Whilst flashy and with some dances, this film lacks a significant plot.

Rating: 4/10 (8 January 2016)

On a whole, I went into Flashdance as a fan of dance films. I love dance films, I really truly do, but there comes a time where a dance film becomes a music video, and Flashdance has just crossed that thresh hold.
Jennifer Beals, playing the lovable and very talented Alex, is one of the only highlights of this film. She is very good at what she does and quite endearing, but her appearance as the main character doesn't make up for the fact that this film is pretty bad in many other ways.
The prominent men in Alex's life are creepy, and she falls in love with the one who follows her home in his car, buys her way into an audition, and generally just uses his power as her boss over her.
The film itself lacks a majority of a plot, and the exposition needed to explain Alex's existence simply isn't there. Why does she want to dance? How are these people she spends time with related to her? How old is she in relation to her partner? Why should we care about her story? It's bad to come out of a film and realise that you haven't really been impacted by any of the characters' stories.
The continuity is messy. There are cuts where there shouldn't be and chronologically, everything is a bit of a disaster.
However, the dancing is very good, and the soundtrack is awesome. This film could be worse.