Flashdance
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- Synopsis
- Jennifer Beals stars as Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel-mill welder by day, and bar dancer by night. Harboring dreams of a career in ballet, she is given financial support in this endeavor by her boss Nick Hurley (Michael Nouri) and moral support by ......
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- Starring
- Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson, Kyle Heffner
- Director(s)
- Adrian Lyne
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 96 min.
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The New York Times | Janet MaslinAdd Critic to Favorites
With a score by Giorgio Moroder, and with ingenious costumes that are utterly au courant, Flashdance contains such dynamic dance scenes that it's a pity there's a story here to bog them down.Read the full review
Variety | Staff (Not Credited)Add Critic to Favorites
Watching Flashdance is pretty much like looking at MTV for 96 minutes. Virtually plotless, exceedingly thin on characterization and sociologically laughable, pic at least lives up to its title by offering an anthology of extraordinarily flashy dance numbers.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
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 the full review
