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Mixed or average reviews- based on 49 Ratings

  • Starring: Dennis Quaid, Julianne Hough, Kenny Wormald
  • Summary: Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out and Bomont’s local councilmen and the beloved Reveverend Shaw Moore responded by implementing ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process. (Paramount Pictures) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 35
  2. Negative: 1 out of 35
  1. Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    Oct 5, 2011
    91
    Stepping into sacred shoes once worn by Kevin Bacon, Wormald handily owns the role for a new audience. Same goes for a terrific Miles Teller (Rabbit Hole) in the sidekick role of Willard so memorably originated by the late Chris Penn.
  2. Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Oct 14, 2011
    75
    Footloose won me over early, with a sequence in which the hero gets all heavy metal while restoring his badass ... VW Bug.
  3. Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    Oct 13, 2011
    60
    Stays remarkably close to its predecessor in all the ways that count.
  4. Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Oct 12, 2011
    38
    This new Footloose is a film without wit, humor or purpose.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 20
  2. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. this movie was very gory it was like war between jack and joey the 3rd the gunbattles were gorylicious i cant wait till i see it again so i can have more fun listening to shakespere in the backround! Expand
  2. I was dragged to see this with my girlfriend. I did not know what I was getting into. I was impressed,(keep in mind I did not see the original movie) . The story line was unique and the dancing was mixed with old school and new school. Also the music was great. Good news is next the Girlfriend wants to watch one of her movies, there is one I like. Expand
  3. When you think of Footloose, you canâ
  4. Apparently, the producers wanted to appeal to the widest audience possible, while not alienating anyone, so they created a bland remake. It centers around a cool guy who moves from Boston to a small Georgia town, where dancing and other fun things have been outlawed. In usual Hollywood style, not one of the high schoolers looks under 18, but their dramas are typical teen trash. Worst of all, the music spans from country to hip-hop, all of it unmemorable and uninspiring. Even the remixes of the original movieâ Expand

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