The best dancing cop film ever… maybe the only one I know of as well. The plot is kinda on the wacky side. After messing up a undercover drug bust, Joe Gower (Judge Reinhold) is pressured by his buddy police officer Abe Washington into taking his place at the try out for a charity dance performance. Shocking I know but Joe gets caught up in the moment and manages to get selected for the dance… in part because he has fallen for Meg Tilly. It’s a kinda strange film; on the one hand you have this comedic set up with the whole dance bit, which has some fun moments and elements. There is a waiting for Guffman tone to that part of the film. Also the classic getting tough guys to do something girly trope is deployed in those scenes. The other hand is a story of a man who has let life happen to him and finally is able to take charge of his life and step up and take control.
The two story elements don’t completely gel, and there is a fair amount of humor that is very dated. However the performances are solid, and both Reinhold and Tilly are likeable enough to leave me wondering why they didn’t have more leading roles and why have both seem to have vanished from film in the last couple of decades. I honestly didn’t have a lot of hope for this one when I started it, but found it to be a charming, fun little romp.
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So, did they get anything right about the cops in the film? Tilly made a point of dropping out for a decade or so, and has since returned to active duty...haven't looked up Reinhold recently.
Todd: No they mostly got it wrong, which in this kinda film is ok.
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