Step Up (2006)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Anne Fletcher

Writers (WGA):

Duane Adler (screenplay) and
Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

11 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Music | Romance

Tagline:

Every second chance begins with a first step.

Plot:

In Baltimore, the troublemaker and street dancer Tyler Gage lives with his foster parents in an Afro-American lower class neighborhood...

Plot Keywords:

Dancer | School | Dancing | Ballet | Community Service

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Channing Tatum	...	Tyler Gage
Jenna Dewan	...	Nora Clark
Damaine Radcliff	...	Mac Carter
De'Shawn Washington	...	Skinny Carter
Mario	...	Miles Darby
Drew Sidora	...	Lucy Avila
Rachel Griffiths	...	Director Gordon
Josh Henderson	...	Brett Dolan
Tim Lacatena	...	Andrew
Alyson Stoner	...	Camille
Heavy D	...	Omar
Deirdre Lovejoy	...	Nora's Mom / Katherine Clark
Jane Beard	...	Lena Freeman
Richard Pelzman	...	Bill Freeman
Carlyncia S. Peck	...	Mac's Mother (as Carlyncia Peck)

Also Known As:

Bailando por una pasión (Venezuela) [es]
Sexy Dance (France) [fr]
Step Up (Spain) [es]
Step up - Camino a la fama (Argentina) [es]
Step up - Sta vimata tou pathous (Greece) [el]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, brief violence and innuendo.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:MG6 | Australia:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42658) | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Hong Kong:IIA | Finland:K-7 | Malaysia:U | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Eketahuna LLC

Trivia:

All of the artwork displayed in the school comes from Carver Center for the Arts and Technology, a high school in Baltimore County. The artwork is from students in the visual arts prime.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nora is first talking to Tyler about him being her partner, her necklace switches from side to side.

Quotes:

Mac Carter: [after the girl he was making out with leaves because his little brother interrupts them] I swear to God- you must have all the recessive genes in the family!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Family Guy: Peter's Daughter (#6.7)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

U Must Be

It made me smile

I don't agree with the sad 4 out of 10 stars this movie is racking up here at IMDb so I would like to put my two cents down to tell everyone why.

When it comes to summer movies, everything is computer generated, loud and most of the time sad (snakes on a plane... you serious?), with Step Up none of those adjectives come to mind. It's not going to win any Oscars but it's going to entertain without over staying it's welcome. At a cool hour and a half it's a nice escape as apposed to some other summer blockbusters that don't deliver as well as this little film and run twice as long.

I come from a dance background, and I'm very critical when it comes to dance in films. With Step Up I enjoyed every little routine I saw. The juxtaposition in the beginning going back and forth between the street and the ballet studio sets a great pace for the movie right off, and the big dance number at the end (it wouldn't be a dancing movie without one) delivers.

The main actors are paired well and handled the dancing and choreography with flair. Channing Tatum's interactions with his fellow foster siblings is endearing without being corny and his chemistry with Jenna Dewan is refreshingly believable. Jenna is an accomplished dancer and I would really love to raid her wardrobe trailer. (One of my favorite things in this film were the very quirky outfits Jenna and her friends wore.) This movie has a little something for almost everyone. If you're a dancer, you'll definitely enjoy it... If you're a lover of hip-hop you'll want to run out and buy the soundtrack as soon as you leave the theater... If you were a product an arts high school you'll probably enjoy this film as well, it centers around one in urban Maryland... And if you would just like some summer fun you'll get it, without feeling your IQ shrinking.

Bottom line: I enjoyed it, don't take it too seriously and you will as well.