AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

kosmasp There were musicals and then there are Dance movies. Which I guess could be considered the new musicals. Bollywood seems to be doing OK with them. And while in movies like Step up, there is a reason for dancing (other than walking down the street), the idea seems to always find a crowd of people wanting to watch. Why? Maybe because they either would love to be able to do the stuff they see on screen, maybe because of the love story, maybe because of the songs.The answer lies within the viewers of said movies. But if you have to kick-start a franchise (other than getting money online for your idea that is), than there could've been worse ways than this. Channing Tatum in his breakout role, dancing yet not stripping on film. The romance and the basic story is simple and predictable, but the two leads (who have ever since been married) really sell it ... guess the chemistry was real there ...

slightlymad22 Some of "Step Up" is so ludicrous I wondered whether it was originally conceived as a spoof comedy. As every cliché in the book is hit! Misunderstood bad boy from wrong side of the tracks, meets a nice girl. Check. Girl has boyfriend we all know is a slimy douche, but she doesn't see it. Check. Boyfriend does not like bad boy. Check. Boyfriend is revealed as douche. Check. Bad boys friends are mad at him for spending time with other people. Check. Bad boy and good girl fall for each other, fall out, and make up before the end. Check. I can't complain too much about this movie. Snore through it, maybe, but not complain. It was an OK way to spend time watching with a date. Channing Tatum was likable and the female lead however she was, was attractive too. Other than that none of the cast stood out. Tatum is the only reason to see this, and not even he an save it, as I'm not sure his character is meant to be as funny as he seems.

ambala-blogspot This has to be one of the worst films I've ever watched. A huge dance amateur I was expecting good dance routines and great music. Needless to say both are very mediocre. The plot is ridiculous and so cliché you know how the film will end before it begins, the same goes for endless boring scenes. Acting is on the level of a porn clip. Channing has basically one single (!!) expression the whole film through and even that one is fake. He looks utterly stupid and the fact that he really cannot move to music does not help his pathetic excuse for acting. Bottom like he looks like a Shrek or a jarhead that wants to dance. The rest of the cast is, alas, not much better. Jena Dewan does not convince us that she's a rich girl trying to follow her dancing dreams. One of the reason for that failure is that the lady cannot dance to save her life. One of the most disturbing flaws in the script are the things with obvious homophobia and the notion that jazz and ballet are boring and stuck up and that one needs a thug from the slums to bring some life into the dancing. The scenes are too long and too boring, there's NO chemistry between the protagonists and the film as a whole is just simply flat (even the murder scene leaves us uninvolved to say the least). Avoid it and spend your hour 43min better!

Taylor Wilcox (wilcoxtl) I love this movie for numerous amounts of reasons. The dancing is amazing and the dancers they use are actually good. Usually, in dance movies, they either get actors that can't dance and have to have doubles (which is usually very obvious) or they just have the actors attempt to dance which is never good. Sometimes they get good dancers, but then they can't act. Step Up has dancers that can act and it really brings together the whole movie. One thing that I don't like however is the fact that Skinny has to die. They just had to pick the cute, innocent, little brother to die. Not only did he die, but he was shot on the streets. Shocking part of the movie that really killed the mood. I also wish that there weren't as many heart breaks in the plot line. Two couples broke up and the main couple were constantly fighting. One fight makes for a good story, but multiple gets to be a little much.I like to compare Step Up to Center Stage. They are both dance movies that involve romance between the lead female and male dancers. The girl in both movies go through a hardship and overcome it by the end and both of the males lose their girl at one point in the movies. There is lots of very good dancing in both and the actors do their own dancing as well.