Footloose

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  • Opened October 14, 2011 
  • 1 hr 53 min
  • PG-13 | Some teen drug and alcohol use, sexual content, violence and language
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 13+. More on child suitability

  • Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out and Bomont's local councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore responded by implementing ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister's troubled daughter Ariel in the process. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, Miles Teller
  • Director: Craig Brewer
  • Genres: Drama, Music/Performing Arts

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by theclass

Great remake!! I enjoyed it. The storyline is basically the same, but a bit more modern. I really enjoyed Julianne in this role. I think I prefer Kevin Bacon as Ren though. I was definitely...

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by kstradone

I loved this movie, I think its for all ages, the acting was very good,loved the music and the dancing. it was sad, it was funny and just all around great movie!...

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by murph

My 14 year old daughter saw it with her friends and said it was her favorite movie, "it made me happy and made me want to dance"! Best recommendation, my husband I will definitely go!...

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

Stepping into sacred shoes once worn by Kevin Bacon, Wormald handily owns the role for a new audience. Same goes for a terrific Miles Teller (Rabbit Hole) in the sidekick role of Willard so memorably originated by the late Chris Penn. Read full review

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Movieline
| Stephanie Zacharek

Brewer, who spent most of his childhood in Memphis, is one of the few contemporary filmmakers I know of who can make movies about the South without sentimentalizing it, glorifying it or looking down on it. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

The new Footloose does everything it needs to do. It's a vibrant youth musical that will appeal to audiences who haven't seen the 1984 original. And it has enough charm and life to it to compete with the memory of the earlier version. Read full review

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New York Post
| Kyle Smith

Footloose won me over early, with a sequence in which the hero gets all heavy metal while restoring his badass ... VW Bug. Read full review

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Julianne Hough in "Footloose."