''Dance Flick'' is a 2009 American

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directed by

Damien Dante Wayans Damien Dante Wayans (born April 29, 1980) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and director. He is a member of the Wayans family. Early life Wayans was born in New York City, he is the nephew of the Wayans Siblings, which consists of K ...

in his directorial debut and written by and starring many members of the

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. The film was set for release in the United States on February 6, 2009, and changed to May 22, 2009.

Plot

Suburban girl Megan White (

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) gets into a series of misadventures when she moves to the inner-city and pursues dance. A nerdy street boy named Thomas Uncles (

Damon Wayans Jr. Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. (born November 18, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. He is most widely known for starring as Brad Williams in the ABC sitcom '' Happy Endings'', for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award f ...

) is passionate about street dancing, but he is stuck working for a gang lord (

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). Megan later befriends Thomas' ghetto sister Charity (

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) who has a baby and poor parenting skills. Charity has her own issues dealing with her dimwitted "baby daddy" (

Shawn Wayans Shawn Mathis Wayans (born January 19, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Along with his brother Marlon Wayans, he wrote and starred in The WB's sitcom ''The Wayans Bros.''(1995–1999) and in the comedy films ''Don't Be a ...

) who also is a bad parent. Once Megan and Thomas spend more time together, they become dance partners and begin to fall in love.

Cast

as Megan White *

as Thomas Uncles *

as Charity Uncles *

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as A-Con *

as Baby Daddy *

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as Ms. Cameltoé *

as Sugar Bear *

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as Tracy Transfat *

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as Ron White (Megan's Dad) * Brennan Hillard as Jack *

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as The Coach (Jack's Dad) * Christina Murphy as Nora *

Marlon Wayans Marlon Lamont Wayans (born July 23, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Wayans began his career portraying a pedestrian in ''I'm Gonna Git You Sucka'' (1988). He went on to regularly collaborate with his brother Shawn Wa ...

as Mr. Moody *

Kim Wayans Kimberly Nichole Wayans (born October 16, 1961) is an American actress and comedian. Wayans is the sister of Keenen Ivory, Damon Sr., Marlon, Shawn and Nadia Wayans. She is best known for her numerous roles on the Fox sketch comedy show ''In ...

as Ms. Dontwannabebothered *

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as Mr. Stache *

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as Truck * Ross Thomas as Tyler Gage * George Gore II as

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as Aretha Robinson (Ray's Mamma) *

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as Glynn White (Megan's Mom) *

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as Keloid * Andrew McFarlane as D * Casey Lee as Undercover Cop *

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as Free Gas Pedestrian

Release

On the opening weekend (May 22–24), the film ranked at No. 5 in the top 10 with $10,643,536 in 2,450 theaters.

Reception

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, a

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, reports that 18% of 95 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 3.49/10. The site's consensus reads: "''Dance Flick'' scores a few laughs thanks to the Wayans brothers' exuberance, but it's ultimately a scattershot collection of gags without much direction." On

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, it got a 40/100 "mixed or average" score based on 17 critic reviews. Peter Deburge of ''

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'' wrote that it "delivers just enough laughs to justify its existence".

Parodies

* ''

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'' * ''

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'') * ''

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'' (characters and main plotline; promotional poster) * ''

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'' (the first battle in the movie/the character of Sugar Bear and the fact that Thomas and A-Con owe him money by the end of the next week or else) * ''

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'' (the head slip at the beginning and last battle) * '' Step Up'' (Nora's auditioning dancers) * ''

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'' (the warm-up) * '' Step Up 2: The Streets'' (last battle) * ''

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'' (Tracy Transfat) * ''

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'' (cut from final print) * '' Mamma Mia!'' (cut from final print, can be briefly seen in international trailer) * ''

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'' (Megan's audition to "

") * ''

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'' (the scene where Megan's mom was in a crash) * ''

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'' (cut from final print) * ''

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'' * '' Black Snake Moan'' (the scene where Megan is chained to the radiator and Thomas looks like, and quotes the

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character) * ''

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'' (the character of Jack wanting to be a dancer, the name of the high school, and the basketball scene in the gym.) * '' Fame'' (Jack's ''Flame'' sequence) * ''

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'' (mentioned in rant) * ''

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'' * '' Center Stage'' (dance class scene) * ''

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'' (the prom scene) * ''

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'' (mentioned in rant; last battle scene) * '' Notorious'' * ''

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'' (Megan's ID card identifies her as "McLovin") * ''

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'' (the scene when Megan's mom gets run over/hit and run) * '' Ray'' (the blind guy named Ray Charles and his mom) * ''

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'' (the "And I Am Telling You My Belly's Growling" song) * ''

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'' (Edward "Trigger"-hands) * ''

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'' (when Megan's dad shows her room) * ''

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'' (the car crash) * ''

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'' * '' Coyote Ugly'' * ''

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'' * '' ATL'' * ''

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'' (the two cowboys in the gay song) * ''

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'' (Mr. Moody's film)

References

External links

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Shawn and Damien Wayans: The ''Dance Flick'' interview with Kam Williams
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