The Forbidden Dance

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The Forbidden Dance

PG-13

1990

1h 37m

Drama

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An Amazon princess (Laura Herring) goes to Los Angeles and tries to save her rain forest by doing the lambada.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Its PG-13 version of a Hollywood-vice plot is so inept it puts you in a stupor.

Rated: F

Sep 7, 2011

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Jon Pareles

New York Times

Its dance sequences are barely sexier than a bowling tournament. But connoisseurs of clunky dialogue and shameless continuity lapses should look no further.

Aug 30, 2004

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Rita Kempley

Washington Post

Herring, a former Miss USA, must not have danced for her talent portion of the competition.

Jan 1, 2000

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TV Guide

The story relies on one absurd coincidence after another, the acting is pedestrian, and the screenplay is often unintentionally laughable. However, although overlong, the film is consistently entertaining.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 6, 2015

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David Keyes

Cinemaphile.org

A film that defies all sense of merit by intercutting an endless array of pelvis gyrations and Latin-inspired grooves with a tone so inconsistent and downtrodden that it left me wincing in discomfort.

Rated: 0.5/4

Dec 16, 2014

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

A deadly combination of inept political cartooning and fatigued, dirt-poor filmmaking anti-skills.

Rated: 1/10

Nov 7, 2014

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My all time favorite movie! I first watched this when I was a lot younger and remember thinking I hope to be as beautiful as she is. I fell in love with the music. The storyline is pretty awesome too. This is just one of those nostalgic movies that you just can’t hate.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/24/20

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love this movie can watch it over and over. ?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Loved it as a child, Hispanic culture twisted with Hollywood

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Love this movie i want to find it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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i love this movie my fav movie since i was a kid

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Synopsis

An Amazon princess (Laura Herring) goes to Los Angeles and tries to save her rain forest by doing the lambada.

Director: Greydon Clark
Producer: Richard L. Albert, Marc S. Fischer
Screenwriter: Menahem Golan, Roy Langsdon
Production Co: Sawmill Entertainment Corporation, 21st Century Film Corporation
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 21, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.4M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround

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