(Flash Review)
Impetus for viewing: Netflix was going to remove it from streaming soon. So I checked this one off my pure 80's list to reduce ridicule for having not yet seen it. Hahaha Awash in happy, bold and garish 80's styles, this is a movie about a dance competition. Parker's character is a dynamite dancer and against her father's wishes and knowledge enters a partner dance competition with a dude who wears a leather jackets and rides a motorcycle. Cue teenage rebellion plot line as well as fake forced emotional scenes. I was surprised the music wasn't better, no big hits and with this title for the movie, didn't even use Cindy Lauper's (sp) original song version. She wouldn't allow it. Ha. The cinematography is boring and isn't used to accentuate any scenes. It was strange to see Helen Hunt as a giddy teenager since she now plays very reserved characters.
Impetus for viewing: Netflix was going to remove it from streaming soon. So I checked this one off my pure 80's list to reduce ridicule for having not yet seen it. Hahaha Awash in happy, bold and garish 80's styles, this is a movie about a dance competition. Parker's character is a dynamite dancer and against her father's wishes and knowledge enters a partner dance competition with a dude who wears a leather jackets and rides a motorcycle. Cue teenage rebellion plot line as well as fake forced emotional scenes. I was surprised the music wasn't better, no big hits and with this title for the movie, didn't even use Cindy Lauper's (sp) original song version. She wouldn't allow it. Ha. The cinematography is boring and isn't used to accentuate any scenes. It was strange to see Helen Hunt as a giddy teenager since she now plays very reserved characters.