Review of Footloose (1984) by Roger Ebert for Chicago Sun-Times — 08 Sep 1994
Footloose is a seriously confused movie that tries to do three things, and does all of them badly. It wants to tell the story of a conflict in a town, it wants to introduce some flashy teenage characters, and part of the time it wants to be a music video.
It's possible that no movie with this many agendas can be good; maybe somebody should have decided, early on, exactly what the movie was supposed to be about.
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This review of Footloose (1984) was written by Roger Ebert and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 08 Sep 1994.
Footloose has generally received positive reviews.
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