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Footloose (1984)

Footloose (1984)

David R. George III
Compact Movie Reviews

I spent a night having a modern American pop-culture revival, watching 1984’s Footloose and 1994’s Speed. While I’d characterize neither as a good film, they each delivered what they promised: a pleasant-enough way to pass a hundred or so minutes, with dancing to ’80s pop music on the one hand and exploding trains, planes, and buses on the other. Not good, no, but not that bad either.

**½ (out of *****)

©2018 David R. George III

1984 • 1 HOUR, 47 MINUTES
PARAMOUNT PICTURES

STARRING
• KEVIN BACON, LORI SINGER

ALSO STARRING
• DIANNE WIEST, JOHN LITHGOW, CHRIS PENN, SARAH JESSICA PARKER

WRITTEN BY
• DEAN PITCHFORD

DIRECTED BY
• HERBERT ROSS

1984 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS (2)
• BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “FOOTLOOSE” (LOST TO “I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU” FROM THE WOMAN IN RED)
• BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY” (LOST TO “I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU” FROM THE WOMAN IN RED) 

 

Speed (1994)

Speed (1994)
Annihilation (2018)

Annihilation (2018)

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