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Heavenly Bodies

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Samantha quits her job to open an aerobics studio and competes with a larger club's lead instructor to become an aerobics instructor on a local fitness television show.
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Vincent Canby New York Times 04/15/2024
Not as stylish has Flashdacne, though it is, possibly, funnier, especially in its climax. Go to Full Review
Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times 04/15/2024
Writer-Director Lawrence Dane make(s) Heavenly Bodies believable and involving. Go to Full Review
Anne Marie Biondo Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com 04/15/2024
1.5/4
The script tries to be clever, but doesn't even reach cute. It's merely simple. Go to Full Review
Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com Mar 9
B
It's not a rousing study of fortitude, but the effort has a certain spark, greatly enhanced by star Cynthia Dale's heroic commitment to every moment of her performance. Go to Full Review
Barbara Shulgasser San Francisco Examiner 04/15/2024
Dale is an emotional klutz and doesn't summon a single believable sentiment. Go to Full Review
Patrick Taggart Austin American-Statesman 04/15/2024
Heavenly Bodies is a lot like Flashdance, but with a lot less credibility, a lot less character, and with nothing like the earlier movie's clear, crisp photography. Go to Full Review
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CodyZamboni Z Jun 11 Good natured, fun, and at times, quite endearing. It is also silly and campy. Cynthia Dale is the whole movie. She is so appealing, charming, attractive and exhuberant. We root for Cynthia in her battle to make her aerobics studio a success against steep odds. The final aerobics marathon dance off is applaud worthy. See more Allan C Feb 2 This film is a complete cheese-fest, but I loved it! A plucky single mom leaves her office job to open up a jazzercise studio. However, she runs afoul a corporate jazzercise studio that wants to put them out of business, which leads to a climactic jazzercise showdown! Leotards and musical montages abound in this Canadian FLASHDANCE knockoff (our heroine even stands by a FLASHDANCE poster at one point). While clearly cashing in on the spandex-dance film 80s craze, it is utterly charming and nowhere as raunchy as FLASHDANCE or PERFECT. The film’s lead, Canadian actress Cynthia Dale, is incredibly charming and likable. I’m surprised she never made the leap from Canadian TV and movies to Hollywood. She’s so good. While HEAVENLY BODIES could easily be enjoyed ironically, like SHOWGIRLS, I straight-up loved this film. It’s cheesy 80s comfort food that is pretty irresistible for anyone who grew up watching these sorts of films. Light romance, bitchy mean girls, wall-to-wall music (everything from the Pointer Sisters to The Tubes), and a classic 80s film climax where the heroes challenge the bullies to some sort of competition to settle things. What’s not to love about this corny 80s masterpiece? See more 04/16/2021 I love this movie! It's fun and has some good moments. Cynthia Dale is amazing and does all her own dancing. See more 10/24/2020 80s dance off movie. So bad its good. See more 05/31/2013 The film that took aerobics, a staple of early morning TV at the time, to the big screen. Three gutsy young women who are short on cash but high on energy open an aerobics studio that somehow becomes newsworthy when their lease is bought out. To save the club, the girls challenge the buyer's club to a "marathon dance off" for the lease. Laughable concept in the first place but it gets better with a press conference, tv coverage, and live radio reports during the competition. I half expected ESPN to show up to provide analysis in a postgame show. See more 11/29/2012 It's survival of the fittest--literally--as rival health clubs engage in an aerobics marathon with the fate of one club hanging in the proverbial balance. Contains a fitting high-energy soundtrack with many montages of aerobics. I hadn't realized that legwarmers were acceptable for men to wear too. Sure to bring back fond memories of early-morning exercise programs of the 80s. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Samantha quits her job to open an aerobics studio and competes with a larger club's lead instructor to become an aerobics instructor on a local fitness television show.
Director
Lawrence Dane
Producer
Robert Lantos, Stephen J. Roth
Screenwriter
Lawrence Dane, Ron Base
Distributor
MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co
Producers Sales Organization, Moviecorp VIII, RSL Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Musical, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 1, 1985, Original
Runtime
1h 29m
Sound Mix
Surround