Step Up

Step Up (2006)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (101 reviews)

  • 85% of users liked it
    (578,711 ratings)

An aspiring ballerina from a wealthy family learns some lessons about both dancing and life from a roughneck with soul in this teen drama. Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum) grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in a rough section of Baltimore, and has been in and out of trouble with the law most of his… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By
Anne Fletcher
Written By
Duane Adler, Melissa Rosenberg
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Aug 11, 2006 Wide
On DVD
Dec 19, 2006
Buena Vista

Critic Reviews

  • Bill Gallo, Village Voice

    Fletcher ably blends ballet and hip-hop, but the filming itself is often clumsy, and Tatum's relentless African American impersonation quickly wears out its welcome.

  • Scott Bowles, USA Today

    For a movie about dancing, Step Up is pretty clumsy on its feet.

  • Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

    A lot of movies are derivative. What makes Step Up particularly dispiriting is that it has almost nothing fresh to add.

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    It's almost as wrong-headed as it is pre-fabricated.

  • John Anderson, Newsday

    Being an urban dance movie, guns make their appearance, along with every stereotype about hip-hop or the young. Don't believe the hype. Just watch them dance.

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  • Eric A


    Predictable, but an alright movie.

  • Bethany M


    The best Step Up! Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan are perfect together and the dancing scenes are incredible.

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    Cast: Channing Tatum, Rachel Griffiths, Jenna Dewan, Mario, Drew Sidora, Heavy D, Damaine Radcliff, De'Shawn Washington, Jeannie Ortega Director: Anne Fletcher Summary: Sentenced to a stretch of community service at a prestigious school for the arts, streetwise… More

  • Manu G


    Saw it again!!! Great dance moves movie. Good story. Tyler Gage (channing tatum) is from the wrong side of the tracks, caught up in a world of drugs,violence and crime. After leaving a party Tyler and his two friends end up outside the Maryland school of the arts they break in and… More

  • KJ P


    A pretty bad dance film that focusses too much on ballet! With very limited dancing and too much drama, this movie fails to deliver on much!

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