FOOTLOOSE (Minor Spoilers)

They can't be serious

THE MOVIE: CRITIC'S TAKEWhy in the blue hell would they remake one of the best movies ever made? It made Kevin Bacon a legend and it made it cool to dance in the streets again. Back then it was a unique film that defined teenage rebellion. Just remaking this type of film would be destined for a fail. The trailer didn't look promising and I thought that this movie would be garbage. I reluctantly walked into the screening with my head down expecting to watch another dumb remake. Turns out that I was wrong. It doesn't live up to the original but instead makes it a movie of its own.

STORY


It begins with a bunch of high school students dancing to a catchy tone. I noticed that it takes place in present time due to all the inverted crunk dancing. The teens are going home but had too much fun and too much to drink and ends up killing each other. This drives the town politics to outlaw public dancing. This makes every parent happy but the teens worst nightmare realized.

I won't get laid

Enters Ren, played by Kenny Wormald, to the town of no dancing. He is a witty kid from Boston who moves in with family after his mother died. He quickly makes up his new ride and ventures into town to only get a ticket. A ticket for playing his music to damn loud!




Now isn't that a bitch

 He quickly makes a new friend named Willard, played by Miles Teller. He's the average town hick who can kick anyone's ass and can't dance if his life depends on it. Willard shows him around town and Ren quickly meets the girl that will change his life forever. Her name is Ariel, played by Julianne Hough. She's the preacher's daughter who acts more like a whore. Ren is full aware of her antics and doesn't want to be apart of it but her father thinks that he is the reason behind her sexual insanity.

And her dancing

She has a boyfriend named Chuck that is a real A-hole and challenges him to a game of death race. He survives and comes up with a bright idea. He wants to save the town from the dumb law of no dancing. He gets in trouble with the law once again due to one of Chuck's buddies and decides to take his rage out to some rock music in an abandon building. After chilling out with Ariel he comes up with a plan to make the town's people see how dumb their laws are. Will Ren finally get the people to change their minds this time around? Can he teach Willard how to dance so he can impress the girl that he likes? Is Chuck too badass for Ren to take down forever? Come friday all these questions will be answered and then some.

ACTING


The acting was shockingly good here. I loved the chemistry that everyone had. Not once did I not think that anyone did a bad job. The accents seemed fair enough and everyone seemed to have fun on film. Even the dance scenes seemed natural. These actors and actresses did one hell of a job.

See fun

SPECIAL EFFECTS


I loved the lighting of this film. The directing was nicely done and it felt like it was the country. The dancing was fun to watch and I liked how they added hip hop and crunk to the mix. Everyone seemed to flow with the music and Miles did one hell of a job. Everything seemed right for this department.

Cool

WRITING AND DIRECTING


The movie was written by Dean Pitchford and Craig Brewer. I couldn't help but feel that the story dragged on longer than it should but the dialog and fun in the film kept me entertained. The film was also directed by Craig and he did a great job keeping the tone of the film like the original. Both of these guys need a round of applauds because they made this film ten times better than I thought it would be.

THE END


It's a fun film that I think you all will enjoy. All music lovers will love this film and the dancers will eat it up. Miles stole the movie away from everyone and I think many people will like his performance. I do recommand it for anyone wanting to have a fun time at the movies.

OVERALL


STORY - 6 out of 10
ACTING - 7 out of 10
SPECIAL EFFECTS 7 out of 10
WRITING 6 out of 10
DIRECTING 7 out of 10


OVERALL 7 out of 10 (MUST SEE)