Flashdance (1983)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:10
Rotten:22
Average Rating:4.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: In Adrian Lyne's FLASHDANCE, a young woman, Alex (Jennifer Beals), strives to achieve success as a classical dancer, but economic forces require her to work as a welder by day and an exotic dancer... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson
Director: Adrian Lyne
Reviews for Flashdance
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As far as date movies go, this is effective enough, especially the scene where Beals demonstrates how to change her top without taking off her sweater. Full Review |
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Depressing to think that this was a huge hit on the back of the Irene Cara hit single, since there's absolutely nothing to it. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Click to read the article Full Review |
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3/5 |
a beautiful piece of retro culture Full Review |
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1/4 |
Nothing but glossy fluff. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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A simplistic fairy tale, directed by Lyne in a trashy, superficially glitzy style, with pretense to realism in its on-location shooting and a woman who works as a welder, and the kind of postmodernism that's mostly evident in the heroine's name, Alex. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
"what a feeling" indeed. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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2/5 |
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3/5 |
Step-setter of its time.
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1.5/4 |
Jennifer Beals shouldn't feel bad. She is a natural talent, she is fresh and engaging here, and only needs to find an agent with a natural talent for turning down scripts. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
An utterly preposterous piece of Reagan-era bootstrapping propaganda. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The story doesn't help Miss Beals either, because she's at her least convincing when having to register any emotion other than rapture. Full Review |
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45/100 |
Cookie-cutter filmmaking at its most predictable. Full Review |
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A stylish, fast-paced let's-get-physical movie Full Review |
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