Only worth watching to get all the puns people make about the film

Rating: 3/10 (30 May 2014)

An 18-year-old female daytime welder and evening stripper (more like cheeseball interpretive dancer) waffles about auditioning for a dance school while idling with her various co-workers.
Some of the dancing is good, but most of it is more mechanical than artistic and almost seems to ignore the accompanying music. The camera-work is surprisingly professional though. The editing in this movie is incredibly clunky, jumpy (unintentionally visible and not supportive of telling the story), and the editor keeps repeating the same shots far too close together and too often to be for the purpose of either building momentum or getting a point across. Rather than being a stylistic choice, this seems to be an example of clumsy editing - rookie film student stuff. I lost interest at the 18-minute mark when the writers decided to extend the plot merely by postponing the inciting action of the last act (applying to the school) due to nerves. But I kept watching anyway, so here's the rest: The majority of the film consists of an insipid attempt at a romance story between the protagonist and her wealthy boss. The protagonist is wholly un-compelling. The side characters (an ice skater/stripper and a cook/racist comedian) are uninteresting, mildly offensive, and a general waste of time. The love interest is just a bit creepy, and not just because he's waay too old for her.
Recommended for people intent on watching all 80s dance movies, no matter how poorly made they are.
Content notes: Lots of filthy cussing and some racist language, some partial nudity, soily perverts acting pervy, one brief fight scene.