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Dance Flick
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Wikipedia article
'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.
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' ghetto 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. Camelto
* 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
* Chaunt Wayans as Free Gas Pedestrian
Release
On the opening weekend (May 2224), 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".
Parodies
* 'Footloose'
* 'Chappelle's Show' (I'm Rick James, Bitch During the Dance Audition to 'Super Freak')
* 'Save the Last Dance' (characters and main plotline; promotional poster)
* 'You Got Served' (the first battle in the movie/the character of Sugar Bear and the fact that Thomas and A-Con owe him money by the end of the next week or else)
* 'Stomp the Yard' (the head slip at the beginning and last battle)
* 'Step Up' (Nora's auditioning dancers)
* 'Flashdance' (the warm-up)
* 'Step Up 2: The Streets' (last battle)
* 'Hairspray' (Tracy Transfat)
* 'Dirty Dancing' (cut from final print)
* 'Mamma Mia!' (cut from final print, can be briefly seen in international trailer)
* 'Little Miss Sunshine' (Megan's audition to "Super Freak")
* 'Final Destination 2' (the scene where Megan's mom was in a crash)
* 'How She Move' (cut from final print)
* 'Showgirls'
* 'Black Snake Moan' (the scene where Megan is chained to the radiator and Thomas looks like, and quotes the Samuel L. Jackson character)
* 'High School Musical' (the character of Jack wanting to be a dancer, the name of the high school, and the basketball scene in the gym.)
* 'Fame' (Jack's 'Flame' sequence)
* 'Honey' (mentioned in rant)
* 'Bring It On'
* 'Center Stage' (dance class scene)
* 'Twilight' (the prom scene)
* 'Roll Bounce' (mentioned in rant; last battle scene)
* 'Notorious'
* 'Superbad' (Megan's ID card identifies her as "McLovin")
* 'Catwoman' (the scene when Megan's mom gets run over/hit and run)
* 'Ray' (the blind guy named Ray Charles and his mom)
* 'Dreamgirls' (the "And I Am Telling You My Belly's Growling" song)
* 'Edward Scissorhands' (Edward "Trigger"-hands)
* 'Final Destination' (when Megan's dad shows her room)
* 'Crash' (the car crash)
* 'America's Best Dance Crew'
* 'Coyote Ugly'
* 'So You Think You Can Dance'
* 'ATL'
* 'Brokeback Mountain' (the two cowboys in the gay song)
* 'Roots' (Mr. Moody's film)
References
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