The Forbidden Dance

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The Forbidden Dance

PG-13

1990

1h 37m

Drama

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An Amazon princess (Laura Herring) goes to Los Angeles and tries to save her rain forest by doing the lambada.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

09/07/2011

F

Its PG-13 version of a Hollywood-vice plot is so inept it puts you in a stupor.

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Jon Pareles

New York Times

08/30/2004

Its dance sequences are barely sexier than a bowling tournament. But connoisseurs of clunky dialogue and shameless continuity lapses should look no further.

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Rita Kempley

Washington Post

01/01/2000

Herring, a former Miss USA, must not have danced for her talent portion of the competition.

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TV Guide

04/06/2015

2.5/5

The story relies on one absurd coincidence after another, the acting is pedestrian, and the screenplay is often unintentionally laughable. However, although overlong, the film is consistently entertaining.

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David Keyes

Cinemaphile.org

12/16/2014

0.5/4

A film that defies all sense of merit by intercutting an endless array of pelvis gyrations and Latin-inspired grooves with a tone so inconsistent and downtrodden that it left me wincing in discomfort.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

11/07/2014

1/10

A deadly combination of inept political cartooning and fatigued, dirt-poor filmmaking anti-skills.

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10/24/2020

My all time favorite movie! I first watched this when I was a lot younger and remember thinking I hope to be as beautiful as she is. I fell in love with the music. The storyline is pretty awesome too. This is just one of those nostalgic movies that you just can’t hate.

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02/05/2013

love this movie can watch it over and over. ?

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01/13/2013

Loved it as a child, Hispanic culture twisted with Hollywood

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12/09/2012

Love this movie i want to find it

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11/24/2012

i love this movie my fav movie since i was a kid

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Synopsis

An Amazon princess (Laura Herring) goes to Los Angeles and tries to save her rain forest by doing the lambada.

Director: Greydon Clark
Producer: Richard L. Albert, Marc S. Fischer
Screenwriter: Menahem Golan, Roy Langsdon
Production Co: Sawmill Entertainment Corporation, 21st Century Film Corporation
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 21, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.4M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround

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