Synopsis
Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.
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Cast
- Channing TatumTyler Gage
- Jenna DewanNora Clark
- Damaine RadcliffMac Carter
- Rachel GriffithsDirector Gordon
- Deirdre LovejoyNora's Mom / Katherine Clark
- Alyson StonerCamille
- Drew SidoraLucy Avila
- Josh HendersonBrett Dolan
- Heavy DOmar
- Ryan SandsHistory Teacher
Recommendations
- 75
Entertainment Weekly
Step, under the sure hand of director-choreographer Anne Fletcher, quickly discovers its own virtuoso charms. Two of them are its leads. - 60
L.A. Weekly
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. - 60
The New York Times
The story is as old as Mickey Rooney but its appeal is eternal, and Step Up cleaves to the template with significantly more rigor than originality. For a director who is also a choreographer, Anne Fletcher is strangely reluctant to step out of line. - 50
The A.V. Club
Rather than cast actors who can't dance or dancers who can't act, Step Up splits the difference with stars Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan, who pull double duty with uninspired competence. - 50
Premiere
It really never amounts to more than a barely warmed over rehash of teen dance flick moves. - 50
Chicago Tribune
It's no accident that the credits for the movie are a Who's Who of dance movie alumni: Director Anne Fletcher choreographed "Bring It On"; screenwriter Duane Adler penned "Save The Last Dance"; and the movie was photographed by Michael Seresin, who shot "Fame." - 50
Washington Post
Tatum, the hunky object of Amanda Bynes's fancy in "She's the Man," and an engaging basketballer in "Coach Carter," is the best thing about this uninspired formula-thon. - 50
Miami Herald
Once in a great while, a film of insight and wisdom defines a generation. Step Up is not that film. Instead, it's the sort of mildly entertaining movie that comes along a couple of times a year.
