Flashdance
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: April 15, 1983 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
6
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38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
If Flashdance had spent just a little more effort getting to know the heroine of its story, and a little less time trying to rip off "Saturday Night Fever," it might have been a much better film. Read full review
38
Christian Science MonitorStaff (Not Credited)
Punchy, cleverly stylized, but utterly empty yarn about a feisty young woman who welds by day, disco-dances by night, and dreams of the day when she can devote her life to her art. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Godfrey
Cranked up at double speed, the plot of Flashdance could almost be a satirical fantasy about dance students. Although Flashdance doesn't admit it's a fantasy, neither does it succeed in looking realistic. [16 Apr 1983, p.E5]
30
TimeRichard Corliss
Like Saturday Night Fever and, for that matter, the Rocky films, Flashdance has made it big by taking experiences of black youths and playing them in whiteface. But unlike its grittily romantic predecessors, Flashdance is pure glitz. Read full review
30
Time Out LondonStaff (Not Credited)
There's absolutely nothing to it, beyond Ms Beals cavorting in a leotard, lots of sheeny backgrounds courtesy of Lyne the former adman, and a Joe Eszterhas screenplay mixed through with cliché concentrate as female blue-collar worker proceeds from showgirl at a men's club to the big audition for the Pittsburgh ballet school. The star, it has to be said, is not at her most convincing as a welder (how does she afford an apartment the size of an aircraft hangar?), nor should we forget that most of the serious terpsichorean gymnastics were done by uncredited French dancer Marine Jahan. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Although the "story" is almost wholly without depth or plausibility, it's carried off with great style. Read full review
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