Bootmen
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: October 6, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
8
Negative:
3
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80
VarietyDavid Stratton
Feel-good quality fare. Read full review
70
Film.comGemma Files
Silly in some parts, but sheer fun in most, Bootmen will get you wiggling in your seat with a big grin pasted on your face. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Bootmen, which proves to be a real heart-tugger, is in fact accomplished in all its aspects. Read full review
60
Village VoiceEdward Crouse
The best sequences -- auditions in a strip bar and a public bathroom -- still can't compete with that industrial musical called "Pola X." Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleRussell Smith
It delivers commendable entertainment value. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
What it gains in fun, the film loses in credibility, as the production number itself more closely resembles a high-priced Las Vegas extravaganza than a quickly organized charity event.
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
What sets Bootmen apart from the vast competition is its exuberant, sexy tap-dancing, but that's mostly relegated to the grand finale. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
One expects razzle-dazzle dance sequences to lift this movie above its clichés, but they are few and far between, which is not only disappointing, it's downright baffling. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Clichés negate bona fides; hence, the movie feels like a corny Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland vehicle with cussing. That said, the tapping is fabulous. Read full review
43
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
"Footloose" meets "The Full Monty" in Bootmen, a cliché-ridden tap dance drama.
40
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
Too much soap opera colors its love story, and the industrial- strength dancing by booted men that is its centerpiece falls short of exhilaration. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Bootmen is the story of a young dancer and his friends who revisit the cliches of countless other dance movies in order to bring forth a dance performance of clanging unloveliness. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
There's 80 minutes of mawkish, overacted melodrama - laced with gratuitous violence and profanity - before we get to anything more than the briefest snippet of a dance number.
25
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
The film's overburdened, silly plot renders it a disaster. Read full review
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