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Director: Anne Fletcher
Movie review
From Time Out London
Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum) is a hip street dancer with attitude and a weakness for breaking and entering. Nabbed while trashing a school of arts, he’s sentenced to perform his community service there. Pretty ballet dancer Nora (Jenna Dewan), meanwhile, is desperate to find a new dance partner, but all the candidates are wimps. Hmmm, where could she find a strong, manly man who’s easy on the eye and light on his feet? Like many films in the romance/dance genre, ‘Step Up’ makes a virtue of its predictability, setting the stage for a dream scenario and fulfilling the wishes of its young audience. But while Tatum has rough charm, Dewan is more dancer than actress, and most of the peripheral characters – as they would put it – suck (Rachel Griffiths almost visibly grits her teeth throughout her dull turn as school principal). Several dance scenes are fantastic, but with its wooden dialogue and pedestrian plotting, this is more ‘Save the Last Dance’ than ‘Footloose’.Author: Anna Smith
Time Out London Issue 1888: October 25-November 1
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- Rachel Xo. said...
- Posted on Aug 02 2008 22:59 ermmm 5 star love the songs love the dancing love channing tatum! everyones winner ! Xo.
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- anonymous said...
- Posted on Jul 08 2008 17:10 I wasn’t concentrating on the film I was concentrating on Channing Tatum
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- BreakDancerLara said...
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Posted on Apr 23 2008 22:01
OMG!
I cant believe NO ONE has reviewed this movie! Its one of the best!
I only saw it AFTER I saw Step Up 2 The Streets and I think its BRILLIANT!
Its GREAT storyline <once again> picked me up off my feet and threw me into some new moves for my Dancin!
Its a must see film for ANYONE who likes a bit of drama, dancin and a LOT of CHANNING TATUM! <SO fit!>
ALL of the actors were brilliant! And it impressed me as much as Step Up 2!
So WATCH IT THEN! What ARE you waiting for!?
Lara x <14 yrs> - Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Anne Fletcher
Cast: Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Rachel Griffiths, Damaine Radcliff, De'Shawn Washington, Mario, Drew Sidora, Josh Henderson, Tim Lacatena full cast
Rated: PG
Duration: 103 mins
UK Release: Oct 27 2006
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