All style and very little substance, Flashdance boasts eye-catching dance sequences -- and benefits from an appealing performance from Jennifer Beals -- but its narrative is flat-footed.
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Director -
Adrian Lyne -
Producer -
Don Simpson , Jerry Bruckheimer -
Screenwriter -
Thomas Hedley Jr. , Joe Eszterhas -
Distributor -
Paramount Pictures -
Production Co -
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Drama , Romance -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Apr 15, 1983, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Aug 1, 2013 -
Runtime -
1h 35m -
Sound Mix -
Surround -
Aspect Ratio -
Flat (1.85:1)