Dianne-Wiest Movie Reviews

I truly love this movie! I have been trying to get it on DVD eversince I first watched it in March 1997 on my way to the UK. Whoopi Goldberg's acting is convincing but I liked Dianne Wiest's supporting role. A very entertainingly funny plot will keep you laughing most of the time through the whole movie.

This movie got iffy reviews when it came out, much to my shock and dismay. I didn't see it until it came out on video and was astonished that it had been so under-rated for so long. This is a fantastic, hilarious comedy with a wonderful script of surprises, empowerment, and that really "complete" feeling you get after watching a classic. Whoopi is excellent in this role, and it will make everyone feel great. People who really know what good writing and acting are will love this movie, unlike the one negative reviewer below. He obviously didn't see the same movie we all watched. The plot is tight, the characters ring true, and the ending is perfect and succinct. This is not the run-of-the-mill Hollywood film, which is perhaps why it didn't blow away the box office. If you like rehashed scripts, such as the kind that are created by Tim Robbin's studio executive-role via the movie, "The Player," and the kind of movies that keep teens paying $8 just for "something to do" on a Friday night, then you probably won't like this movie. It is definitely no, "Dude, Where's my car" or "Lethal Weapon 4" etc. It's thoughtful, and it's unlike anything else in Hollywood, as it portrays women in a very positive light, and does not attach their main defining characteristics with sex. This movie does have sex in it, however, and an accurate portrayal of the roles men and women actually occupy in the U.S.A., especially in business. Women who watch it are the best judges of this, since we all live this kind of life and see this kind of thing very frequently. If you want to see an original film, and you're in the video store thinking, "I'm so sick of this and that and this and that, I want something DIFFERENT and interesting," then I'd definitely rent this video. Better yet, buy it. Everyone who I've shown it to now owns it, including my male friends (and boyfriend). Women will love it, and good guys who don't treat women in the way some of the male characters in this movie do, will also love it. It's just plain good.

Whoopi Goldberg stars in THE ASSOCIATE, a humorous movie about the stock market and a woman finding her way. She plays Laurel Ayers, a stock broker who is promised a promotion. When her co worker takes her promotion right from under her, she is determined to make it on her own. She quits and starts her own company. To her dismay she finds out that it's not easy making it in the world as a woman, doors are constantly slammed in her face because of her gender, so she sets out to take the world over by storm, by creating a fictional person, Robert Cutty. Yes she creates a man and even dresses up as one. Cutty takes the world by storm, but Laurel has to keep up with her charade. Eventually she realizes that Cutty has been nothing but trouble for her, no one cares about what SHE has been doing, and a man is still getting all the credit for her ideas. So she sets out to kill a fictional man that doesn't exist! She realizes she is no better than she was, because Cutty is getting credit for all her work and ideas. ...Overall a really humorous and well acted film, worth seeing many times.

I'm not stupid, but this movie made no sense whatsoever. I didn't understand one bit of the boring, mindless conversations, characters, their purpose, etc. And a plot..? Don't even ask. This "sophisticated" comedy (where they got comedy I'll never know as this wasn't the least bit funny) was dull, shallow entertainment. The theme I got out of this movie was "You're not always who you think you are." A theme that could have easily been told in half the time it took this long, dragged out film. Don't believe what the critics say about this. Siskel and Ebert rated it two thumbs up but what do they know? They gave Gosford Park (warning: stay away) the same rating (Actually, that last one was Ebert and Roeper, but they're basically the same). Take my advice and rent something that wasn't directed by Woody Allen. Every one of his movies I've had the nerve to sit through entirely (without falling asleep or turning it off), have been a complete waste of my time. I kept waiting for the ending thinking (and hoping) it would make the movie. It didn't. Those who enjoyed this movie obviously classify it as a work of art much like Shakespeare: boring, but a masterpiece nonetheless. The only reason to watch this movie (by renting it, NOT buying it) is to see the always brilliant Diane Weist in her Oscar-winning performance.

this movie was enjoyable, but not the best woody allen i've seen.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe no poll has ever been made about which one is most deemed as Woody Allen's masterpiece by far. I once thought that we seemingly tend to pick whichever we can best relate to, but recently when I had a chance to sit down and watch five of his movies all over again -- "Annie Hall", "Manhattan", "Hannah and her sisters", "Bullets over Broadway", "Mighty Aphrodite" -- I realized that any of us could easily relate to at least something in each of those great films. That would define Allen's genius when it comes to directing (romantic or un-romantic?) comedies. When it comes to casting, though, "Bullets over Broadway" must be the best of all, featuring the finest performance of every actor. Not only the credit must go to those in lead roles (John Cusack -- who played Woody Allen's would-be character, Dianne Wiest, Jack Warden, Jennifer Tilly), but the supporting cast was superb as well (with Tracy Ullman as Eden, Chazz Palmenterri as Cheech, Rob Reiner as Flender, Mary-Louise Parker as Ellen, and Stacey Nelkin -- Allen's ex-girldfriend -- as Rita). This film was perfect in each of its scenes, but if I had to pick my favorite one, it would be the final dialogue between Cusack, Parker, Reiner and Nelkin. I don't remember having heard in any other comedy a dialogue that's so hilarious and so thought-provoking at the same time.

The Horse Whisperer is sucha beautiful film it takes your breath away. The film's stunning cinematography, it's awesome acting and great storyline make it a 4 star movie and one of the best of 1998.

Scarlett Johnasson is the star of the show, she plays 14 year old Grace, a horse-lover who has just had a terrible accident with her friend. Her mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) helps her daughter and her horse, Pilgrim by taking her to a 'horse whisperer '(Robert Redford) who can heal horses.

This is a very sad, beautiful and lovely movie and don't be put off by it's mammoth length (2 hours, 48 minutes) - to me it felt like 1 hour rather than 3.

Beautifully photographed, well-written, and well directed, this movie is a joy to watch.

Recommended.

This is a unique movie from the millions of others out there. The plot starts with Grace(Scarlett Johansson) and her best friend meeting to go horse back riding and with Grace's mom Annie (Kristin Scott Thomas) working hard in her magazine office. When the girls are riding a tramatic and tragic accident happens causing the death of Grace's best friend and severe injuries to both Grace and her horse Pilgrim. Grace's right leg is severely hurt so they must amputate it. With her daughter becoming more distant from the family and Pilgrim becoming more afraid of humans, Annie is desperate to find relief or an answer somewhere. She reads an article about a horse whisperer named Tom Booker (Robert Redford) who heals horses. Anxious to give it a try, Annie, Grace, and Pilgrim travel from their home in New York to a cattle ranch in Montana and begin Pilgrim's healing process while Grace's father stays behind. What no one expected was the love situation that would come about when Tom and Annie met. Combined with a teriffic plot and the beautiful Montana scenery, this is definitely a movie not to be missed.

The Horse Whisperer is sucha beautiful film it takes your breath away. The film's stunning cinematography, it's awesome acting and great storyline make it a 4 star movie and one of the best of 1998.

Scarlett Johnasson is the star of the show, she plays 14 year old Grace, a horse-lover who has just had a terrible accident with her friend. Her mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) helps her daughter and her horse, Pilgrim by taking her to a 'horse whisperer '(Robert Redford) who can heal horses.

This is a very sad, beautiful and lovely movie and don't be put off by it's mammoth length (2 hours, 48 minutes) - to me it felt like 1 hour rather than 3.

Beautifully photographed, well-written, and well directed, this movie is a joy to watch.

Recommended.

This is a unique movie from the millions of others out there. The plot starts with Grace(Scarlett Johansson) and her best friend meeting to go horse back riding and with Grace's mom Annie (Kristin Scott Thomas) working hard in her magazine office. When the girls are riding a tramatic and tragic accident happens causing the death of Grace's best friend and severe injuries to both Grace and her horse Pilgrim. Grace's right leg is severely hurt so they must amputate it. With her daughter becoming more distant from the family and Pilgrim becoming more afraid of humans, Annie is desperate to find relief or an answer somewhere. She reads an article about a horse whisperer named Tom Booker (Robert Redford) who heals horses. Anxious to give it a try, Annie, Grace, and Pilgrim travel from their home in New York to a cattle ranch in Montana and begin Pilgrim's healing process while Grace's father stays behind. What no one expected was the love situation that would come about when Tom and Annie met. Combined with a teriffic plot and the beautiful Montana scenery, this is definitely a movie not to be missed.

Some days you just gotta laugh. This movie was a laugh a minute ("It looks like they're playing leapfrog...") despite itself. And no, it's not just because Robin Williams plays gay-trying-to-be-straight, and Gene Hackman plays a rabid right-wing homophobe.

The performances of Williams, Nathan Lane, Hackman, and Diane Lane were superb. What a wonderful ensemble with such hilarious results! Christine Baranski is always a delightful addition, as is Dan Futterman. And Calista Flockhart in her pre-Ally days proves she actually does do more than the stuttering-lawyer gimmick.

Viewers need to walk outside the shoes of the characters to enjoy the movie. I know that, if I were a gay parent who was told by my son to "not be so gay" when meeting the future daughter-in-law's parents, I would be ... a little upset (understatement). While one can appreciate that Williams's love for his son compels him to comply with that request, it still smarts.

Anyway, I do recommend this movie as an entertaining departure from reality and laugh-a-minute.

The Birdcage is one of my favorite comedy movies of all time. Robin Williams and Nathan Lane are outrageously funny as a gay couple whose son wants to marry the daughter of a extremely conservative senator. Robin Williams's character owns a drag club and Nathan Lane is the star. Their son wants his fiance's parents to think he has a "normal" family. When the parents meet, Nathan Lane appears dressed as "Mother Coleman". Hilarity ensues. I don't want to spoil too much of the movie, so that's all I'm going to tell you. Hank Azaria and Christine Baranski give fantastic supporting performances as the houseboy and the biological mother. Gene Hackman is wonderful as always as the stodgy senator.

While the characters in the movie, especially the gay characters, are based on broad stereotypes, this is true of much comedy. What counts is that the results are marvelously funny. I highly recommend this movie.

"The Birdcage" is unmistakenably the greatest comedy of all-time. The hilarity of this movie is incredible. It is truly a laugh-a-second! A masterful work by thr great director Mike Nichols.

The movie is a re-make of the great French comedy "La Cage Auz Follies". The story revolves around a gay couple, Armand (Robin Williams) and Albert (the imcomparable Nathan Lane). Armand is the owner of a night-club...and Albert is the star, as his "drag-self- Starina. Well, Armand's son has announced he is getting married. Not so bad...except that the girl is the daughter of the ultra-conservative, homophobic Senator Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman), who has just recieved,well, VERY bad news from his campaign manager. His wife is played by Diane Wiest. When the families meet, the results are insanely hillarious!!!

Many would expect Robin Williams to be the most outrageously funny character in this movie. However, that honour goes to Nathan Lane (who became a household name thanks to this movie). Lane is superb as Albert...the very feminine and fragile night-club queen. Lane is just extroidinary...one of the best comedic actors of our time. That's not to say that Williams isn't fabulous, but Lane is without a doubt the actor whose talents shine throughout this movie. Hackman is also extremely funny as the right-wing Senator. And Wiest is a wonderful commidienne.

However, at some points in the movie, the four of them are not the funniest character in the room. Hank Azaria, proabably one of the greatest character actors of all-time, is scene-stealing as the house-maid, Agador. He is just incredible. He had me laughing at every line he said. it is a shame is is not given more roles like this. He is a stand-out. Christine Baranski, a theater veteran, is also superb as Val's (Armand's son) biological mother.

Believe me, "The Birdcage" will become one of your favorite movies. Often, when someone is over at the house and we are trying to decide what movie to watch, I ask them if they have seen "The Birdcage". If they answer no, I get them to watch it, even though they usually are relunctant, since the plot centers around two gay men. However, it always becomes an instant favorie of theirs.

BELIEVE ME- YOU WILL LOVE THIS CLASSIC, "THE BIRDCAGE"!

Some days you just gotta laugh. This movie was a laugh a minute ("It looks like they're playing leapfrog...") despite itself. And no, it's not just because Robin Williams plays gay-trying-to-be-straight, and Gene Hackman plays a rabid right-wing homophobe.

The performances of Williams, Nathan Lane, Hackman, and Diane Lane were superb. What a wonderful ensemble with such hilarious results! Christine Baranski is always a delightful addition, as is Dan Futterman. And Calista Flockhart in her pre-Ally days proves she actually does do more than the stuttering-lawyer gimmick.

Viewers need to walk outside the shoes of the characters to enjoy the movie. I know that, if I were a gay parent who was told by my son to "not be so gay" when meeting the future daughter-in-law's parents, I would be ... a little upset (understatement). While one can appreciate that Williams's love for his son compels him to comply with that request, it still smarts.

Anyway, I do recommend this movie as an entertaining departure from reality and laugh-a-minute.

The Birdcage is one of my favorite comedy movies of all time. Robin Williams and Nathan Lane are outrageously funny as a gay couple whose son wants to marry the daughter of a extremely conservative senator. Robin Williams's character owns a drag club and Nathan Lane is the star. Their son wants his fiance's parents to think he has a "normal" family. When the parents meet, Nathan Lane appears dressed as "Mother Coleman". Hilarity ensues. I don't want to spoil too much of the movie, so that's all I'm going to tell you. Hank Azaria and Christine Baranski give fantastic supporting performances as the houseboy and the biological mother. Gene Hackman is wonderful as always as the stodgy senator.

While the characters in the movie, especially the gay characters, are based on broad stereotypes, this is true of much comedy. What counts is that the results are marvelously funny. I highly recommend this movie.

"The Birdcage" is unmistakenably the greatest comedy of all-time. The hilarity of this movie is incredible. It is truly a laugh-a-second! A masterful work by thr great director Mike Nichols.

The movie is a re-make of the great French comedy "La Cage Auz Follies". The story revolves around a gay couple, Armand (Robin Williams) and Albert (the imcomparable Nathan Lane). Armand is the owner of a night-club...and Albert is the star, as his "drag-self- Starina. Well, Armand's son has announced he is getting married. Not so bad...except that the girl is the daughter of the ultra-conservative, homophobic Senator Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman), who has just recieved,well, VERY bad news from his campaign manager. His wife is played by Diane Wiest. When the families meet, the results are insanely hillarious!!!

Many would expect Robin Williams to be the most outrageously funny character in this movie. However, that honour goes to Nathan Lane (who became a household name thanks to this movie). Lane is superb as Albert...the very feminine and fragile night-club queen. Lane is just extroidinary...one of the best comedic actors of our time. That's not to say that Williams isn't fabulous, but Lane is without a doubt the actor whose talents shine throughout this movie. Hackman is also extremely funny as the right-wing Senator. And Wiest is a wonderful commidienne.

However, at some points in the movie, the four of them are not the funniest character in the room. Hank Azaria, proabably one of the greatest character actors of all-time, is scene-stealing as the house-maid, Agador. He is just incredible. He had me laughing at every line he said. it is a shame is is not given more roles like this. He is a stand-out. Christine Baranski, a theater veteran, is also superb as Val's (Armand's son) biological mother.

Believe me, "The Birdcage" will become one of your favorite movies. Often, when someone is over at the house and we are trying to decide what movie to watch, I ask them if they have seen "The Birdcage". If they answer no, I get them to watch it, even though they usually are relunctant, since the plot centers around two gay men. However, it always becomes an instant favorie of theirs.

BELIEVE ME- YOU WILL LOVE THIS CLASSIC, "THE BIRDCAGE"!

Some days you just gotta laugh. This movie was a laugh a minute ("It looks like they're playing leapfrog...") despite itself. And no, it's not just because Robin Williams plays gay-trying-to-be-straight, and Gene Hackman plays a rabid right-wing homophobe.

The performances of Williams, Nathan Lane, Hackman, and Diane Lane were superb. What a wonderful ensemble with such hilarious results! Christine Baranski is always a delightful addition, as is Dan Futterman. And Calista Flockhart in her pre-Ally days proves she actually does do more than the stuttering-lawyer gimmick.

Viewers need to walk outside the shoes of the characters to enjoy the movie. I know that, if I were a gay parent who was told by my son to "not be so gay" when meeting the future daughter-in-law's parents, I would be ... a little upset (understatement). While one can appreciate that Williams's love for his son compels him to comply with that request, it still smarts.

Anyway, I do recommend this movie as an entertaining departure from reality and laugh-a-minute.

The Birdcage is one of my favorite comedy movies of all time. Robin Williams and Nathan Lane are outrageously funny as a gay couple whose son wants to marry the daughter of a extremely conservative senator. Robin Williams's character owns a drag club and Nathan Lane is the star. Their son wants his fiance's parents to think he has a "normal" family. When the parents meet, Nathan Lane appears dressed as "Mother Coleman". Hilarity ensues. I don't want to spoil too much of the movie, so that's all I'm going to tell you. Hank Azaria and Christine Baranski give fantastic supporting performances as the houseboy and the biological mother. Gene Hackman is wonderful as always as the stodgy senator.

While the characters in the movie, especially the gay characters, are based on broad stereotypes, this is true of much comedy. What counts is that the results are marvelously funny. I highly recommend this movie.

"The Birdcage" is unmistakenably the greatest comedy of all-time. The hilarity of this movie is incredible. It is truly a laugh-a-second! A masterful work by thr great director Mike Nichols.

The movie is a re-make of the great French comedy "La Cage Auz Follies". The story revolves around a gay couple, Armand (Robin Williams) and Albert (the imcomparable Nathan Lane). Armand is the owner of a night-club...and Albert is the star, as his "drag-self- Starina. Well, Armand's son has announced he is getting married. Not so bad...except that the girl is the daughter of the ultra-conservative, homophobic Senator Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman), who has just recieved,well, VERY bad news from his campaign manager. His wife is played by Diane Wiest. When the families meet, the results are insanely hillarious!!!

Many would expect Robin Williams to be the most outrageously funny character in this movie. However, that honour goes to Nathan Lane (who became a household name thanks to this movie). Lane is superb as Albert...the very feminine and fragile night-club queen. Lane is just extroidinary...one of the best comedic actors of our time. That's not to say that Williams isn't fabulous, but Lane is without a doubt the actor whose talents shine throughout this movie. Hackman is also extremely funny as the right-wing Senator. And Wiest is a wonderful commidienne.

However, at some points in the movie, the four of them are not the funniest character in the room. Hank Azaria, proabably one of the greatest character actors of all-time, is scene-stealing as the house-maid, Agador. He is just incredible. He had me laughing at every line he said. it is a shame is is not given more roles like this. He is a stand-out. Christine Baranski, a theater veteran, is also superb as Val's (Armand's son) biological mother.

Believe me, "The Birdcage" will become one of your favorite movies. Often, when someone is over at the house and we are trying to decide what movie to watch, I ask them if they have seen "The Birdcage". If they answer no, I get them to watch it, even though they usually are relunctant, since the plot centers around two gay men. However, it always becomes an instant favorie of theirs.

BELIEVE ME- YOU WILL LOVE THIS CLASSIC, "THE BIRDCAGE"!

Some days you just gotta laugh. This movie was a laugh a minute ("It looks like they're playing leapfrog...") despite itself. And no, it's not just because Robin Williams plays gay-trying-to-be-straight, and Gene Hackman plays a rabid right-wing homophobe.

The performances of Williams, Nathan Lane, Hackman, and Diane Lane were superb. What a wonderful ensemble with such hilarious results! Christine Baranski is always a delightful addition, as is Dan Futterman. And Calista Flockhart in her pre-Ally days proves she actually does do more than the stuttering-lawyer gimmick.

Viewers need to walk outside the shoes of the characters to enjoy the movie. I know that, if I were a gay parent who was told by my son to "not be so gay" when meeting the future daughter-in-law's parents, I would be ... a little upset (understatement). While one can appreciate that Williams's love for his son compels him to comply with that request, it still smarts.

Anyway, I do recommend this movie as an entertaining departure from reality and laugh-a-minute.

The Birdcage is one of my favorite comedy movies of all time. Robin Williams and Nathan Lane are outrageously funny as a gay couple whose son wants to marry the daughter of a extremely conservative senator. Robin Williams's character owns a drag club and Nathan Lane is the star. Their son wants his fiance's parents to think he has a "normal" family. When the parents meet, Nathan Lane appears dressed as "Mother Coleman". Hilarity ensues. I don't want to spoil too much of the movie, so that's all I'm going to tell you. Hank Azaria and Christine Baranski give fantastic supporting performances as the houseboy and the biological mother. Gene Hackman is wonderful as always as the stodgy senator.

While the characters in the movie, especially the gay characters, are based on broad stereotypes, this is true of much comedy. What counts is that the results are marvelously funny. I highly recommend this movie.

"The Birdcage" is unmistakenably the greatest comedy of all-time. The hilarity of this movie is incredible. It is truly a laugh-a-second! A masterful work by thr great director Mike Nichols.

The movie is a re-make of the great French comedy "La Cage Auz Follies". The story revolves around a gay couple, Armand (Robin Williams) and Albert (the imcomparable Nathan Lane). Armand is the owner of a night-club...and Albert is the star, as his "drag-self- Starina. Well, Armand's son has announced he is getting married. Not so bad...except that the girl is the daughter of the ultra-conservative, homophobic Senator Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman), who has just recieved,well, VERY bad news from his campaign manager. His wife is played by Diane Wiest. When the families meet, the results are insanely hillarious!!!

Many would expect Robin Williams to be the most outrageously funny character in this movie. However, that honour goes to Nathan Lane (who became a household name thanks to this movie). Lane is superb as Albert...the very feminine and fragile night-club queen. Lane is just extroidinary...one of the best comedic actors of our time. That's not to say that Williams isn't fabulous, but Lane is without a doubt the actor whose talents shine throughout this movie. Hackman is also extremely funny as the right-wing Senator. And Wiest is a wonderful commidienne.

However, at some points in the movie, the four of them are not the funniest character in the room. Hank Azaria, proabably one of the greatest character actors of all-time, is scene-stealing as the house-maid, Agador. He is just incredible. He had me laughing at every line he said. it is a shame is is not given more roles like this. He is a stand-out. Christine Baranski, a theater veteran, is also superb as Val's (Armand's son) biological mother.

Believe me, "The Birdcage" will become one of your favorite movies. Often, when someone is over at the house and we are trying to decide what movie to watch, I ask them if they have seen "The Birdcage". If they answer no, I get them to watch it, even though they usually are relunctant, since the plot centers around two gay men. However, it always becomes an instant favorie of theirs.

BELIEVE ME- YOU WILL LOVE THIS CLASSIC, "THE BIRDCAGE"!

This is a tightly-written, well-directed story-play that is fascinating to watch and hard to tear your eyes away from. Of course it's not for everybody, but then neither are the short stories of Chekov, and Woody Allen here captures a wonderful Chekovian mood that can be watched again and again. If you like Allen's earlier, funnier movies, skip this. If you like watching plays and reading Russian authors, give September a try. While it may have been a little harsh for a film critic Roger Ebert to say of September that there aren't many Americans intelligent enough to appreciate it, this is one movie that seems indeed to be caviare to the generals. Pile your turkish carpets on the floor, turn off the lights, open a bottle of dry red wine and enjoy.

Probably not everyone would agree with me on this, but I think this is one of Woody Allen's top 5 movies, and pretty close to the top 1 or 2. It is just as good as "Another Woman" (which is often considered his "best" drama) and all of the performances are captivating throughout the film. The pacing of "September" is excellent-83 minutes is the perfect length for the story, and it is not overly drawn out nor does it move too quickly. If you don't know this film, be warned that it is not a comedy, but a drama-on par with Bergman-although Elaine Stritch does have some pretty funny lines...This is definitely one to check out (and since the DVD is so reasonably priced, you should just buy it). By the way, the DVD transfer is much cleaner than any VHS copy I have seen, so the cinematography can be appreciated even more.

September is a display of Woody Allen's influence by the Swedish director, Ingmar Bergman. This is an psychoanalytical examination of characters who are constrained to the home of Lane (Mia Farrow) on the Vermont countryside. Through the eyes of Allen, one can scrutinize a wide array of actions taken by the characters that are personified from their self-interests, insecurities and fears. These actions lead to a cyclical pattern of the characters' behaviors that are built on their own view of self. At the end, September will leave with a taste of bitterness due to its self-reflective influence.

Ofcourse this is the most well known movie in New Hampshire.
Take a town that oulaws dancing and you've got a movie. Then get Kevin Bacon to drive around town in a VW bug and you've got a mega hit. Spike his hair and have him dance around and BOOM!
This movie is a blockbuster and I'll never understand that or the soundtrack?

Ah......... those small, Midwestern towns. One bad accident, and the entire town looks for someone, or something, to blame. In this case, they blamed dancing and rock & roll music. As a result, they outlawed both. For those of us who can't dance a lick or keep a tune to save our lives, this might be a pretty good place to live in. But for Ren (Kevin Bacon), he's just arrived in a town that will always seem like Friday the 13th to him.

Ren and his mom have just moved to this small town from the big city of Chicago. Naturally, Ren is a fish out of water here. Everytime there's trouble, people start pointing at him, whether it was his fault or not.

But don't feel too bad for Ren. He has made some friends in his High School, but he's also ticked off a few too. And his plan to have a Senior Prom (an event that has not happened in this town for 6 years) is threatening to divide the town in half.

Many people will not like this movie for the sole reason of the 80s music and dance. But there is a story behind the music, one that was brilliantly told. I have seen this movie many, many times, and each time I watch it I catch something that I had missed before. This was not a teen movie made for the sole purpose of cashing in on the teen movie craze at the time. It has a message worth listening to.

Unfortunatley, the DVD is lacking in extras. Of course, this movie was made back when DVDs were nothing more than an idea in somebody's head. Still, considering the popularity both then and now that this movie has enjoyed, it would have been nice to get the cast back together and produced something new to offer us.

Ren (Kevin Bacon) is a city boy who has moved to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned. Of course, since Ren is the new kid in town, he has some problems with some people accepting him and fitting in in general. But what bothers Ren a lot more than fitting in is not being able to dance or play music when he wants to. He then organizes a plan to try his best and convince the leaders of the town to have a dance in the high school for his senior year. But it won't be as easy as it sounds because Ren's main opponent is his girlfriend's father (John Lithgow), who is the town's pastor.

"Footloose" is a great all-around movie. I'm sort of surprised that I liked it because I myself don't like dancing, but this really is a good movie. Its plot and acting are well done, it's entertaining, and best of all, it has some great music. Another good thing about the movie is the speech that Ren makes concerning the dance, it's one of the best speeches ever in any movie. As a matter of fact, the Footloose soundtrack is the best soundtrack ever in my opinion, and it is just as classic as the movie itself.

"Footloose" was one of the movies that stood out in the 80s and it's still a standout and a great movie to watch today. I recommend anybody who likes great movies to get "Footloose."