Sadly, at least as far as I am concerned this new Footloose doesn't dance to a different enough beat to make it something I'd want to cut loose to.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 27, 2012

An unnecessary, though enjoyable, remake of Kevin Bacon's 1984 breakout hit.

| Oct 24, 2011

The dancing sequences are terrific - even the line-dancing is tolerable - but what really sells this quality reboot are the dashes of reality missing from the original.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2011

Don't come with any high expectations.

| Oct 15, 2011

It seems more pandering (and dated) than ever.

| Original Score: C | Oct 14, 2011

In terms of empty-headed exuberance, it's hard to top Footloose.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 14, 2011

This is a situation where audiences will go into the theater humming the featured songs, and while the movie they see offers no surprises, it does something relatively few fall releases can claim: it delivers exactly what it promises...

Full Review | Oct 14, 2011

May not make as great a dent in the current generation as the original film had, but it does offer up a commendable amount of energy and heart...

| Oct 14, 2011

Paramount's Footloose reboot never quite cuts loose enough to distinguish itself from the original.

| Oct 14, 2011

A cheerful if slightly vacuous entertainment, with some intrepid dancing to keep audiences on their toes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 14, 2011

By the time four little girls teach a dorky guy to dance to (the original) "Let's Hear It for the Boy" I was a gelatinous blob of pure affection. Bring on "Flashdance" 2.0.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 14, 2011

Brewer has delivered a largely unobjectionable note-for-note facsimile of Herbert Ross's ode to teenage rebellion, young love and the unfettered joy of movement.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 14, 2011

There's no getting around it: this is a crushingly terrible picture.

| Oct 14, 2011

The patent absurdity would be forgotten or at least forgiven if the songs and the moves were any good, but aside from the title track it's a sorry farrago of blandness.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 14, 2011

Footloose drags its heels to the senior prom and, when it finally gets there, shoves in one last punch-up that puts an odd spin on what should be an upbeat display of happy feet.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 14, 2011

A dumbed-down, sexed-up take on a story that was already risqué and not too bright … softens the '84 film's critique of the church, but is also further from its lingering Christian worldview.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 14, 2011

The most important thing this version has in common with the original is that the talking parts are too long and the dancing parts are too short.

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 13, 2011

Give credit to Craig Brewer, the filmmaker behind the new Footloose, for realizing a new step was in order.

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 13, 2011

A new Footloose with sassier steps and the same contrived story is hardly necessary.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 13, 2011

Stays remarkably close to its predecessor in all the ways that count.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 13, 2011