Megan White, a naive teen, and Thomas Uncles, a student from the wrong side of the tracks, find common ground in their love of dancing. Their bondĀ helps them realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.
In this enjoyably dirty-minded sendup of when-ballet-met-hip-hop youth musicals, the Wayans brothers hand the directorial reigns over to their nephew, Damien Dante Wayans, who piles on the stupid/smart gags with just the right what-the-hell abandon.
The main problem is its sheer laziness. Where the likes of Airplane! ...had a soft spot for the genre they were satirising and used that to cleverly subvert expectations and provide surprises, everything about Dance Flick is tame.