Footloose (2011)

• Year: 2011
• Released: 14 Oct 2011
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 3 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068242/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Footloose
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/footloose
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
• Runtime: 113 min
• Writer: Dean Pitchford, Craig Brewer
• Director: Craig Brewer
• Cast: Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid
• Keywords: remake, dancing, dance, dancer, prom,

	5.8/10
	58/100
	52% – Critics
	71% – Audience

Footloose Storyline

Ren MacCormack moves from big-city Boston to a small southern town, where life is very different. He lives with his aunt and uncle after his divorced mother’s painful death from leukemia. An accident, in which five teenagers were killed after a night out, shocked the small town’s community. The local councilmen and Reverend Shaw Moore reacted to the incident by banning loud music and dancing. Ren stands up to the outmoded ban and, in the process, falls in love with the Reverend’s daughter Ariel Moore.

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Footloose Movie Reviews

Suffers as much by miscasting as the original benefited by its casting

To the same extent Ava Gardner movies lingered on her face in the 1950’s and Jessica Alba movies visually caressed her abdomen in 1990’s movies so does this moving on the backside of Julianne Hough. Likely this has partially to do with Craig Brewer’s personal interests and a lack of other interesting images to look at in a pointless remake of the Kevin Bacon “classic” (assuming you grew up in the 80’s). The main drag on the film grows from the lack of a Kevin Bacon-level compelling talent among the cast. When Kenny Womald utters the iconic “let’s dance” to the camera you could picture yourself opting to sit this one out instead. When Dennis Quaid as Ariel’s father and town elder finally has his change of heart, it comes as no really emotional catharsis given Quaid’s earnestness and track record as the good guy leading man. Now Randy Quaid would have made an interesting and likely challenging from a product standpoint casting choice. Julianne Hough plays Ariel as more sleazy than fun-loving and her dance moves do kind of make you agree to an extent with the Reverend. As always, Andie MacDowell brings her inexcusably flat line readings to a part that could have been cut from the film with little effect. Everyone else in the film comes across as the indistinguishable chorus line from a traveling company version of the Footloose Musical. Having said all that, the movie brings some entertaining visuals although it someone screws up the soundtrack; the version of “Holding Out for a Hero” used her is a sacrilege of the original Bonnie Tyler version of the Jim Steinman song. In short, see the original instead; although it wasn’t very good either, the music was amazing.

While there are worse remakes out there, ‘Footloose’ suffers most from not having any point to it

Despite being an enormous hit at the time, the original ‘Footloose’ is somewhat of a love it/hate it film.

To me, it wasn’t a great film, did have issues with the story, some of the script and one dance sequence (the one in the abandoned warehouse). However, the immense appeal is definitely understandable and the original ‘Footloose’ still stands up as an enjoyable film for the soundtrack, dancing/choreography and the casting.

While there are definitely worse remakes out there (‘Psycho’ and ‘The Wicker Man’), ‘Footloose’ (2011) is still, like a fair few remakes, rather pointless.

It’s not all awful. The best thing about is Miles Teller, a great and instantly appealing performance that is every bit as good as Chris Penn’s in the original, the only actor in the film to have that distinction. Some of the dancing is dazzlingly good, especially Willard learning how to dance. Plus the production values are beautiful.

However, while the soundtrack was unforgettable and toe-tapping in the original they are forgettable here, the more contemporary and country arrangements robbing them of their catchiness and charm. The songs themselves are not bad at all, far from it, but how they’re arranged are very much so. There are some great moments with the dancing, but too much of the dancing lacks the finger-snapping quality and energy of the original’s choreography.

‘Footloose’ further suffers from being too faithful, with a lot of the same material but with little to none of the nostalgic charm and fun. Nothing is done also to improve on the daftness, ridiculousness and schmaltz of the story from the original, instead those problems are actually amplified here, with lots of cheese and overwrought emotion, and hurt even further by pacing that feels like one is riding on the back of a snail.

Miles Teller aside, though Ray McKinnon and Kim Dickens are also quite good but aren’t in it enough, the cast just don’t cut it, and neither does the very uninspired direction. Kenny Wormald is an incredible dancer but a lousy actor, a bland presence throughout and he is never sure whether to overact or underplay because the performance is a mess of both. Julianne Hough is beautiful, but doesn’t have the confidence, vulnerability or charm to match.

Andie McDowell feels out of place and, with the lack of engagement with her material, looks completely cost. Dennis Quaid gives a limp and sometimes over-compensated performance, and constantly looks ill at ease. There is little chemistry between the two of them as well, the dignity and gentle touch from the original’s chemistry between the two characters is missed, replaced with a sense of being condemned throughout.

Overall, there’s worse out there but there was really not needed and the execution on its own merits is severely wanting. 3/10 Bethany Cox

Kenny Wormald is a better dancer than actor

The small town of Bomont imposed curfews and banned loud music and dancing after an accident killed five teenagers including Rev. Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid)’s son. Three years later, Ren MacCormack (Kenny Wormald) moves from Boston to live with his aunt and uncle after his mother’s death from leukemia. He finds the small town restrictive. He also finds reverent’s daughter Ariel (Julianne Hough) rebelling against the system. He makes a friend in Willard (Miles Teller).

I don’t think it’s a wise move to show the accident. It makes the ban more reasonable and harder to oppose. The Reverend is supposed to be overreaching and becoming unreasonable over the years. However the bigger problem has to be Kenny Wormald. He’s more of a dancer than an actor. He doesn’t have the charisma or the likability to lead. Julianne Hough comes off better. Although I would have prefer she has better separation between her two lives. She needs to dress down more as the preacher’s daughter. This is a functional dance movie but not much else. It’s also sad to see that the filmmaker can’t think of ways to change up the story. This is obviously a Julianne Hough star vehicle. So it would be so much better to make her the newcomer to town and the lead of the movie.