Dance Flick
| Dance Flick | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster refering to Save the Last Dance | |
| Directed by | Damien Dante Wayans |
| Written by | Damien Dante Wayans Keenen Ivory Wayans Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans Craig Wayans |
| Produced by | Damien Dante Wayans Keenen Ivory Wayans Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans |
| Starring | Shoshana Bush Damon Wayans, Jr. Chelsea Makela Brennan Hillard Amy Sedaris Chris Elliott David Alan Grier Essence Atkins |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Edited by | Scott Hill |
| Music by | Erik Willis Dwayne Wayans |
Production companies | MTV Films Wayans Bros. Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | May 22, 2009 |
Running time | 83 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $20,266,354 [Boxofficemojo.com/danceflick] |
Dance Flick is a 2009 American parody film directed by Damien Dante Wayans, written by his uncles, the Wayans Brothers, and starring Shoshana Bush and Damon Wayans, Jr.. The film is a spoof of the popular dance film genre. It was set for release in North America on February 6, 2009, but was moved to August 14, 2009. It was later released on May 22, 2009.
Plot
A rich, suburban girl named Megan White (Shoshana Bush) gets into a series of misadventures when she moves to the inner-city.[1] Street-smart Thomas (Damon Wayans, Jr.) helps her along the way.Megan becomes friends with Charity,a 21 year old girl who brought her baby to school.[2] The film is primarily a parody of Save the Last Dance with a nearly-identical plot and structure. Dance Flick also contains references to other musical/dance films such as Fame, Ray, Hairspray, High School Musical, Honey, Roll Bounce, Stomp the Yard, You Got Served, Twilight, and Step Up.
Production
Damien Dante Wayans directed the film. This is the first parody film from various writers of the first Scary Movie to use the word "Flick", rather than "Movie".
Writer and co-executive producer Shawn Wayans laughed when MTV News visited the set of the film over the summer saying, "We watched a few [dance movies]. We watched a couple ... couple hundred thousand".[3]
Parodies:
- Save The Last Dance
- Stomp The Yard
- Step Up
- Flashdance
- Step Up 2 The Streets
- Hairspray
- Dirty Dancing (cut from final print)
- Mamma Mia! (cut from final print, can be briefly seen in international trailer)
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Crash
- How She Move (cut from final print)
- Black Snake Moan
- High School Musical
- Fame
- Honey
- Meet the Browns
- Bring It On
- Twilight
- Roll Bounce
- Dreamgirls
- You Got Served
- Brokeback Mountain
- Superbad
- America's Best Dance Crew
- So You Think You Can Dance?
- Catwoman
- 1 Night in Paris
- Little Man
- White Chicks
- Ray
- Disturbia
Cast
- Shoshana Bush as Megan White
- Damon Wayans, Jr. as Thomas Uncles
- Essence Atkins as Charity
- Affion Crockett as A-Con
- Shawn Wayans as Baby Daddy
- Amy Sedaris as Ms. Cameltoé
- David Alan Grier as Sugar Bear
- Chelsea Makela as Tracy Transfat
- Brennan Hillard as Jack
- Marlon Wayans as Mr. Moody
- Kim Wayans as Ms. Dontwannabebothered
- Keenen Ivory Wayans as Mr. Stache
- Chris Elliott as Ron (Megan's Dad)
- Lochlyn Munro as The Coach (Jack's Dad)
- Craig Wayans as Truck
- George O. Gore II as Ray
- Tichina Arnold as Ray's Mama
Reception
Dance Flick received mixed reviews, having a 29% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on fifty two reviews, an improvement from recent parody films such as Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans.[4]