The Forbidden Dance (1990)
"LAMBADA...If it got any hotter, it wouldn't be dancing!"
ThumbScore
👍 69%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 23%
(RT: 23%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Jeff James as Jason Anderson
Ángela Moya as Carmen
Barbra Brighton as Ashley Wells
Pilar Del Rey as Queen
Ruben Moreno as King
Is The Forbidden Dance good?
It's divisive. 69% audience score, estimated from 105 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 23%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
A princess in the Amazon rain forests tries to fight a conglomerate threatening the forests by going to Los Angeles. There she links up with a rich kid who tells her that she must get on television to succeed with her mission. Quick as a wink, the two come up with the idea of winning a lambada dance contest. Wikipedia ↗
