I put mah hand up on yo hip
when ah dip you dip we dip
You put cho hand up on mah hip
when you dip ah dip we dip

Settin' it off to another level
you diggin' freak nasty without a shovel?
This is my world
I’m just a squirrel tryin' to get a nut
so what’s up?

Ain't none of that happenin' here. It's just Kevin Bacon ruining a perfectly good town with some mutant cowboy 80s throwdown shit.

You can tell this is an old movie because-

(1).Nice guy Eddie isn't fat.
(2).Sarah Jessica Parker looks less like a horse than usual.
(3).Kevin Bacon isn't talking about vajazzle's and 4G.
(4).Dancing involved forward-rolls wearing a cowboy hat.
(5).Lori Singer still had a career.
(6).Dianne Wiest had no Oscars.

It's a guilty pleasure,and you can't deny that John Cougar Mellencamp's "Hurts So Good" isn't a class tune.

I may have mentioned this once or twice before, but I really loooove watching movies with that 80's vibe. That one that makes you feel in dire need of some dancing and fooling around, and just not giving a damn what anyone says or does, just as long as you're having a great time yourself. Not saying this is mindblowingly amazing. But maaaan does it put you in a good mood!

The songs are still in my head and I've been quoting it like crazy. I'll add another half a star.

We had an 80s marathon day today, and our first victim was Footloose. I wouldn't have thought I'd enjoy this now, but I was wrong. I loved every moment. Good pacing, sublime music, pink legwarmers, and shoulder pads. What's not to love.

Also, John Lithgow is so much more sinister after season 4 of Dexter. Creeeeepy.

Recommended.

I would have given this 3 stars, but I think the tractor-off scene (in which Bacon and some other mullet head drive slow tractors at each other like some kind of nightmarish version of Countryfile) is worthy of another half star in itself.

What can one say about this? Other than it's obvious that it's a creation of the 1980's? That Kevin Bacon could move quite well and had that David Bowie kinda thing going on?
I haven't seen the remake and I don't think I want to - this was enjoyable enough thank you

Review from my VOD column "This Week on Demand"

Exceptionally and unashamedly ‘80s in approach, Footloose’s relentless rock ‘n’ roll sensibility pits city boy Kevin Bacon against the conservative outlook of small town reverend John Lithgow, who naturally happens to be the father of the girl with whom Bacon’s rebel falls in love. Often little more than a montage of music video montages, the film boasts a great soundtrack that it can’t hope to match in its entirely conventional story and exceptionally thin characters, particularly the frankly unlikeable love interest. Fun enough in a silly sort of a way, it treats its themes with so little seriousness that they might as well not be there, which makes utterly redundant those few scenes where Lithgow is made to look conflicted. Perhaps the title is a hint: Footloose was made for dancing, not for thinking; the characters may be uninteresting, the conflict may be underwhelming, but the music sure is toe-tapping.

I put mah hand up on yo hip
when ah dip you dip we dip
You put cho hand up on mah hip
when you dip ah dip we dip

Settin' it off to another level
you diggin' freak nasty without a shovel?
This is my world
I’m just a squirrel tryin' to get a nut
so what’s up?

Ain't none of that happenin' here. It's just Kevin Bacon ruining a perfectly good town with some mutant cowboy 80s throwdown shit.

Tried to watch the original FOOTLOOSE. From minute one it's like, "IT'S 1984 AND ALL MOVIES SUCK." W/O

You can tell this is an old movie because-

(1).Nice guy Eddie isn't fat.
(2).Sarah Jessica Parker looks less like a horse than usual.
(3).Kevin Bacon isn't talking about vajazzle's and 4G.
(4).Dancing involved forward-rolls wearing a cowboy hat.
(5).Lori Singer still had a career.
(6).Dianne Wiest had no Oscars.

It's a guilty pleasure,and you can't deny that John Cougar Mellencamp's "Hurts So Good" isn't a class tune.

What a confused 80's bundle of nonsense...and I'm partial to a bit of Bacon.

Is Footloose the Definitive 1980s movie? btousey.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/what-is-the-definitive-1980s-movie-footloose/

Overall I don't think it's the classic some people think it is. The music, Bacon's performance and the great cast elevate what is kind of a stupid story.
Okay, I know I'm from the far North, so if the lower South actually did do something like ban dancing, it just seems really stupid to me, but I guess I could see it be more relate-able if you lived in an area like that.

The awesomely awful warehouse dance number just has to be seen to be believed.

But like I said, most of it is so watchable with the fantastic soundtrack going on.