In "Dance Flick," Damon Wayans Jr. (left) plays a high school hip-hop star who hooks up with the terribly dull Shoshana Bush (center), a white transfer student with a tragic past. Dance Flick. (PG ...

In perhaps the surest sign the teen hot-to-trot pic is played out, the Wayans brothers’ “Dance Flick” takes on such easy targets as “High School Musical” and “Step Up,” films that ...

Essence Atkins, left, and Shawn Wayans star in "Dance Flick." I don't know where to begin. I have reviewed "Disaster Movie," "Meet the Spartans," "Superhero Movie" and a couple of the "Scary Movie ...

A street-smart teen helps a classmate become a dancing queen in the latest Wayans brothers movie-spoof fest. Running time/rating: 1:23; PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, and language ...

We live in desperate times. But no one’s desperate enough to laugh at “Dance Flick.” Which is sort of encouraging, no? This cluelessly crude comedy finds the Wayans brothers – and sons and ...

Way too mild to be wild, much less outrageously funny, Damien Wayans’ “Dance Flick” follows a too-familiar formula. A scattershot parody of Hollywood dance-themed movies with lots of topical ...

The entire premise of the movie is mocking ‘Save the Last Dance,’ the hokey melodrama from eight years ago, but it also pokes fun at ‘Step Up,’ ‘Fame,’ and any number of other, dance-related dramas.

The Wayans had nothing to do with those fatigued exercises in tedium (“Date Movie,” “Epic Movie,” etc.), but the assumption remains that they did, tainting “Dance Flick” by association.

Recent parody movies have given “Dance Flick” a boost. Because the others stunk to high heaven, they’ve lowered expectations for this not-bad “Flick.” Mostly, it’s a spoof of the white ...

Recent parody movies have given “Dance Flick” a boost. Because the others stunk to high heaven, they’ve lowered expectations for this not-bad “Flick.” Mostly, it’s a spoof of the white ...

“Dance Flick” uses them all at once, ... Charla Bowersox, Beth Lipari. Reviewed at Paramount studios, Los Angeles, May 19, 2009. MPAA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 83 MIN.

Essence Atkins, left, and Shawn Wayans star in "Dance Flick." I don't know where to begin. I have reviewed "Disaster Movie," "Meet the Spartans," "Superhero Movie" and a couple of the "Scary Movie ...