Footloose (DVD)

Before I write this review I would just like to say I'm not gay. The rumor that Kevin Bacon might be gay started when he stared in this, so any adulation for this cult 80s finger-snapping, toe-tapping classic must surely be bad for my machissimo. Bacons impressive dancing skills (and not the obvious fact he had genuine chemistry with female lead in Lori Singer on screen) seemed to define his sexuality from there on in, effectively typecasting him to seedy pervert types from there on in. Then again you never see him out on Tinsletown with a 'hotty' on his arm in the gossip magazines, the usual theatre to steer the rumors the other way. Anyhow, I can't dance, so that's the ...  Read the complete review

>>>> Synopsis When teenager Ren McCormick (Kevin Bacon) finds himself relocating to a small Midwestern town, his worse nightmare comes true, as the towns uptight leaders have banned his favourite pastime, dancing and anything else that the young people may enjoy doing. Determined to breathe life back into the small town, Ren, with the help of his new best friend Willard (Chris Penn) and the local minister's daughter Ariel (Lori Singer), start a revolt to allow all young people to enjoy what is rightfully theirs. >>>> Opinion I honestly don't know why I like "Footloose" as much as I do as it is ...  Read the complete review

Footloose is one of those films I've been meaning to see for quite some time but just never got round to doing so. I've heard most of the songs and amazingly know quite a lot of the words to them but for some strange reason that has often escaped me I have never actually seen the film - that is of course until last week. With some HMV vouchers I had earned from a survey site I am a member of I decided that it was high time I actually bought and watched Footloose and so that's exactly what I did and it arrived on my doorstep early last week. I eventually got around to watching it two nights ago and thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. ...  Read the complete review

Footloose is a musical/ drama film that was released in 1894. It is rated 15 due to some mild language, a little violence, drug references and some moderate references to sex and is 103 minutes long. Footloose is very loosly based on events that took place in a small rural community in Oklahoma. Plot Ren and his family move to a small town that isn't anything close to what he is used to. Ren loves to have a good time by going out, dancing and generally just doing what teenagers do but unfortunately dancing and popular music has been banned in his new town. Ren soon makes friends and realises that all of the local teenagers are longing to have some fun ...  Read the complete review

Finding myself with an evening alone to watch my choice of film on the TV, I browsed through the shelf and saw Footloose, still in it’s cellophane and decided it was high time I reminisced to this fantastic feel good film. Ren McCormack and his mum move to small town Beaumont from the city, only to discover that rock and roll music and dancing are banned following an accident five years previously, when a teenage boy dies after a drink fuelled car stunt goes wrong. The town is lead by the seemingly severe yet kind, Reverend Shaw Moore who backs the town’s outrageous rules against teenage good times. Being the father of a rebellious daughter, Ariel, ...  Read the complete review