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Footloose
1984
· Movie
· 107 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3149
- IMDb #3152
- Google retired #1613
- Rotten Tomatoes #2900
- Metacritic #3506
- Letterboxd #2649
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3577
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2470
- Metacritic Critics #4150
- Metacritic Audience #2024
- Criticker #2618
- Douban #1414
- Kinopoisk #2483
- AlloCiné #2151
- Trakt #2367
Every rating
39–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 39, highest is Google on 88. Critics average 48, everyone else 69.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A teenage boy from Chicago moves to a small, conservative town where the local council, following a tragedy, has banned rock music and public dancing. His love of music and dancing clashes with the town's strict laws and the minister who champions them. He decides to challenge the ban, rallying the local youth to fight for their right to hold a senior dance.
Details
- Director
- Herbert Ross
- Writer
- Dean Pitchford
- Released
- 17 February 1984
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $8.2M
- Box office
- $80.0M
- Awards
- 1 win, 10 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Academy Awards 1984 | Best Original Song | " Footloose " Music and Lyrics by Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1984 | Best Original Song | " Let's Hear It for the Boy " Music and Lyrics by Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1984 | Best Original Song | "Footloose" Music and Lyrics by Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1984 | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male | "Footloose" – Kenny Loggins | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1984 | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | "Let's Hear It for the Boy" – Deniece Williams | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1984 | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | " Dancing in the Sheets " – Shalamar | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1984 | Best Rhythm and Blues Song | "Dancing in the Sheets" – Dean Pitchford and Bill Wolfer | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1984 | Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Footloose – Various Artists ( Eric Carmen, Michael Gore, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow, Jim Steinman, and Bill Wolfer) | Nominee |
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Grammy Awards
5 nominations
| Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Footloose – Various Artists ( Eric Carmen, Michael Gore, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow, Jim Steinman, and Bill Wolfer) | Nominee |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | "Let's Hear It for the Boy" – Deniece Williams | Nominee |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male | "Footloose" – Kenny Loggins | Nominee |
| Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | " Dancing in the Sheets " – Shalamar | Nominee |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song | "Dancing in the Sheets" – Dean Pitchford and Bill Wolfer | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Original Song | " Footloose " Music and Lyrics by Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | " Let's Hear It for the Boy " Music and Lyrics by Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Song | "Footloose" Music and Lyrics by Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford | Nominee |
ShoWest Convention
1 nomination, 1 won
| Breakthrough Performer of the Year | Lori Singer | Winner |
Young Artist Awards
2 nominations
| Best Family Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama | Sarah Jessica Parker | Nominee |