Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaSingle mom Samantha quits her job to open an aerobics studio. She competes with a fitness tycoon for a TV aerobics instructor role through an intense dance marathon, risking her relationship... Ler tudoSingle mom Samantha quits her job to open an aerobics studio. She competes with a fitness tycoon for a TV aerobics instructor role through an intense dance marathon, risking her relationship with football player Steve.Single mom Samantha quits her job to open an aerobics studio. She competes with a fitness tycoon for a TV aerobics instructor role through an intense dance marathon, risking her relationship with football player Steve.
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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.
First of all, I do not agree this movie is a drama. It does have a happy end and it is a pure sport movie with a little love story and a pinch of "villains" (a tiny little pinch, just as much black pepper one would put on his lunch). I know some people would suggest this is a dance movie a-la "Flashdance", but really - while it bears some resemblance, "Heavenly Bodies" is a pure sport movie.
This movie reflects on 100% the aerobic fitness mania of the 80s. I know few countries, where this movie got nearly a cult status. Why? Because while "Flashdance" was all about the dance and by accident helped to popularize the breakdancing, "Heavenly Bodies" is all about the aerobic gym classes and a competition. That's it. Nothing more or less.
Sport, ambition, competition and winning - this is all about the movie in four words, all wrapped up with the story of a single working young mother and her ambition to dance, which turned to aerobic mania and a little love from a local football star. We add the ambition to escape the 9-to-5 office life and the desire to get your own business and make it run. And in the end - they lived happily ever after. However all this is packaged with nice views from Toronto, Canada, nice young Canadian legs and butts, lots of hair in 80s style and a great soundtrack, while the competition keeps you on your toes, while you wait to see the winner.
Yes, the competition is the best in this movie. Well done, suspenseful, not that you don't suspect who's gonna win, but it still manages to make you doubt it in few moments and keeping you on your toes all the time. The main character was hurt the previous day, but still manages to go trough "the wall", as the runners call it - the initial limit of the human energy, which once broken unlocks additional energy potential, in this case fueled by the main character's dream of having and keeping her own business.
That's it. All I can say is, back when the movie was released, where I am from this movie had much more impact, than "Flashdance" and to this day it is better perceived as a good sport movie and a movie to value ambition and a good-looking body, along with the great songs it comes with. This is a movie I can watch for much more time.
I recommend this movie.
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- CuriosidadesDebut theatrical feature film directed by Lawrence Dane. The picture remains his only cinema movie as director.
- Erros de gravação[top] When the women inspect their soon-to-become new studio.
- Citações
Samantha Blair: I was seven. I fell in love with dancing, rain, and Gene Kelly.
- Cenas durante ou pós-créditosAlternate takes of workout sequences at the Heavenly Bodies club are shown over the end credits.
- ConexõesFeatured in Vitamine: Episode dated 12 June 1985 (1985)
- Trilhas sonorasThe Beast In Me
Performed by Bonnie Pointer
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Bilheteria
- Faturamento bruto nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 1.839.623
- Fim de semana de estreia nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 1.114.635
- 3 de fev. de 1985
- Faturamento bruto mundial
- US$ 1.839.623
- Tempo de duração
- 1 h 29 min(89 min)
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- Mixagem de som
- Proporção
- 1.85 : 1