There's quite an impressive list of achievements for a film best described as, well, dopey.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 16, 2023

Jennifer Beals can dance like a maniac under an electrifying soundtrack, but I have the impression that her role is not enough to invigorate a narrative that stumbles too much between the camp and the videoclip routine. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jun 19, 2022

The fact that this was considered a "hit" boggles my mind. I did not enjoy this. The 80's was a wild time.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 31, 2022

Besides the music, this film was tough to get through. The love story is incredibly creepy and came off very manipulative and toxic. This is the 80s but that doesn't excuse the madness that was on screen.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 31, 2022

FLASHDANCE is an experience that grows upon you relying on the charism of Beals and the atmosphere created by Lyne's keen eye for sexiness and Moroder's ear for groundbreaking music.

| Original Score: B+ | May 28, 2020

With Flashdance, Beals gives a memorable performance that jump-started her career.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 18, 2020

An obvious crowd-pleaser...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 15, 2020

A silly story... with unattractive musical numbers. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Sep 6, 2019

The working-class ambitions in Flashdance are not about grace but fame.

| Sep 6, 2018

Director Adrian Lyne caught the post-disco visual mood of the time to win over even the most cynical viewer.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 11, 2014

This spirited rock musical about a young factory worker go-go dancer in Pittsburgh who aspires to be a ballerina is the best kind of adolescent fantasy: colorful, involving and full of leaping, prancing energy.

| Aug 11, 2014

It's the electrifying body-doubled dance numbers that really stick.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 25, 2013

Punchy, cleverly stylized, but utterly empty.

| Mar 25, 2013

Unlike its grittily romantic predecessors, Flashdance is pure glitz.

| Mar 25, 2013

Cinderella tale with sex, Spandex, and '80s pop.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 15, 2010

Crudely-made in just about every possible way, Flashdance has only nostalgia going for it.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Aug 11, 2010

Flashdance might be considered one of the first signs of Hollywood's Apocalypse.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 30, 2009

a beautiful piece of retro culture

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 5, 2009

As far as date movies go, this is effective enough, especially the scene where Beals demonstrates how to change her top without taking off her sweater.

| May 23, 2008

Nothing but glossy fluff.

| Original Score: 1/4 | May 23, 2008