When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 6 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
A cynical and manipulative exercise with little feel for the teen culture it purports to celebrate.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
Like the rest of today's video-happy teen-age entertainments, Footloose doesn't expect to be watched closely or taken seriously. It wants to fill the screen with catchy music and pretty kids, and this it certainly accomplishes.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
Footloose is a seriously confused movie that tries to do three things, and does all of them badly.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Herbert Ross directed this odd but reasonably effective blend of rock music and didactic melodrama.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
30 Jan 2007
fresh:
Essential to the result is young Kevin Bacon, superb in the lead part.