3.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Dance Flick (2009)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 3.6
Overview
Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Overview
Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Dance Flick is a broad parody film that primarily spoofs dance movies and popular culture. Its humor and narrative focus are apolitical, centering on comedic tropes and individual ambition rather rather than engaging with or promoting any specific political ideology.
The movie features a visibly diverse cast, consistent with the Wayans' production style, but does not explicitly recast traditionally white roles with minority actors. Its narrative is a broad parody focused on humor, without engaging in critical portrayal of traditional identities or centering explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Dance Flick features LGBTQ+ coded characters and situations, primarily for comedic effect. The portrayal often relies on harmful stereotypes, depicting effeminate men and gay spaces as sources of mockery and discomfort for the protagonist, without offering any dignity, complexity, or positive representation. The net impact is largely negative.
Dance Flick features a character, Ms. Cameltoe, whose gender presentation is primarily a source of comedic ridicule. The film uses the character's identity for gross-out humor and plays on stereotypes, resulting in a portrayal that lacks dignity or affirmation for transsexual themes.
The film is a parody focused on dance and comedic situations. While female characters are present in various scenes, there are no instances where a female character is depicted as victorious in direct, close-quarters physical combat against one or more male opponents through skill, strength, or martial arts.
Dance Flick is a parody film that features original characters created for the movie. It does not adapt specific source material with pre-established characters or historical figures, thus there are no instances of characters whose canonical gender was altered.
Dance Flick is a parody film featuring original characters created for comedic effect, rather than adapting canonically established characters from existing source material. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
3.6
5.0
Critic Ratings
1.8
4.0
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