Dance Flick (2009)

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Definitely not a politically correct movie by any stretch of the imagination. I loved it!! A racially mixed movie that shows a lot of stereotypical typecasting but no racial tensions in the movie which was a little surprising. The Wayan's family is prevalent through out this film. Some of the roles are a little over the top (Essence Atkins for one) but still funny. Dance crews go head to head, one loses, one wins, the losers owe a loan shark for the contest but can't pay him back. They have week to do so. So now the losers need to get some lucre. So many little scenes that are so funny. Some are so ghetto (sorry) but they are really funny. David Allen Grier in a fat suit was not very funny, maybe he needed the money. I never heard of Shoshana Bush but she ain't bad. I really liked the last scene where she was committing to Damon Wayans Jr. until white folks came by and then she plays him as her valet.

Dance Flick is very bad film. Filled with unfunny joke, after unfunny joke, after unfunny joke. This goes for almost all the Wayans brothers write, direct, or produce. Some people like this humour for some odd reason. The humour like many other Wayans movie is loud, obnoxious, and did I say unfunny. This movie, even among bad movies, is very awful. A humour that only people who have live under a rock for hundreds of years, decided to come out and realize that this movie wasn't in the least bit amusing. Jokes that a 5 year old makes when they don't like something is a 100 times funnier. If you like parodies, watch "This is Spinal Tap" cause there is at least something to laugh at in that on purpose. Hell even the cover of Spinal tap is funnier than the Wayans brothers entire group of film parodies. And if your thinking you want to watch a bad movie to make fun of, don't. There is absolutely nothing redeemable with this awfully unfunny film. Did I forget to mention that it sucks.

There were so many jokes in this movie that I really had trouble keeping up with them. It was easy to get lost in the plot of this movie.The jokes were very crude. Essence Atkins made this movie great! She played a silly role for the first time ever. And the scene with Ellia English and all of those disrespectful children was very funny and creative. The scenes where Brandy and Halle Berry hit the mom can never be duplicated. Kim Wayan's almost walk on role was funny. Marlon Wayans is still a cornball. Shawn Wayans is still a player. However, it was very disrespectful to poke fun of the late Ray Charles. I hope his estate sues the Wayans family.

Megan (Bush) moves away from her troubled home life to pursue her career in dancing, all the while adjusting to her new life and preparing for the biggest dance battle in history The comedy genre has hit a slump over the past decade, particularly with spoof related genres, evident when watching Disaster Movie, Scary Movies etc. So the premise doesn't look too wonderful when seeing the trailer for Dance Flick, which epitomizes the use of slapstick in identifying the underlying nature of High School Musical and Step Up 2.But having an open mind and a friend who can get me in the cinema for free, I politely agreed to view this Wayans picture with him and in all honesty, we knew this would be awful, but oddly despite the degrading nature of the plot, the terrible slapstick and the degrading humour of character representation, it is by no means the worst spoof you will ever view.The plot is a gimmick of Step Up 2 the streets, taking into account the central character Megan moving away from home to pursue a career in dancing before getting involved in the underground scene. Having watched that 2007 release seeing the comparisons here were fairly accurate, bar the awful humour. In fairness, Dance Flick depicts the nature of Step Up 2 quite well. However this doesn't stop viewers from being sickened once more by an awful array of disgusting jokes.Evident with Disaster Movie amongst other spoofs, we are delivered humour around physical appearance and abnormality and sick acts, and this picture is no different. From the gangster leader's weight problems to hanging a baby in a school locker, this is silly waffle, a film made for pure attack on modern well intended films. Perhaps 10 years ago it may have been humorous, but now with the plot so carbon copy of another we can see the punch lines coming, and this predictability weighs the suspense and intrigue down and with that comes a formula of boredom when annoyance sets in.Performances wise none of the main actors really generate enough capability to even carry out some of the physical comedy. Megan's expression when kicking everyone when dancing is ridiculous, whilst Thomas is stone faced from start to finish.If there are any other positives then they lie with the director and choreographer for making the last dance battle well staged, even if the fat gangster stereotype ruins it with the jump and squish move.The inclusion of some dance and sing sequences is a step away from the norm, but are very cringe worthy, especially the high school musical Tony moment about his true orientation.At the end of the day Dance Flick is your basic normal unfunny spoof that is only different from other recent spoofs by choosing different films to target. It isn't the worst film you will ever see, but nor is it the best.