Dance Flick (2009)

18% of critics liked it
(91 reviews)
35% of users liked it
(344,720 ratings)

A privileged white girl from the suburbs moves to the inner city and attempts to perfect her notoriously clumsy dance moves in this parody of popular dance movies. Damon Wayans Jr. and Craig Wayans star in a comedy co-written by Shawn, Keenen Ivory, Marlon, Craig, and Damien Wayans, who also… More A privileged white girl from the suburbs moves to the inner city and attempts to perfect her notoriously clumsy dance moves in this parody of popular dance movies. Damon Wayans Jr. and Craig Wayans star in a comedy co-written by Shawn, Keenen Ivory, Marlon, Craig, and Damien Wayans, who also directs. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 23 min.
Directed By: Damien Wayans
Written By: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Craig Wayans, Damien Dante Wayans
Genres: Action & Adventure, Comedy

In Theaters: May 22, 2009 Wide
On DVD: Sep 8, 2009
Studio: Paramount Studios

Critic Reviews

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
In this enjoyably dirty-minded sendup of when-ballet-met-hip-hop youth musicals, the Wayans brothers hand the directorial reigns over to their nephew, Damien Dante Wayans, who piles on the stupid/smart gags with just the right what-the-hell abandon.
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
Yes, it's rated PG-13, except it's also inappropriate for anyone over 13.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
If there exists anyone in the comedy business less funny than the Wayans clan, it's Amy Sedaris, so she's here, too.
Monica Hesse, Washington Post
The jokes here aren't just low-hanging fruit, they are fruit lazily taken out of the moldy pile.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Dance Flick occasionally hits its mark with nimble execution. But too often it stumbles clumsily into bad taste.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
What it isn't is subtle, smart or particularly funny.
Wesley Lovell, Oscar Guy
I may like this genre of comedy, but a film like this makes me hope it's going to fade soon.
Simon Foster, sbs.com.au
The material is weak, the focus is too narrow, the pacing is laboured, as if the editors were cutting in anticipation of the laugh track.
Andreas Heinemann, Flicks.co.nz
I'm trying to think of something nice to say about this movie but I'm drawing a blank.
Cris Kennedy, Screenwize
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a genre that has met with some success must be in want of parody.
Kam Williams, Sly Fox
Bad taste is par for the course in this Wayans Brothers spoof.
Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze
Pooling together all their funny business DNA, the Wayans tribe goes for the jugular with its down 'n dirty trademark humor, while barely clinging to a PG-13 rating.
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
This intermittently funny spoof on dance movies has more Wayans in it than actual laughs.
Amber Wilkinson, Eye for Film
The main problem is its sheer laziness. Where the likes of Airplane! ...had a soft spot for the genre they were satirising and used that to cleverly subvert expectations and provide surprises, everything about Dance Flick is tame.
Matt Glasby, Film4
As indignity and amateurishness battle for depressing precedence, Dance Flick becomes the comedy equivalent of torture porn, albeit with worse SFX and notably fewer laughs.
, Daily Telegraph
To say they fail is to insult the word fail. Scene for scene, there were probably more chuckles in The Reader.
Cosmo Landesman, Times [UK]
This comedy is so bad it will make you want to tear out your eyeballs and use them as ear plugs.
Philip French, Observer [UK]
Aims at the lowest common denominator of taste and falls well below its target.
Ben Rawson-Jones, Digital Spy
Cheap, dire, tedious, unfunny, offensive and desperate attempt to induce laughter. Those are just a small selection of the disparaging adjectives that can be applied to this putrid tripe.
Ryan Gilbey, Heat Magazine
A musical spoof with two left feet and no rhythm.

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Bethany M

Funny at times, there was a few laughs here and there. Not one of the best films that take the piss out of other films but wasn't all that bad. I would still reccommend it.
Thomas J

I think I liked this more than most just because I like the spoof comedies. Worth watching if you enjoy the satire of spoofs.
Nicki M

Yeah, it sucks. No surprises there. Just a warning for anyone considering watching this to see Amy Sedaris, don't bother - she is in it for like a minute. The rest of it is exactly what you would expect for this type of movie. A few laughs, though I hate to admit it, but… More
Yeah, it sucks. No surprises there. Just a warning for anyone considering watching this to see Amy Sedaris, don't bother - she is in it for like a minute. The rest of it is exactly what you would expect for this type of movie. A few laughs, though I hate to admit it, but yeah, lame.
Brian D

OK! this is movie in the vain of scary movie 1 and 2 not the others and differnly not the date,epic movies or meet the spartan.This is a wayns movie love them or hate them but i enjoy this alot and the jokes come out well.Again we seen it all but the wayans brothers know how to pull… More
OK! this is movie in the vain of scary movie 1 and 2 not the others and differnly not the date,epic movies or meet the spartan.This is a wayns movie love them or hate them but i enjoy this alot and the jokes come out well.Again we seen it all but the wayans brothers know how to pull it off in style. Worth a look if you like this type of movie i was surprised.
Dead A

Not so good.
Pedro H

You know what, no special coments or anything to this movie, this was just another movie to make me feel certain that i really do like parodies, all the stupid, black, and anoying humor, are all good to me!
Manu G

Kinda funny at times but generally these kinds of movies suck and this one hit the spot once again! Garbage! A comedy about a rich, suburban white girl named Tracy Transfat who gets into a series of dancing misadventures when she moves to the inner-city.
Sol C

Not the greatest spoof film, but it does have some funny moments. I liked Little Man and White Chicks better than this film. I thought the problem with this film was that they spoofed too many movies. I did like the Fame music sequence spoof and the Hairspray spoof. I didn't… More
Not the greatest spoof film, but it does have some funny moments. I liked Little Man and White Chicks better than this film. I thought the problem with this film was that they spoofed too many movies. I did like the Fame music sequence spoof and the Hairspray spoof. I didn't really care for when they spoofed Save the Last Dance or even Step Up. I thought David Allan Grier's character was too over the top and didn't like his Dreamgirls spoof.
Bryce I

This spoof delivers more gags than laughs, and comes nowhere close to the standards of the Wayan brother's previous work.
Barry L

It does what it says on the tin. Typical sexual and stereotypical sillyness from the Wayans brothers. I did laugh out loud regularly but more at the stupidity than anything else.
Sarah P

This was a really bad movie...there's not much else that can be said.
Lee K

Even though i despise spoof movies, my son adores them. This being the latest one he wanted to see. This actually had some funny moments in it I think largely due to the fact it was written by the Wayan Bros. I love most of the movies they have been associated with one way or another… More
Even though i despise spoof movies, my son adores them. This being the latest one he wanted to see. This actually had some funny moments in it I think largely due to the fact it was written by the Wayan Bros. I love most of the movies they have been associated with one way or another with the exception of Little Man but their other stuff is good. Spoof movies are very hit and miss as far as i am concerned, usually miss i used to love movies such as Naked Gun or the Airplane movies if you will si dont know what happened either my sense of humour changed or they just got alot more crappier.
Erin C

It had its funny moments. Not horrible but not great either.
Jim W

Despite being slightly better than all the other recent spoofs, Dance Flick still is pretty bad. I only liked the Twilight part, even though that's probably the only part Twilight fans don't like lol. To me, it was the only scene that worked. I don't get it, Twilight… More
Despite being slightly better than all the other recent spoofs, Dance Flick still is pretty bad. I only liked the Twilight part, even though that's probably the only part Twilight fans don't like lol. To me, it was the only scene that worked. I don't get it, Twilight fans don't complain about Ray Charles being made fun of, but making fun of Twilight is mean ? lol.
ernest e

Original, different, original different humor, laughter. It is very different from what we usually get in the cinema. If you are not openminded you wont like it, otherwise you will have a great time with lots of laughter.
Chris M

There isn't one laugh in the whole film. Avoid at all costs.
Constanza B

The Wayans doing their usual gags, simple misunderstandings resulting in slapstick moments dragged out to a level of absurdity that renders hilarity. The Wayans still have a knack for idiotic hilarity. It's preposterous, but what's next? "Parody Flick"?
Matt S

A few good laughs, but ultimately I wouldn't have seen if it wasn't free.
Jason C

Well, I made it through the first 30 minutes of this unfunny mess of a movie before I began yearning for the days when they made good movies. Comparably I would consider Gigli and Glitter classics when compared to Dance Flick. I'm going to stop now because I think writing too… More
Well, I made it through the first 30 minutes of this unfunny mess of a movie before I began yearning for the days when they made good movies. Comparably I would consider Gigli and Glitter classics when compared to Dance Flick. I'm going to stop now because I think writing too much about this movie would be giving it too much credit.
d j

This movie is not on the same level as White Chicks or Scary Movie....it's more like Meet the Spartans which I thought sucked. But This movie is pretty good but only holds the audiences attention for so long. In the beginning it seemed to be made of laugh after laugh but then my… More
This movie is not on the same level as White Chicks or Scary Movie....it's more like Meet the Spartans which I thought sucked. But This movie is pretty good but only holds the audiences attention for so long. In the beginning it seemed to be made of laugh after laugh but then my attention was lost. As the movie gets closer to the end, the plot doesn't feel as cohesive and especially when stupid things that don't make sense start occurring and from a comedic standpoint don't make sense either. Stuff was just being thrown in at the end in an effort to get as many laughs as possible and as a result turned out to be overkill for the film. All in all, I could've waited until this came to DVD.