An average movie

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick, but since it was on TV and since I have a weak spot for Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell, I thought I might as well give it a try. To start with, I didn’t care much for the original version and this remake didn't add much to the formula. Actually, even worse than that, they pretty much copied the whole thing and only changed some tiny details and you wonder what was the point of remaking this at all. At first, I thought that the acting was really poor, even by Dennis Quaid but, after a while, I got used to it and I didn’t pay too much attention to it. I have to admit it, the dancing scenes were pretty good but, damned, it still remain a really ridiculous premise. I mean, already 30 years ago, it was not really believable but, in our age, to make us believe that they would ban dancing, that’s kind of ridiculous. Eventually, the saddest thing about this flick is the downward spiral of a once promising director. Indeed, back then, Craig Brewer had his breakthrough with ‘Hustle & Flow’ which was a pretty good flick and even though ‘Black Snake Moan’ was a little too far-out for its own good, it was still an intriguing picture. Well, 5 years later, he comes up with this and it is rather sad. To conclude, I think I’m being rather generous with my rating, it must be one of the most unnecessary remakes ever made and it is not really worth a look, I’m afraid.

5/10