Twilight, Ray, and High School Musical. If you haven't seen any of the films it's parodying, you'll likely just be confused. However, if you have, you'll be in stitches the entire film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/10/22

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Audience Member

LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 23 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!! The spoof movie I will never forget!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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David B

This is the best comedy since that 1978 classic, Animal House. The Academy Awards will be flying when thus hits the theaters again.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/09/21

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Audience Member

if you didn't watch it don't watch it you won't like it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Okay watch at best, don't want to watch again, and I can't really recommend. For the most part, they managed to focus on dance movie references, but there was a Catwoman and Twilight reference that were really odd. I spent a lot of the movie questioning if things were funny or how offensive they were and if it was okay. Kind off pulled me out of the movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Damien Dante Wayans

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Shoshana Bush

Megan White

Damon Wayans Jr.

Thomas Uncles

Essence Atkins

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Affion Crockett

A-Con

Christina Murphy

Nora

Dance Flick: Official Clip - Final Dance Battle

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Dance Flick: Official Clip - Gonna Have To Step It Up

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Dance Flick: Official Clip - Acting Class

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Dance Flick: Official Clip - Prom Night

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Dance Flick: Official Clip - Face Off

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Dance Flick: Official Clip - You Think You Can Lift Me?

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Dance Flick: Official Clip - We're Ready To Battle

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Dance Flick: Official Clip - We Need A Break

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Dance Flick: Official Clip - Let's Warm Up

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Dance Flick: Official Clip - D's Final Move

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Synopsis

Megan White (Shoshana Bush), a naive teen, and Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans Jr.), a student from the wrong side of the tracks, find common ground in their love of dancing. Megan and Thomas join forces to perfect their moves and win the mother of all dance battles, though they face stiff competition Nora, the school's queen of the dance floor.

Director: Damien Dante Wayans
Producer: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Damien Douglas, Rick Alvarez
Screenwriter: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Craig Wayans, Damien Dante Wayans
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Wayan Bros. Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Crude and Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 22, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 15, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.6M
Runtime: 1h 23m

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