&lt;div class=&quot;track&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.22.2/14234?ns=guardian&amp;pageName=Footloose+*+review%3AArticle%3A1646869&amp;ch=Film&amp;c3=Guardian&amp;c4=Musical+%28Film+genre%29%2CRomance+%28Film+genre%29%2CFilm%2CCulture&amp;c5=Not+commercially+useful&amp;c6=Steve+Rose&amp;c7=11-Oct-13&amp;c8=1646869&amp;c9=Article&amp;c10=Review&amp;c11=Film&amp;c13=&amp;c25=&amp;c30=content&amp;h2=GU%2FFilm%2FMusical&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;standfirst&quot;&gt;This remake of the 1984 teen-dance classic is actually pretty decent, even if its hero is a squeaky-clean example of youthful rebellion&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The idea of an American town outlawing dancing was a stretch back in 1984, but in the intervening years, it&#039;s actually become &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; believable &ndash; which goes some way to justifying this remake. The setting is now the deep south but the basics are the same: city newcomer (Kenny Wormald) defies dance-hating rural preacher (Dennis Quaid) and romances his daughter. The dancing has come on, though, in both quality and variety. The movie&#039;s highlights are a bracing parking-lot crunk jam and a gymnastic solo to the White Stripes, though you also get country rehashes of Kenny Loggins and, er, line dancing. Scenes are clumsily bolted together, but what&#039;s most intriguing about Footloose is its message of community activism rather than youth rebellion. Instead of dropping out and forming a biker gang, our clean-living hero petitions the town council with a well-constructed argument. He&#039;s a rebel with a cause, and he&#039;s prepared to go through the correct channels to justify it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;rating&quot;&gt;Rating: 3/5&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;related&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/musical&quot;&gt;Musical&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/romance&quot;&gt;Romance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;author&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/steverose&quot;&gt;Steve Rose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;terms&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk&quot;&gt;guardian.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; &amp;copy; 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our &lt;a href=&quot;http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html&quot;&gt;Terms &amp; Conditions&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds&quot;&gt;More Feeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;clear:both&quot; /&gt;