You Got Served (2004)

16% of critics liked it
(68 reviews)
76% of users liked it
(226,375 ratings)

The teen dance boy bands B2K and IMx star in the teen dance musical You Got Served, directed by boy band manager Christopher B. Stokes. Best friends Elgin (Marques Houston of IMX) and David (Omarion of B2K) lead a crew of street dancers (including B2K members Raz-B, Lil Fizz, and J-Boog). They must… More The teen dance boy bands B2K and IMx star in the teen dance musical You Got Served, directed by boy band manager Christopher B. Stokes. Best friends Elgin (Marques Houston of IMX) and David (Omarion of B2K) lead a crew of street dancers (including B2K members Raz-B, Lil Fizz, and J-Boog). They must come up with the best moves in order to defeat the challenging town in the local dance contest called the Big Bounce. Group dynamics are tested when David tries to date Elgin's sister Liyah (Jennifer Freeman). Meagan Good plays Liyah's friend Beautifull. Standup comedian Steve Harvey plays dance battle organizer Mr. Rad. Hip-hop star Lil' Kim appears in a cameo and contributes to the soundtrack. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By: Chris Stokes
Written By: Chris Stokes
Genres: Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy

In Theaters: Jan 30, 2004 Wide
On DVD: May 18, 2004
Studio: Screen Gems Inc.

Critic Reviews

Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
Commits a variety of cinematic sins, none fatal individually but collectively enough to pull an audience under.
Matt Weitz, Dallas Morning News
The movie dances when it should be developing, say, characters or story line.
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
The story is so bored with itself, it collapses -- but the diverse troupe of dance talents at least makes it an eclectic slide.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
A thinly written, hoarily cliched story that serves mostly as connective tissue between the movie's chief draw, its dazzling dance sequences.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
Choreographers Dave Scott and Shane Sparks deserve all the credit they can get.
Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Dubious plot and characters, good dancing.
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
We actually begin to laugh at the inanity of it all, wanting to yell at the screen: 'Just shut up and dance!'
Peter Debruge, Premiere Magazine
Before shooting began, the dancers rehearsed for eight weeks to develop off-the-hook new dance moves, which begs the question: Who was working on the script during that time?
Mike McGranaghan, Aisle Seat
You Got Served is, to quote Simon Cowell, absolutely dreadful.
Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
A spirited, guilty pleasure of a dance movie.
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
You Got Served is about dancing. Street dancing. The sort of make-believe dancing that inner-city youths participate in instead of having sex or joining a gang.

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Eric A

It was "cool". Other than the dancing, everything else was cheesy: acting, scenes, etc. Good to watch once, but nothing more.
Bently L

Today, I will review the critically acclaimed Academy Award winning musical, "You Got Served". I've seen quite a couple movies about dance crews. Many have great dancing but don't really have a plot. I give "You Got Served" kudos for actually having a… More
Today, I will review the critically acclaimed Academy Award winning musical, "You Got Served". I've seen quite a couple movies about dance crews. Many have great dancing but don't really have a plot. I give "You Got Served" kudos for actually having a story. Its about a dance crew (OBVIOUSLY!) who is famous around the neighborhood. They called up by another dance crew to do a dance-off (OBVIOUSLY!) with the reward being fifty grand. After the dance-off, the crew finds out that most of their moves were taken. They get SERVED by the other crew and comepete in a professional dance-off where not only they win a lot of moola, but get casted in Lil' Kim's new music video. I forgot to mention the film's subplots. There is a romance subplot that revolves around Omarion and the cute Jennifer Freeman and a whole lazily developed gangster crime subplot. The crime subplot didn't work and the romance was "meh". "You Got Served" is like watching an episode of a BET series extended to movie length. I really like hip-hop and break dancing but this movie just didn't work. I find it so funny how the creators try to get us emotionally attatched to the characters. I know you readers are not gonna waste your time seeing this depending on your tastes but one character gets killed off-screen. The acting was okay not terrible. The acting looks like "YGS" was an amateur film for YouTube. By the way the characters act and go along, we know we're not going to remember them by the time the film ends. These aren't memorable characters. Break dancers just come and go. Predictability level: high and low. At some points we knew how it was gonna go down and some points we don't. Lastly, the dancing. Good but not great. Dance moves are so familiar and been-there-done-that. Better than many dance flicks but it still isn't anything special. I've seen many movies that are so better than this. We can say that the writer/director of the film just got SERVED by better directors! I'll just watch "America's Best Dance Crew" for the time being. From the creators of "You Got Served" comes "Voltron": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OvfuLI2CBc&feature=related
Wildaly M

The dancing scenes are great. Everything else sucks.
Richard C

B-
Thomas B

amazing dance sequences, just lacking one thing; substance
Coxxie M

AAAA KAKAKAKAKAK HAAA!!! oh man gimme a break u know i wish the golden corrals motto was "you get served" so they would speed it the hell up!
Alexander W

yeah its good the dance is well choreographed. Lil Kim look like she should be in rehab though and step up to the street and honey are better dance films
Bobby H

You got served as some amazing dancing scenes as well as a sweet soundtrack. If your into dancing and hip-hop then this movie is probably down your alley. The movie has fairly good morals with a fairly decent storyline as well. Granted they could have done more with it, but the… More
You got served as some amazing dancing scenes as well as a sweet soundtrack. If your into dancing and hip-hop then this movie is probably down your alley. The movie has fairly good morals with a fairly decent storyline as well. Granted they could have done more with it, but the dancing and music makes up for the lack of storyline in peices and overall the movie ties up with no lose ends which is more then a lot of movies can say. The negatives in this film and reason it does not earn 5-stars is the fact that the actors are not really that good. Once you get into the drift of the movie, you can eventually start pretending and forgetting how bad they are, but during the first 20-30 minutes it's really hard to ignore how unconvincing Omarion, Marques, and Jennifer Freeman are -- I could have done with some different actors, but nonetheless, if you ignore that it's a great movie.
Daniel J D

I'm not gonna' lie. Some of the dance sequences in this movie were rather impressive, but the movie as a whole wasn't. You almost care about Omarion... but then you just know better. In the end, it's still a cheesy dance movie.
danny d

I got served a crappy movie, thats about it
Jason T

If you ignore the really bad acting, the really bad attempt at some kind of romantic back story, and the really really bad plot then this movie is very entertaining. The dance scenes in this movie are very well done, Shane Sparks from ABDC and SYTYCD did a good job. Also the white… More
If you ignore the really bad acting, the really bad attempt at some kind of romantic back story, and the really really bad plot then this movie is very entertaining. The dance scenes in this movie are very well done, Shane Sparks from ABDC and SYTYCD did a good job. Also the white crew reminds me of Malibu's Most Wanted but more co-ordinated. All in all an enjoyable dance flick.
Joseph E

I Feel Inclined to say "We Got Served", with a Sh*tty a** movie with Good Moves, but not a great Plot,Acting, or for the most part, Zero Direction.
Yinalí R

Good, yes.
Brett W

I resent that dance move, sir. It diminished my ego and self image that I, in fact, was the better dancer. And no, my mother has nothing to do with this affair. Touche'.
Sam C

Hahahahahaha...u're kidding right??? If you consider this to be a good "movie" you must have not seen any hip-hop choreography video ever created...they should allow zero star ratings on Flixster!
Lee K

i love breakdancing so jumped at this comeback movie of the 80's craze.
jason d

Rent this if you want to see the most ridiculous dancing ever. I zoned out during the actual "movie" parts though. 1/4 star for having Robert Hoffman III in a non-exsistant role, another 1/4 for having the dancer that came to Guam.