Review of Breakin' (1984) by Beth P — 15 Jun 2010
How the FUCK did I not know about this movie until now? Whereas Hollywood has been making a killing over the last several years on movies based on dance, gymnastic, cheerleading, marching band, etc. competitions, they always go overboard on the plot. Maybe so the audience doesn't have to feel stupid for their guilty love of watching other people excel at bodily movements they can never achieve from a La-Z-Boy with a huge tub of popcorn on their laps?
Whatever the reason, I always got fed up with those lame over-plotted excuses to watch people dance. Breakin' has no excuses. Nope. Not even one. God bless it for that. Neither I nor the filmmakers had to be embarrassed that we love watching various 80s styles of dance and couldn't give less of a shit about the plot if we tried.
This review of Breakin' (1984) was written by Beth P on 15 Jun 2010.
Breakin' has generally received positive reviews.
Was this review helpful?
