Wonderfully corny Flashdance-inspired Canadian romantic exercise drama, with Cynthia Dane (of My Bloody Valentine) as an aerobics instructor and single mother who, along with her friends, struggles valiantly to open a studio called Heavenly Bodies, making it a success through talent and sheer force of will. Later landing a big part as an aerobics star on a television dance show, Dane makes a rival in Laura Henry who wanted the gig so badly she convinces a wealthy man to buy the warehouse containing the Heavenly Bodies. With the lease in jeopardy, Dane makes it her mission to see those responsible suffer. Henry is actually the ringleader behind the studio's potential demise but Dane blames her squeeze, Walter George Alton (he operates a health fitness club and is Henry's lover), also, and a challenge is issued between the two: a marathon between Heavenly Bodies and The Sporting Life (Alton's club) with the warehouse's lease up for grabs. This is so 80s as you can tell by its plot, made right in the period of the aerobics craze when the likes of Staying Alive and Perfect, as well as, the Olivia Newton John song "Let's Get Physical" and Jane Fonda's Workout were all the rage. This movie serves as a star vehicle for Dane and credit to her, the actress is plucky, spirited, and charming. The film is basically a series of aerobics dances for Dane and those behind her choreographed in synchronicity. The plot is fundamentally threadbare and derivative, using the Rocky formula regarding the little girl who rose from nothing and made something of herself through labor and sweat. The romance with the football player is emphasized; it is as cheesy as the pop soundtrack and exercise plot so popular and on the consciousness of yuppies and 80s youth of the time. The dance-off marathon, for sure, is pure corn, used to solidify Dane's lengths to see her studio flourish without the restrictions of a lease (the "injury" angle, thanks to a scuffle with Alton, is desperately contrived to produce a vulnerable Dane against a fresh Henry, but I don't think the result is in doubt). The movie's poster, showing Dane in a crouched position looking towards us, might be as derivative as its plot suggests, but I have to admit I love it. Dane, if anything, is limber and flexible.

This film was low budget and it showed. If you look at the top of the screen, the boom mike is clearly evident in at least two scenes. The plot was rather far fetched too. You can tell the production didn't take itself too seriously, there is a movie poster for 'Flashdance" clearly evident in an early scene of the film.What saved this film from total failure was the huge effort by the star Cynthia Dale. She just about killed herself in her exercise scenes. You could see what terrific physical condition she was in and that she was no stranger to dance training. The fact that she is stunningly good looking didn't hurt either.The climax of the film, the exercise marathon, really came alive with the absolutely compelling effort Cynthia put forth. I know it was only a performance, but the level of her exertion is still clearly enormous.I could only find this film on VHS, but it is worth the effort to catch this great performance in an obscure film.

While some are correct in saying this film is so bad that it's funny, you really would need to be the type of person who could laugh at a totally ridiculous plot, and severely poor acting. It's a complete waste of anyone's time. I can only believe the 19 or so people that rated this film a "10" either incorrectly thought that was the worst rating, or possibly were family members of those that appear in this disaster. You would think a release by Playboy Enterprises would, at the very least, have some eye candy. However, even the characters who are supposed to be "sexy" are more like K-Mart catalog model rejects. I believe they were trying to ride the popularity of "jazzercise" at the time, and were thinking a Flashdance like story would be enough to release this in theaters. However, it ends up being a seriously boring version of (the much later released) Dodgeball, in which exercise-dancers try to save a workout club through a competition with their rivals on TV. Do I need to say more?

Taped this film years ago and thought it was just a great film about three(3) young gals striving to make a career in the dance field. It showed the hard work behind the scenes of the dancing world and gives encouragement for all those trying to follow in their footsteps. The location in Canada is depressing and the abandoned warehouse they decided to rent was unbelievable. There is lots of love and HOT romance along with a cute scene with a little boy asking a question about "Orgie's" and a very cute reply from his mother. This is a great classic film and very enjoyable to view, try to catch it on TV sometime!