Editing Flashdance (section)

==Reception==
===Critical response===
The film received negative reviews from critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of 37% based on 49 reviews, with an average rating of 4.80/10. The site's consensus is: "All style and very little substance, ''Flashdance'' boasts eye-catching dance sequences—and benefits from an appealing performance from [[Jennifer Beals]]—but its narrative is flat-footed".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/flashdance/ |title=''Flashdance'' |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher= [[Fandango Media]] |access-date=2023-08-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930040826/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/flashdance/ |archive-date=September 30, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|39|11|ref=yes|access-date=10 May 2025}}

[[Roger Ebert]] placed it on his list of ''Most Hated'' films,<ref name="hated" /> and in giving the film 1.5 out of 4 stars in his review, stated: "Jennifer Beals shouldn't feel bad. She is a natural talent, she is fresh and engaging here, and only needs to find an agent with a natural talent for turning down scripts".<ref name="Ebert" /> In his review for the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', Ebert said "If Flashdance had spent just a little more effort getting to know the heroine of its story, and a little less time trying to rip off ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'', it might have been a much better film."<ref name="Ebert">{{cite web |date=April 19, 1983 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Flashdance |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/flashdance-1983 |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] }}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' compared the film to a series of music videos, "Watching Flashdance is pretty much like looking at MTV for 96 minutes. Virtually plotless, exceedingly thin on characterization and sociologically laughable, pic at least lives up to its title by offering an anthology of extraordinarily flashy dance numbers."<ref>{{cite news |date=January 1, 1983|title=Flashdance |url=https://variety.com/review/VE1117790959 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "With a score by Giorgio Moroder, and with ingenious costumes that are utterly au courant, Flashdance contains such dynamic dance scenes that it's a pity there's a story here to bog them down."<ref>{{cite news |date=15 April 1983 |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |title=Pittsburgh and Dance |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/15/movies/pittsburgh-and-dance.html |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

In a 1984 essay for the journal ''[[Jump Cut (journal)|Jump Cut]]'', critic Kathryn Kalinak questioned the characterization of Alex: "How could an 18 year-old woman land a skilled labor job as a welder in the unionized steel industry of an economically depressed union town? ... Not only are any other women missing in the factory, so are employees, male or female, under 30."<ref name="Kalinak">{{cite journal|last=Kalinak|first=Kathryn|url=https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC29folder/Flashdance.html|title=Flashdance: The dead end kid|journal=[[Jump Cut (journal)|Jump Cut]]|date=February 1984|issue=29|pages=3–5}}</ref>

===Accolades===
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! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[56th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Donald Peterman]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984 |title=The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 9, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111074432/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984 |archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Bud S. Smith]] and [[Walt Mulconery]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]
| "[[Flashdance... What a Feeling]]" <br> Music by [[Giorgio Moroder]]; <br> Lyrics by [[Keith Forsey]] and [[Irene Cara]]
| {{won}}
|-
| "[[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]" <br> Music and Lyrics by [[Michael Sembello]] and Dennis Matkosky
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film]]
| Bud S. Smith and Walt Mulconery
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Blue Ribbon Awards]]
| [[Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| [[Adrian Lyne]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[37th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
| Bud S. Smith and Walt Mulconery
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/search?search=flashdance&type= |title=Flashdance |publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] |access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Music|Best Score for a Film]]
| Giorgio Moroder
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Original Song Written for a Film
| "Flashdance... What a Feeling" <br> Music by Giorgio Moroder; <br> Lyrics by Keith Forsey and Irene Cara
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[Don Digirolamo]], [[Robert Glass (sound engineer)|Robert Glass]], [[Robert Knudson]], and [[Jim Webb (audio engineer)|James E. Webb]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[41st Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/flashdance/ |title=Flashdance |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| [[Jennifer Beals]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score – Motion Picture]]
| Giorgio Moroder
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song – Motion Picture]]
| "Flashdance... What a Feeling" <br> Music by Giorgio Moroder; <br> Lyrics by Keith Forsey and Irene Cara
| {{won}}
|-
| "Maniac" <br> Music and Lyrics by Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[4th Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Awards]]
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]]
| Screenplay by [[Thomas Hedley|Tom Hedley]] and [[Joe Eszterhas]]; <br> Story by	Tom Hedley
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=23 |title=4th Golden Raspberry Awards |publisher=[[Golden Raspberry Awards]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028195413/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=23 |archive-date=2006-10-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 
|-
| rowspan="9"| [[26th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
| ''[[Flashdance (soundtrack)|Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture]]'' <br> Various Artists and Giorgio Moroder
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="9"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/26th-annual-grammy-awards |title=26th Annual GRAMMY Awards |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]
| "Flashdance... What a Feeling" – Irene Cara and Giorgio Moroder
| {{nom}}
|-
| "Maniac" – [[Phil Ramone]] and Michael Sembello
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
| "Maniac" – Dennis Matkosky and Michael Sembello
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance|Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male]]
| "Maniac" – Michael Sembello
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female]]
| "Flashdance... What a Feeling" – Irene Cara
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance|Best Pop Instrumental Performance]]
| "Love Theme from ''Flashdance''" – [[Helen St. John]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition|Best Instrumental Composition]]
| "Love Theme from ''Flashdance''" – Giorgio Moroder
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special]]
| ''Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture'' <br> [[Michael Boddicker]], Irene Cara, [[Kim Carnes]], [[Doug Cotler]], <br> Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, [[Jerry Hey]], Duane Hitchings, <br> [[Craig Krampf]], Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, <br> Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello, and [[Shandi Sinnamon]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Hochi Film Award]]s
| Best International Picture
| Adrian Lyne
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Japan Academy Prize (film award)|Japan Academy Prize]]
| colspan="2"| [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[NAACP Image Awards]]
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture]]
| Jennifer Beals
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[National Music Publishers' Association]]
| Best Song in a Movie
| Irene Cara
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[10th People's Choice Awards|People's Choice Awards]]
| Favorite Theme/Song from a Motion Picture
| "Flashdance... What a Feeling"
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[12th Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Satellite Award for Best DVD Extras|Best DVD Extras]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2007.shtml |title=International Press Academy website – 2007 12th Annual SATELLITE Awards |publisher=[[International Press Academy]] |date=December 16, 2007 |access-date=February 1, 2008 |archive-date=January 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115201303/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2007.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}

The film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in these lists:
* 2004: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs]]:
** "[[Flashdance... What a Feeling]]" – #55<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs|url= https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-songs/ |website=[[American Film Institute]] |date=2005 |access-date=16 June 2023|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313151657/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs100.pdf |archive-date=March 13, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>