Footloose is a classic teen movie, perhaps best known for its catchy theme song, which is featured not once, not twice, but three times: surely the most mileage ever.

Footloose tells the story of teenager Ren (Kevin Bacon), who moves to the conservative small town of Bomont, where dancing has been banned as a corruption to youth. But dance is the outlet for the frustrations and injustices Ren faces as an outsider, and it's not long before he clashes with the town authorities in his crusade to bring dance back.

The younger cast do a fair job of their roles, but it is John Lithgow as the preacher Shaw Moore who is outstanding, with Dianne Wiest as his wife Vi Moore also notable. In fact, parts of the movie are surprisingly nuanced, with almost everyone having solid and sympathetic reasons for what they do.

That's not to say that other parts of the movie weren't more than a little cheesy. I spent most of the time with a huge grin on my face, saying over and over, "That's so eighties!" Big hair, stonewashed denim, and classic pop anthems fill me with warm nostalgia. A tractor race to Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out For A Hero" and a dance training montage to Deniece Williams's "Let's Hear It For The Boy" were only some of the highlights. And there is something cool about the idea of challenging oppression through the power of dance. We even get an inspirational "courtroom" speech.

So, how is the dancing in the movie? Well, it's respectable, given that watching So You Think You Can Dance has spoiled me for anything else. But the songs had me tapping my own feet, which may be the point of the whole thing.