Rotten
Were the filmmakers really so wedded to every scene they couldn't find 15 minutes to cut? Besides, shouldn't we as a culture being moving on to depleting the comic potential of '90s nostalgia by now?
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Kickin' It Old Skool
Breakdancing isn't dead. It's been in a coma.
2007 · 1h 48m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Harvey Glazer
Overview
In 1986, a young breakdancer falls into a coma after hitting his head in a talent show. 20 years later, he awakens and attempts to revive his dance team's short-lived career in order to support his parents' failing yogurt shop.
Director and cast
- Harvey Glazer Director
- Jamie Kennedy as Justin Schumacher
- Maria Menounos as Jennifer
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Darnell
- Michael Rosenbaum as Kip
- Christopher McDonald as Marty Schumacher
- Debra Jo Rupp as Sylvia Schumacher
- Bobby Lee as Aki
- Aris Alvarado as Hector
- Alan Ruck as Dr. Fry
- Jesse 'Casper' Brown as Cole
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
Although technically a coming-of-age film, Kickin' It is, in every way, regressive.
Jane Borden, Time Out New York
Rotten
Despite some legitimately entertaining dance sequences, no amount of parachute pants can disguise the fact that Kickin' is a very stupid movie, with many more failed jokes than successful ones.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Kennedy is a negligible performer, a hopeless dancer, and his romantic connection to the lovely Menounos is preposterous even by the movie's absurd standards.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
Laugh proof and choreographically blah.
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger
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