Variety
Fresh cast, a formulaic but engaging storyline, and a smoking soundtrack from rap and hip-hop luminaries...
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Step Up
Dancing movies - who would've thought? But they're back in force – this one brings together romance, R&B and a "confluence of classic ballet with street dance".
Tyler Gage is one of those rebels from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks. Nora is a privileged ballet dancer attending an ultra-elite School of the Arts. Standing in her way, to a brilliant career, is finding a worthy dance partner for her senior showcase.
When trouble with the law lands Tyler with a community service gig at her school, he arrives as an angry man until his skills as a phat street dancer draw Nora's attention. Sparks fly, shoes get danced in. And soon, Tyler sees the opportunity to perform as a chance to knuckle down – "step up" – to a better life.
2006Rating: PG, contains low level violence103 minsUSA
- Director:
- Anne Fletcher (directorial debut)
- Writer:
- Duane AdlerMelissa Rosenberg
- Cast:
- Channing TatumJenna DewanDamaine RadcliffDe'Shawn WashingtonMarioRachel GriffithsHeavy D
Step Up / Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
The dreary teen drama Step Up appears to be cobbled together from bits and pieces of successful movies...
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It really never amounts to more than a barely warmed over rehash of teen dance flick moves...
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Los Angeles Times
The movie serves up a pleasant, if unsurprising, confluence of classic ballet with street dance, not to mention a seamless collusion of polite racial integration with savvy niche marketing...
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Entertainment Weekly
Step, under the sure hand of director-choreographer Anne Fletcher, quickly discovers its own virtuoso charms. Two of them are its leads...
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