Flashdance
User Score
4.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 5 out of 14

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  1. [Anonymous]
    Apr 6, 2008
    3
    An extended music video with about three minutes of plot. Flashy but not trashy.
  2. JoshuaE.
    Jun 17, 2010
    0
    Could not stay awake thru this borring, poorly thought out film.
  3. CritiqueGirl
    Mar 4, 2011
    1
    I saw this on TV many years after it came out in the....80's? Not good at all. All it did was promote ripped shirts and big hair and wild dancing everyone did for a good laugh.

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Metascore
35 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 5 out of 9
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    If Flashdance had spent just a little more effort getting to know the heroine of its story, and a little less time trying to rip off "Saturday Night Fever," it might have been a much better film.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Janet Maslin
    40
    With a score by Giorgio Moroder, and with ingenious costumes that are utterly au courant, Flashdance contains such dynamic dance scenes that it's a pity there's a story here to bog them down.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    40
    Watching Flashdance is pretty much like looking at MTV for 96 minutes. Virtually plotless, exceedingly thin on characterization and sociologically laughable, pic at least lives up to its title by offering an anthology of extraordinarily flashy dance numbers.
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