The Forbidden Dance Is Lambada (1990)
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13% of critics liked it
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76% of users liked it
(5,015 ratings)
When the Brazilian rainforest home of young Princess Nisa (Laura Herring) is threatened by greedy American businesses, she travels to Los Angeles with Joa the shaman (Sid Haig). There Joa is thrown in jail, and Nisa must find a way to stop the rainforest destruction herself. When a young man who… More When the Brazilian rainforest home of young Princess Nisa (Laura Herring) is threatened by greedy American businesses, she travels to Los Angeles with Joa the shaman (Sid Haig). There Joa is thrown in jail, and Nisa must find a way to stop the rainforest destruction herself. When a young man who loves to dance crosses her path, and together they enter a televised lambada contest, Nisa might have found the answer to her prayers. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi
- Directed By
- Greydon Clark
- Written By
- Roy Langsdon, John Platt
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Mar 16, 1990 Limited
- On DVD
- Sep 30, 2003
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
What's a nubile young monarch to do? Why, head to the States and school the nature-hating, money-grubbing Yanks with some hearty forbidden dancing, of course!
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Luis Martinez, Cinenganos
A musical without the spark of classics like Flashdance or Fame.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
The movie feels like Dirty Dancing mixed with an 8-year-old's view of rain forest ecology.
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Cast
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Laura Harring
as Nisa
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Jeff James
as Jason
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Sid Haig
as Joa
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Richard Lynch
as Benjamin Maxwell
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Angela Moya
as Carmen
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Miranda Garrison
as Mickey
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Tom Alexander
as Kurt
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Robert Apisa
as Security Guard No. 2
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Kenny Scott Carrie
as Jail Cop
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Linden Chiles
as Bradley Anderson
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Pilar del Rey
as The Queen
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Shannon Farnon
as Katherine Anderson
- Kid Creole & the Coconuts
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Sabrina Mance
as Cami
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Charles Meshack
as Eddie
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Gene Mitchell
as Cutter
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Ruben Moreno
as The King
- Greg Niebel
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Remy O'Neill
as Robin
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Steven Lloyd Williams
as Weed
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Connie Woods
as Trish
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John Rice
as Mr. Gaines
- Barbra Brighton
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Kenny Johnson
as Dave
- Barbara Brighton
- Laura Herring
