The Forbidden Dance Is Lambada

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Summary: A powerful ecological/phenomenological statement
Review: Many small-minded film reviewers have dismissed this as a simple dance movie. Wrong, wrong, wrong. In fact, the Lambada, as used our protagonist, the Princess, is an inverse metaphor for Brazil and, indeed, the struggles of the Third World.

Whereas Brazil has brought economic stability, and the favor of the IMF, through unpopular interest rates, the Princess finds ecological stability, and the approval of seedy Los Angeles dancers, through the Lambada. The finale alone -- featuring corporate executives, DJs, Amazon Indians, drug dealers, Anglos, the Los Angeles/Brooklyn Dodgers, members of Poison and their entourage and Princess -- proves to be the most compelling symbolism in American cinema, post-1975.

Yet unweaving this richly textured quilt brings more colors. Princess' love affair with Boy, and seconded by the Boy's Crazy Aunt's equally romantic entanglement with the Amazon's Chief, proves a prescient warning about the dangers of IMF/World Bank power -- and provides a possible blueprint for repair. Although Boy/Princess, as two consenual adults, find true happiness radiating from the mutual pelvic thrusts of the Lambada, Amazon Chief/Crazy Aunt's relationship, marked mostly by misunderstanding and lamp-breaking, ends sadly and without resolution. The message is clear. Greydon Clark (director of the equally sublime "Angels' Revenge") was, truly, raging against the machine, years before these questions were first raised.

The climax of the movie comes in a breathtakingingly choreographed Marxist critique, with the Princess (losing her Brazilian accent, which, I believe, shows the truly transformative power of political awareness and this exotic dance) declares that "The killing of the trees must be stopped." The rising, nearly-proletarian rage of the assembled Martika lovers shows that we, too, may be called to rise against the powers that be.

Unfairly maligned by corporate media, THE FORBIDDEN DANCE is a haunting, thoroughly political drama of scantily clad women with big hair, on par with "Seven Days in May." The battle cry of the next century will not be "Workers of the World, unite," but "Lambada, hey."

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Summary: BORING
Review: The flick was pretty much almost a dancing flimsy disguised as a movie with an enviromental message.I expected something a with a little more substance but hey it's a musical drama and they're not characterized by having substance.

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Summary: Cheesy fun!
Review: The Forbidden Dance is a fun movie; badly acted, horribly directed and cheesy, yet strangely engrossing and loveable. It tries to be serious, but fails for the most part because everything about it is so dated. Yet, it is energetic and lively, with upbeat songs and very HOT dancing. You'll ultimately find yourself addicted, without knowing why. Fans of Laura Harring (Mulholland Dr.) should definitely seek this out to see her in an early role. It is much better than the similar Lambada, released in theaters on the same DAY in 1990!!! As fun trivia, Lambada producers sued successfully to have the word "lambada" removed from "The Forbidden Dance"'s official title, though only "The Forbidden Dance" uses the song "Lambada" which launched the short-lived dance craze. The title is now used for the DVD release.

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Summary: The movie is very interesting i love the music
Review: The movie is about this young girl she lives in the Rainforest along the amazon in South America (Brazil)and her home is being destroyed so she goes to America and shows off her talent The Forbidden dance (Lambada)and tells every body her situation.

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Summary: the forbidden dance
Review: The movie is very interesting .I loved the music,I love the dance and i want to reviw the movie.

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Summary: Looking for the soundtrack to Forbidden Dance 1990
Review: The movie, actors and most of all the music in this movie was superior and I have been trying to locate a soundtrack to this movie with Kid Creole. He has a wonderful rythem and beat to the music performed in this movie FORBIDDEN DANCE.

IF ANY ONE HAS A SOUNDTRACK TO SELL PLEASE EMAIL ME AT [e-mail]. ONLY THIS SOUND TRACK WILL DO. I'VE BOUGHT OTHER LAMBDA SONGS AND THEY DO NOT TOUCH THE SOUNDTRACK TO THIS MOVIE LIKE KID CREOLE DOES. THANK YOU!

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Summary: the power of sugestion...
Review: The power of suggestion is powerful. The rating systems are relative, because this was the most sensuous movie I have ever seen. And to see Laura Harring in Mulholland Drive, just made me glad to see Hollywood saw her talent also. The bedroom dance scene and the accompanying music, the costume changes during rehearsels was overwhelming. When you try to be sensuous it often does not work out, but when just make a movie like this one and allow a talent to express, the results are here in this movie. Laura Harring takes it off in Mul-Dr, however she was never more sensuous than when she she kept them on in the forbidden dance. BOW! WOW!

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Summary: Give me a break!
Review: This is a bad movie, with a bad direction, bad actors (at least in this movie), bad story and belive me, this is not lambada (some musics are, but the dance is not)

And for the reviewer below, you must start knowing REAL women 'cause Laura is NOT sensual, she's completely ridiculous (in this movie)...

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Summary: Looking for the soundtrack to Forbidden Dance 1990
Review: This movie brings back alot of memories, it is about this Tribe princess whos tribe is being recked by some international deforestation company, she goes to the USA knowing nothing of the real life and faces many concesquences. I remember watching this movie when I was little, I will purchase it, but just to entertain not because it is a classic.

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Summary: Great for Entertainment
Review: This movie brings back alot of memories, it is about this Tribe princess whos tribe is being recked by some international deforestation company, she goes to the USA knowing nothing of the real life and faces many concesquences. I remember watching this movie when I was little, I will purchase it, but just to entertain not because it is a classic.