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Dancehall Queen
Dancehall Queen

 enlarge 		Directors: Don Letts, Rick Elgood
Actors: Audrey Reid, Carl Davis, Paul Campbell, Mark Danvers, Cherine Anderson
Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Category: DVD

List Price: $9.99
Buy New: $4.66
You Save: $5.33 (53%)



Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 49 reviews
Sales Rank: 26026

Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 98 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: 660200309824
UPC: 660200309824
EAN: 0660200309824

Theatrical Release Date: October 10, 1997
Release Date: October 19, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
A Cinderella story from the mean streets of Kingston, Jamaica, the alternately comic and gritty Dancehall Queen is an intriguingly dark crowd pleaser. Marcia (Audrey Reid) is a single mom and street vendor barely scraping by even with a financial assist from the seemingly avuncular Larry (Carl Davis), a gun-toting strongman with a twisted desire for Marcia's teenage daughter. Complicating things is Priest (Paul Campbell), a murderous hood who killed Marcia's friend and now is terrorizing the defenseless woman. Facing three big problems--Larry, Priest, and a lack of money---Marcia arrives at an inspired solution: develop an alter ego, a dancing celebrity called the Mystery Lady who can compete in a cash-prize contest and pit both of the men against one another. Which is exactly what she does, and it's great fun watching Marcia instigate her complicated plan with a little help from sympathetic friends. Colorful, rowdy, funny, and dangerous, Dancehall Queen is a clever and ceaselessy energetic movie steeped in Kingston street life and the desire to keep body and soul together at home. Reid is a delight as the everyday figure who transforms into an icon in the evenings, and the dance scenes are amazingly bawdy. --Tom Keogh

Product Description
No Description Available.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 1-JAN-2004
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews:   Read 44 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Good   August 28, 2008
I love it. I saw it a long time ago back in the 90's and just had to get it.


5 out of 5 stars Marcia - Street Vendor   July 4, 2008
I liked the story line. The character that played the mother of two young girls and raising them the best way she could without a father and having her teen age daughter sleep with a man she knew was too old for her so that she could get an education and was able to change things for the better for her and her children was enlightning. This was actually a movie I would'nt have watched but it wasn't so bad.


5 out of 5 stars great!   June 14, 2008
Real Jamaican story. At first hard to understand each word, but you get it. I love this movie!


5 out of 5 stars Great Movie!   August 26, 2007
As a Jamaican American (born and raised in JA), I can safely say this is one of the best Jamaican-themed movies ever! I saw it when it opened at Carib Theatre in Jamaica back then and I watch it over and over and over again on VHS. I'll be purchasing the DVD to keep with my movie collection. This movie touches on many issues that exist in Jamaica up until today.


4 out of 5 stars Old Fashion movie made straight from the heart.   August 24, 2007
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

This movie is something else. When this was released in 1997, "Dancehall Queen" created a sensation in Jamaica, eventually surpassing Harder They Come (Deluxe Edition) as the highest-grossing film in that country's history. I remember enjoying this film when it first came out on tape and before hand created a lot of buzz. Once I'd purchased it I'd also pass it along to my friends at the time and found it very entertaining. Just recently watching this the other day gave me a great sense of recollection on how much I enjoyed "Dancehall Queen." Like the dancehall music on its soundtrack, "Dancehall Queen" has a rough, self-produced feel disguised by a technically proficient coating. Utilizing elements of techno, rap, and reggae, dancehall combines technologically advanced production techniques with unmistakably Jamaican source material.

To lesser effect, "Dancehall Queen" does the same thing as a film. Shot on digital video, which makes everything look like a British soap opera, the film concerns the struggle of a Kingston street vendor (Audrey Reid) trying to raise two children on her own. After being continually harassed by a knife-wielding thug and, in a disturbing sequence of events, encouraging her 15-year-old daughter to accept the advances of a middle-aged sugar daddy, Reid realizes that she needs to find a way out of poverty. Naturally, her mind turns to the dancehall, and she soon finds herself joining barely clad Kingston youths in a style of dance that blurs the line between dancing and performing sexual acts. Although the question of how Reid expects to make money simply by going to clubs isn't answered until near the movie's end, it's pretty clear from the beginning that "Dancehall Queen" is an old-fashioned melodrama sure to culminate in the all-important big show. You'll be mesmerize by the clothes and the wigs that these women sport. The score itself is really good featuring Beenie Man (who provides the title track), Bounty Killer, Lady Shaw, Junior Demus and Sanchez.

Taken as such and enhanced by its Jamaican setting, it's not terrible, and it does feature a guest appearance by Beenie Man. But, despite being bankrolled by Island Records, it was clearly made on the fly, and the rough edges show. As you view this the upbeat dancehall style is catchy and infectious, and the dancing scenes will certainly hold your attention and probably be part of the reason why its like so much.



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