I know, I know, a Footloose remake and for real seriously and whatever but wait: It was directed by Craig Brewer, who did Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan, two of the most interesting and trickiest and controversial and skeeviest and impressive films of the past few years, and—I’m guessing as a result of Brewer—this Footloose rehash looks kind of… awesome?

I know, it’ll probably be soulless and tired and pointless, but Brewer’s involvement is making me think this thing has a slight chance to be something more than just one more unasked-for remake. Also, I kind of hope the climactic dance is set to “It’s Hard Out There for a Pimp,” with Kevin Bacon Jr. up there taking on the Terrence Howard part. The old-school Footloose is great and all, but I think we can all agree it did not feature a single character who was a pimp. Unless Chris Penn was up to something that I didn’t catch on to.

Yes. I know a lot about Footloose. It’s a long story.*

*My mom really liked it.**

**She also really liked Misery, which makes me wonder if if she was the one who made this. Yeah. It was probably her.

With honor and distinction, Erik Henriksen served as the executive editor of the Portland Mercury from 2004 to 2020. He can now be found at henriksenactual.com.

5 replies on “<i>Footloose</i> Trailer Makes a Moderately Convincing Case for Kicking Off One’s Sunday Shoes”

  3. Henriksen,

    You’ve lost your marbles.

    Generic person, generic person generic person, Dennis Quaid vs. Singer, Penn, Bacon, Wiest, Lithgow??

    I’VE SAID IT BEFORE, I’LL SAY IT AGAIN: YOU CANNOT REPLACE, REMAKE, RE-IMAGINE, REDO, REFASHION ANYTHING WITH DIANNE WEIST! EVER!

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