Shockingly Weak

Rating: 2/10 (4 May 2011)

For all the fame this movie got when it was released, when I saw it years later I found it quite lame. As I saw in the critical reviews at the time, the dancing and music were good while the plot was stupid. They were certainly right about the last part. The characters and storyline were hardly believable, especially all the inexplicable temper tantrums from Beals.
Unfortunately the music and dancing weren't very good either, and the movie actually was pretty boring. How it got so hyped is one of the Great Unanswered Questions. Recommendation: give this movie a pass and see the far superior movie "Footloose", from the same era but better in every respect.