Footloose
PG

Footloose

Contre lui : toute la ville. Avec lui : la musique.

1984 • 107 min • Drama · Romance

Our family guide

Best from age 12
84
Movie Knight Score
2242 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
  • 67 Audience · 2239 · 47%

Lorsque Ren, venant de la grande ville, emménage dans une petite ville où la danse et le rock sont interdits, il mobilise ses nouveaux amis pour contester les règles strictes. Ce drame entraînant explore les thèmes de la rébellion, de la communauté et de la liberté individuelle, alors que Ren se bat pour le droit de danser.

Violence & peril
2/10
Language
2/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
3/10
Romance & sensuality
2/10
Scary moments
1/10

Heads up

  • Quelques disputes et affrontements entre adolescents et adultes.
  • Les personnages boivent de l'alcool et fument des cigarettes.
  • Comportement rebelle, y compris le non-respect des règles.
  • Contenu suggestif bref et non explicite.

What it models well

  • Défendre ses convictions
  • Le pouvoir de la musique et de la danse
  • Combler les fossés générationnels
  • Communauté et amitié

Talk about it after

  • Pourquoi, selon vous, les anciens de la ville avaient-ils si peur de la danse ?
  • Comment les jeunes peuvent-ils faire entendre leur voix de manière respectueuse ?
  • Quelles responsabilités accompagnent la liberté ?
  • Discutez de la manière dont différentes personnes font face au chagrin et à la perte.

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Top billed cast

Director: Herbert Ross • Crew: Dean Pitchford

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Reviewer notes

Recommended

"Ren" (Kevin Bacon) moves from the big city to a small town run by the rather puritanical preacher "Moore" (John Lithgow) only to find that dancing, singing - indeed just about every form of entertainment has been banished. He claims that is to protect them and their children from ungodly corrupting influences.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

It's still one of my favorites and I could hardly walk when it first came out. And now it's legend, so writing a real review is almost needless. Just about everyone has seen it. It's still regarded as a classic. So I suppose the best thing to say is that it's like the Karate Kid...only with dancing rather than martial arts. Single mother and son move into a new town.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

"A time to mourn and a time to dance" - Ecclesiastes 3:4 RELEASED IN 1984 and directed by Herbert Ross, “Footloose” chronicles events in the small Western town of Bomont where dancing and loud music have been outlawed because of an accident that killed some kids years earlier.…

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Details

TMDB audience
6.7/10 (2,239)
Age rating
PG
Status
Released
Budget
$8,200,000
Box office
$80,035,402

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