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Dance Flick

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nameDance Flick
imageDance flick.jpg
captionTheatrical release poster (with the original release date)
directorDamien Dante Wayans
writer{{Plainlist
producer{{Plainlist
starring{{Plainlist
cinematographyMark Irwin
editingJeff Cummerhill
music{{Plainlist
studioWayans Brothers
distributor{{plainlist
* Paramount Pictures<ref nameafi/
* MTV Films<ref nameafi/
released
runtime83 minutes
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
budget$25 million
gross$32 million
  • Keenen Ivory Wayans
  • Shawn Wayans
  • Marlon Wayans
  • Craig Wayans
  • Damien Dante Wayans
  • Keenen Ivory Wayans
  • Shawn Wayans
  • Marlon Wayans
  • Rick Alvarez
  • Reid O’Rourke
  • Shoshana Bush
  • Damon Wayans Jr.
  • Essence Atkins
  • Shawn Wayans
  • Marlon Wayans
  • Keenen Ivory Wayans
  • David Alan Grier
  • Chris Elliott
  • Affion Crockett
  • Lochlyn Munro
  • Tichina Arnold
  • George Gore II
  • Christina Murphy
  • Kim Wayans
  • Amy Sedaris
  • Erik D. Willis
  • Dwayne Wayans
  • Paramount Pictures
  • MTV Films Dance Flick is a 2009 American musical comedy film directed by Damien Dante Wayans in his directorial debut and written by and starring many members of the Wayans family. The film was set for release in the United States on February 6, 2009, and changed to May 22, 2009. The film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics.

Plot

Suburban girl Megan White (Shoshana Bush) gets into a series of misadventures when she moves to the inner-city and pursues dance. A nerdy street boy named Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans Jr.) is passionate about street dancing, but he is stuck working for a gang lord (David Alan Grier).

Megan later befriends Thomas’ sister Charity (Essence Atkins) who has a baby and poor parenting skills. Charity has her own issues dealing with her dimwitted "baby daddy" (Shawn Wayans) who also is a bad parent. Once Megan and Thomas spend more time together, they become dance partners and begin to fall in love.

Cast

  • Shoshana Bush as Megan White
  • Damon Wayans Jr. as Thomas Uncles
  • Essence Atkins as Charity Uncles
  • Affion Crockett as A-Con
  • Shawn Wayans as Baby Daddy
  • Amy Sedaris as Ms. Cameltoé
  • David Alan Grier as Sugar Bear
  • Chelsea Makela as Tracy Transfat
  • Chris Elliott as Ron White (Megan's Dad)
  • Brennan Hillard as Jack
  • Lochlyn Munro as The Coach (Jack's Dad)
  • Christina Murphy as Nora
  • Marlon Wayans as Mr. Moody
  • Kim Wayans as Ms. Dontwannabebothered
  • Keenen Ivory Wayans as Mr. Stache
  • Craig Wayans as Truck
  • Ross Thomas as Tyler Gage
  • George Gore II as Ray Charles
  • Tichina Arnold as Aretha Robinson (Ray's Mamma)
  • Lauren Bowles as Glynn White (Megan's Mom)
  • Sufe Bradshaw as Keloid
  • Andrew McFarlane as D
  • Casey Lee as Undercover Cop
  • Chaunté Wayans as Free Gas Pedestrian

Release

On the opening weekend (May 22–24), the film ranked at No. 5 in the top 10 with $10,643,536 in 2,450 theaters.

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 18% of 95 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 3.49/10. The site's consensus reads: "Dance Flick scores a few laughs thanks to the Wayans brothers' exuberance, but it's ultimately a scattershot collection of gags without much direction." On Metacritic, it got a 40/100 "mixed or average" score based on 17 critic reviews. Peter Deburge of Variety wrote that it "delivers just enough laughs to justify its existence".

References

References

  1. "Dance Flick". [[American Film Institute]].
  2. "''Dance Flick'' (2009)". [[Internet Movie Database.
  3. "Dance Flick (2009) - Weekend Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo".
  4. "Dance Flick (2009)". [[Rotten Tomatoes]].
  5. "Dance Flick".
  6. Debruge, Peter. (2009-05-21). "Review: 'Dance Flick'". [[Variety (magazine).
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