Who payed the critics

Truly Dreadful Film

This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Did you people see the same film I saw?

Single mom Samantha Blair (Cynthia Dale) opens a small aerobics studio called Heavenly Bodies. When Samantha beats out a rival aerobics instructor for a job hosting a local TV station's fitness show, the woman sets out to destroy Heavenly Bodies. It's a feud for the ages that will be decided with an epic workout marathon.Despite the suggestive title and the fact this was co-produced by Playboy, there's surprisingly little in this one would call sexy. The dancercise numbers are more laugh-inducing than boner-inducing. Still, Cynthia Dale is a cutie and does an admirable job with the exercise choreography. The boy playing her son is a poor little actor. The football player love interest is played by Richard Rebiere. Pretty sad if that's the best Canada had to offer in 1984. Their sex scene, intercut with an aerobics workout, is pretty funny. Generic '80s pop music litters the movie. It wasn't particularly good but damned if some of it wasn't stuck in my head for hours afterwards. The movie's about as filling as cotton candy. However, it does have some unintentional comedy. The best part is the workout marathon. It's pretty hard to get a Rocky/Karate Kid moment out of aerobics but they sure as hell try.

While some are correct in saying this film is so bad that it's funny, you really would need to be the type of person who could laugh at a totally ridiculous plot, and severely poor acting. It's a complete waste of anyone's time. I can only believe the 19 or so people that rated this film a "10" either incorrectly thought that was the worst rating, or possibly were family members of those that appear in this disaster. You would think a release by Playboy Enterprises would, at the very least, have some eye candy. However, even the characters who are supposed to be "sexy" are more like K-Mart catalog model rejects. I believe they were trying to ride the popularity of "jazzercise" at the time, and were thinking a Flashdance like story would be enough to release this in theaters. However, it ends up being a seriously boring version of (the much later released) Dodgeball, in which exercise-dancers try to save a workout club through a competition with their rivals on TV. Do I need to say more?

Taped this film years ago and thought it was just a great film about three(3) young gals striving to make a career in the dance field. It showed the hard work behind the scenes of the dancing world and gives encouragement for all those trying to follow in their footsteps. The location in Canada is depressing and the abandoned warehouse they decided to rent was unbelievable. There is lots of love and HOT romance along with a cute scene with a little boy asking a question about "Orgie's" and a very cute reply from his mother. This is a great classic film and very enjoyable to view, try to catch it on TV sometime!

I liked this really well done. It made me feel like I danced it (how many can you say do that!!) What was best was the dancing and also when she (Ninny) did those backflips. You know what I mean. Even though its primarily a film about dancing it makes you feel totally victorious. Its a shame the sequel made in 1986 was never released.