Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Essential to the result is young Kevin Bacon, superb in the lead part.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Herbert Ross directed this odd but reasonably effective blend of rock music and didactic melodrama.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Footloose is a seriously confused movie that tries to do three things, and does all of them badly.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
Like the rest of today's video-happy teen-age entertainments, Footloose doesn't expect to be watched closely or taken seriously. It wants to fill the screen with catchy music and pretty kids, and this it certainly accomplishes.
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Christopher Lloyd, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
For such an iconic dance movie, Footloose is an odd bird of a movie with surprisingly little dancing.
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Cast
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Kevin Baconas Ren McCormack -
Lori Singeras Ariel -
John Lithgowas Rev. Shaw Moore
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Dianne Wiestas Vi Moore -
Chris Pennas Willard -
Sarah Jessica Parkeras Rusty
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