Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

HannahSwan2017 They act like the next step studio is a big deal but when they get to regionals they say they have never made it to semifinals in the past. The script just gets worse as it goes on. There is no legacy, no reason why the students were acting the way they were in the beginning. It is interesting and has a unique style that can capture an audience. You realise early on that the actors are better at dancing than they are at acting, however for first timers they do pretty well for teen drama. The killer for me is that the studio owner and staff display behaviour that is off the charts dramatic, strange and not at all qualities of leaders of young teens. As a result any time where there should be consequences, the opportunities for students to grow personally, etc, they have been robbed from this show. The reality is that the students will be adults soon enough and so will some of the viewers. Where is the personal growth and students sticking up for themselves when they are bullied? The students do not even feel comfortable going to the adults to confide in them. Instead they scheme behind close doors, do not know how to express feelings to one another and freeze whenever confronted. What a team and good environment for your kids. Not. There is no accountability for the dance captains and it seems like a bizarre free for all, instead of a prestige dance studio. I guess they should consider if they are more like the street crew Seeds after all.

rdavall If you're a member of a family containing girls from ages 8-13 (at some point), chances are you'll have heard of the Next Step, the well...reality (I guess?) show heavily littering the schedules of the Family Channel and CBBC. And I take pity on you. This show is a turd in so many fundamental areas and has little to redeem its unrelenting awfulness throughout (I only barely gave it 2/10 as you see above).Diving into the show itself, its chief issue lies in the general tone of the show. It's a weird specimen. The Next Step considers itself to be a reality/mockumentary-style show on a surface level, but behind that shallow exterior, you can tell it is also experiencing an identity crisis. It rejects its own concept of being a mockumentary show because of its writing style (due to the cheesy dialogue noted below, particularly during dramatic moments such as the season 3 Internationals arc - is realism/common sense over random contrivance too much to ask for, considering that this is basically a reality mockumentary that treats all of its content as 'serious' and realistic?. I know reality shows are often cheesy and unrealistic due to their intent to purely entertain, but the clash between the unreal-ism of the universe and the sudden shift towards 'dark' character drama in subsequent scenes causes the 'realistic' drama to heavily lose its impact, rendering it ridiculous instead when we are clearly meant to take, say, the Amanda wallet sabotage from season 2 seriously) and a surprising number of conflicts (relationship dramas included) are unrealistic to a cartoonish degree, particularly Lucian's overly ridiculous and elaborate schemes to 'take down the Next Step' (creative team, please stop using that term and actually consult a thesaurus while writing) which once again exceed the point of believability and stick the show's mockumentary premise into invalidity) while also limiting itself based on its premise (therefore the only scenarios it can achieve on a recurring basis are bland relationship dramas, the same few conflicts repeatedly and the obligatory competitions in the final episodes of each season, rendering the show tedious, which is exactly what you NEED to avoid when pulling this kind of show off successfully) to create a lazy, dull, confusedly semi-unrealistic world filled with mean-spirited, unnecessary caricatures of real life personalities. Isn't this meant to be about dancing, and, you know, inspiring? Furthermore, the dancing that the show heavily emphasizes is more minor than a first-time viewer might think and is often redundant when it finally does appear. If you're going to have characters randomly drivel pretentiously about how important dancing is to them, this has to be justified, and here it isn't.And the dialogue. Good God, the dialogue. This is some of the worst writing I have ever seen in any TV series. It's poorly written, redundant and even hilariously campy when delivered as poorly as it is by the show's actors (only a small percentage manage to deliver even adequate performances, which causes the show's drama to lose even more weight). I understand the show is meant for a young pre-teen audience and that teenagers can be dumb sometimes (most likely the effect the writers were aiming for) but every single character recites the same stale form of dialogue (indicating the objective here is actually to emotionally manipulate the audience) and it becomes tiring and ridiculous after only a short time, particularly with a show that has somehow run for five (going on six) seasons without any sign of stopping.Ultimately though, the greatest crime the Next Step commits in its brainless reality is its lack of improvement. It never learns from its own mistakes, and new issues crop up every season to add to the old for the sake of cheap, brainless drama and lazy conflict. The first season had a dull, overused 'alpha b*tch' conflict and an insufferably conspicuous Mary Sue in Michelle, the second season added further unreal-ism on top of the first season and added a needlessly complex romantic conflict that was poorly written and ate up way more of the show's runtime that it deserved to), the third season gave virtually no defining traits to its new troupe members (can anyone name me some actual character traits for Cierra?) and reduced the writing quality even further, the fourth season added another insufferable Mary Sue in Alfie (who is halfway between 'intentionally' and 'accidentally' unlikeable) just to manipulate the audience's emotions over James and Riley's relationship (the only reason I gave this show two stars instead of one, because it seems to be the only area where the show writers actually invest the work to develop it), threw in numerous bland new characters for no justified reason (all rehashes of the old cast with even less personality and less acting ability) and the fifth season shamelessly retcons the first season to return Emily to a random narcissistic totalitarian and Michelle to a gullible moron for the sake of lazily manufacturing some form of conflict to fill the episode quota, while adding some the worst, most forced and most time-consuming 'romantic' subplots in the show's history. See how not a single mistake is actually improved upon? The show writers have become indulged enough by the show's success to not fix a single aspect of this wreckage, therefore operating on this law the show will continue to worsen with every passing season while most likely never being cancelled (because it is legitimately the only thing keeping the Family Channel afloat. It's SpongeBob Syndrome all over again. Networks never learn unless a huge uproar breaks out, do they?). The Next Step is ultimately for no one but the writers (who need to keep their jobs afloat) and the Family Channel. We all deserve better.

jonajon You know, I am a guy who likes movies and television, because they can make you feel something that you may not feel in the first place, and because of that the Next Step is a big pile of garbage.I have some major issues and some minor issues, let me present them to you.Major issue no. 1: the show is unintelligent. The most recurring thing in the series is a cut to one of the actors sitting in a chair talking about the thing they just experienced (just like in reality shows), that idea could work, but it doesn't. The way it is used is the cheapest way of explaining the specific character's motivation I have ever seen, for example if an evil girl wants a good girl to break up with a guy (for unspecific reasons for the most part) it will cut to the evil girl sitting in a chair saying that the other girl must break up with the guy because of something, then it cuts to the evil girl saying to the other girl to break up, then it cuts to the good girl saying that she is really shocked and so on. The point is, that if this had been in some quality entertainment, her thoughts and actions would have been implied, so that the viewer could figure it out for themselves. This is also seen in the way we get to know that the characters have secrets, because if this is supposed to be a show, the other ones, who don't know of the secret, will know the secret because they see it explained. Stupid. they also spontaneously change their clothes as it cuts from the scene to the actor sitting in the chair.What further proves the stupidity of the show is the constant stream of drama and conflicts that seem to pop up everywhere, it's so unrealistic! you must assume that the adults in charge of this wild horde of teens could do something to stop it, but no, no no no, they do nothing.Major issue no. 2: the dancing, acting and characters. The show is about dancing, so it should have some good dancing right? No. the dancing is fine, but the problem is the style. The main team consists of hip hop dancers, break dancers, freestyle dancers, ballet dancers etc. how the heck do you make a choreography that suits everybody? It would make more sense to have a team who danced the same kind of dancing.The acting is of course terrible, but with this kind of show it is expected. They overreact to every single thing, and it gets annoying very fast.The characters are plain and boring, you don't fell sorry for any of them at all, with the exception of two characters, Chloe and Emily. Their stories stand out and kinda makes you root and feel sad for them, and they are the reason I gave it 2 instead of 1 star.Major Issue 3: the story. In the first season they win the regionals, which means they are the best studio in their region. End of show, but no. They continue and get to the nationals, where they win again. OK fine, end the show, NO! in the third season they go to the internationals, where they win. Sigh. announcing season 4: this time, we go to the galactic finals, where we win!I have some more minor issues, but the biggest one is the use of songs, they use the same song over and over and over again, that is just annoying.

Janie May I was skimming through Netflix one day and found this random show called "The next step." I had literally never heard of it. Didn't know a thing about it. I just clicked it and that was 600 minutes of my life gone. Not that I'm complaining. I just got addicted. Come on! The concept is so clever. It's a real show, real actors but it's not. It's a reality show. It's just brilliant. You can really see into the character's heads. You hear the thoughts they want to say to other people but can't. It's just really interesting and whoever came up with that is a genius. I love every single character. Riley's my favourite though. But I love James and Giselle and Michelle and Eldon and West and by the end of the first season, Emily. I don't know, it's a rare series for the fact that I absolutely love EVERY character and am so determined to watch them succeed. The romanticism id the best part. James and Riley's first date is beautiful and wonderful. I literally cried at it. Just to put this in perspective, my favourite TV show is Doctor Who. This is not my type of series and I'm addicted to it. :-P just watch it. It's incredibly choreographed, amazingly acted, articulately written and just a really clever concept. It's different and wonderful.