 Burnett fares marginally better, instilling a hint of pathos in the down-and-out dancer.Arkin, though he seldom speaks below a shout and expends endless energy, might as well be playing to a lamppost for all the emotion he musters.In the December 1981 issue of "Rolling Stone", "Chu Chu and the Philly Flash" was listed in the article titled "Big Bucks, Big Losers – Twenty-Four Films That Bombed in 1981".