Shag (1988)
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64% of critics liked it
(14 reviews) -
84% of users liked it
(7,570 ratings)
Final fling for four '60's southern belles who are about to go their separate ways. Spirited!
- Rating, Runtime
- PG, 2 hr. 2 min.
- Directed By
- Zelda Barron
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jul 1, 1989 Wide
- On DVD
- May 22, 2001
- Studio
- HBO Video
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
As a dance flick, Shag suffers from an unexciting dance-style and so-so choreography but compensates with a fine young cast and likable story.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
There's a real kick to it.
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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
The picture is heartfelt and naive in ways that seem totally secondhand.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The actors in Shag are some of the best of the younger generation in Hollywood, and they treat their material with the humor and delicacy it deserves.
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Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
Never works itself into a suitable dramatic lather, instead relying on a wistful party atmosphere to conjure smiles from the viewer, buttered with a few dance sequences that lend the picture some liveliness.
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