Synopsis
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process.
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Cast
- Dennis QuaidRev. Shaw Moore
- Kenny WormaldRen MacCormack
- Julianne HoughAriel Moore
- Andie MacDowellVi Moore
- Miles TellerWillard Hewitt
- Ray McKinnonWes Warnicker
- Patrick John FluegerChuck Cranston
- Kim DickensLulu Warnicker
- Ziah ColonRusty Rodriguez
- Ser'Darius BlainWoody
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
Stepping into sacred shoes once worn by Kevin Bacon, Wormald handily owns the role for a new audience. Same goes for a terrific Miles Teller (Rabbit Hole) in the sidekick role of Willard so memorably originated by the late Chris Penn. - 83
Tampa Bay Times
Wormald won't make anyone forget Bacon, but he dances better, and without a stand-in. Hough's dance ability is well-known, but she also displays flashes of acting skill. - 63
ReelViews
When the characters in Footloose are dancing and the music is blaring, the film comes alive. It has energy and personality. Would that the same could be said about the dramatic scenes, which are hamstrung by a combination of mediocre acting and atrocious dialogue. - 63
Orlando Sentinel
Brewer gave the film a little Southern hip hop, and brought in real Southerners Quaid, Andie MacDowell and Ray McKinnon to further Southernize it. - 60
Variety
Paramount's Footloose reboot never quite cuts loose enough to distinguish itself from the original. - 60
Boxoffice Magazine
From start to finish, Brewer's remake exudes the look and style of its forebearers: semi-awkward dance choreography, clunky dialogue and an obedience to formula that borders on cliché. But somehow, it works. - 60
Empire
There have been far, far worse remakes out there. Harmless, feel-good fun. - 60
Time Out
Suffering through flatlining romantic and dramatic interludes isn't any less painful now than it was in '84, but when this musical occasionally kicks off its Sunday shoes, the dynamic memory-lane trip actually approaches - Kevin help us! - something resembling genuine fun.
