City kid Ren MacCormack moves to a small town where rock 'n' roll and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
By all reckoning, this remake of an 80s classic should be a catastrophe. It isn't. Much of the credit for that little miracle goes to Dennis Quaid and Kenny Wormald. I'm not saying it's 'good'. Just that it's better than you'd imagine Footloose without the Bacon could be.
Nick, a high-school senior, is still infatuated with his fickle ex (he thinks it's love, but believe me it ain't) when, at a gig he and his band played, he meets Norah. Over the course of the next eight or nine hours boy and girl embark on an increasingly bizarre and ineffectual urban road trip that cements their common bonds and increasing mutual affection, but hey it's easy to screw up at any age so what are the chances these two teens are going to make smooth progress? Witty, gentle, warm find out more...