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Dance Flick
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40 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 17
  3. Negative: 5 out of 17
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    75
    Enjoyably dirty-minded sendup of when-ballet-met-hip-hop youth musicals.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    70
    The Wayans brothers manage to squeeze it all in to consistently amusing effect and in a way that just barely manages to stay within those PG-13 parameters.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    Its belly laughs leave you feeling liberated and not guilty; I repeat, not guilty.
  4. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    63
    The more pertinent question: Can the audience stick with this flick that showed most of its funny bits in the trailer? For the most part, yeah.
  5. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    50
    Dance Flick occasionally hits its mark with nimble execution. But too often it stumbles clumsily into bad taste.
  6. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    50
    The best bits in this film fall short of being inspired, but they are outrageous.
  7. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jennie Punter
    50
    An entertaining, moderately irreverent comedy that launches the silly movie season on a sure foot.
  8. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Glenn Whipp
    50
    The miss-and-hit parodies score best when focusing on the Julia Stiles-styled girl next door.
  9. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    42
    It would be hard to imagine a film with less going for it than Dance Flick.
  10. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Kimberley Jones
    40
    A decent enough spot of silliness.
  11. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    40
    The gags themselves only marginally work when they stick to silly non sequitur; the random movie references are forced and flat, and the takeoffs of "Dreamgirls" and "Fame" songs would make "Weird Al" groan.
  12. Variety
    Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
    40
    This slapstick and scatological spoof settles for obvious punchlines, delivering just enough laughs to justify its existence without coming anywhere near the bar set by "Scary Movie."
  13. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    30
    There's an art to making a good spoof, but good luck finding it in Dance Flick, not only because the movie goes for easy toilet humor, but because it often relies on it to stay afloat.
  14. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Monica Hesse
    30
    There are two dance-offs, multiple fat jokes and one sight gag using eye boogers, a heretofore ignored bodily fluid. These are the highlights.
  15. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Hartlaub
    25
    It's surprising how dated some of the humor is.
  16. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Danny Deza
    25
    If you thought the world couldn't get enough of bad spoof movies, you thought wrong.
  17. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    0
    Damonically awful.
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3.3 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. RobinR.
    3
    A movie looking for a laugh. The Wayans do NOT do it again. This movie is waht can happen when nepotism gets out of hand!
  2. JonathanS.
    3
    Its better than Disaster movie, but that's not saying much.
  3. Zilcell
    6
    Its funny but the plot is unorganized and unmemorable in almost every way. Its passable when you watch it just to mostly see the humor.
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