Don't bother with your Sunday shoes

A good remake should not only respect the quality of the original but also add something new. Why else would you make one?

Watching the new “Footloose” makes you feel like you’re watching the same old movie. This means that if you like the old movie, you’ll like this. It also means it’s a shoddy remake.

Some dialogue is taken directly from the old film, and a handful of the music sequences are shot-for-shot. Other parts are just poor attempts at throwback references from the original that end up falling flat.

This is a good date movie, especially if you liked the old one, but you can also wait for it to be available on Netflix and be no worse off.