Now this is the perfect prom movie, right? A young Kevin Bacon stars as Ren, the new kid from the city who moves to a town so uptight that they've actually outlawed dancing of all things. So of course he starts a revolution amongst the teen rebels, who are all game because they currently have nothing better to do than play chicken with tractors. Ok, so it's kinda cheesy and that Kevin Bacon barn dance solo was ripe for parody the second it came out, but Footloose is still a lot of fun. Hey, it's packed full of 80's montages and has the mother of all prom scenes in it, how can it not be? Also watch out for John Lithgow as the preacher in this- he gives one of the classic examples of the "wandering accent," performance, switching from southern to irish to midwestern depending on his mood change in any particular scene. It's hilarious.
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