Synopsis
Alex Owens, a teen juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.
Your Movie Library
Cast
- Jennifer BealsAlex Owens
- Michael NouriNick Hurley
- Sunny JohnsonJeanie Szabo
- Kyle T. HeffnerRichie
- Cynthia RhodesTina Tech
- Lee VingJohnny C.
- Ron KarabatsosJake Mawby
- Lilia SkalaHanna Long
- Philip BrunsFrank Szabo
- Micole MercurioRosemary Szabo
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Tribune
The dance sequences are sexy and energetic, more than compensating for a love relationship in the film that is thoroughly illogical and wooden. [22 July 1983] - 63
Boston Globe
Flashdance makes liberal use of jump cuts, strobe lighting and hard-edged, post-punk chic in its dance sequences, it registers as the end product of energy being released by an essentially lyrical temperament. It charms us, makes us want to refrain from scrutinizing it too closely. [31 Jul 1983, p.1] - 40
The New York Times
With a score by Giorgio Moroder, and with ingenious costumes that are utterly au courant, Flashdance contains such dynamic dance scenes that it's a pity there's a story here to bog them down. - 40
Variety
Watching Flashdance is pretty much like looking at MTV for 96 minutes. Virtually plotless, exceedingly thin on characterization and sociologically laughable, pic at least lives up to its title by offering an anthology of extraordinarily flashy dance numbers. - 40
Chicago Reader
Glitz with no mind and lots of fancy visuals, edited with a pounding beat. - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
If Flashdance had spent just a little more effort getting to know the heroine of its story, and a little less time trying to rip off "Saturday Night Fever," it might have been a much better film. - 38
Christian Science Monitor
Punchy, cleverly stylized, but utterly empty yarn about a feisty young woman who welds by day, disco-dances by night, and dreams of the day when she can devote her life to her art. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Cranked up at double speed, the plot of Flashdance could almost be a satirical fantasy about dance students. Although Flashdance doesn't admit it's a fantasy, neither does it succeed in looking realistic. [16 Apr 1983, p.E5]
