Step Up---A Dancer's review

Rating: 7/10 (20 August 2006)

I have been a dancer for almost 20 years of my young life. Ballet and Lyrical are my main studies, but I can dance Hip Hop as well. When I first heard about Step Up I knew I was going to be in for some great dancing and most likely bad acting. The female star Jenna Dewan, is one of the most technically clean and polished dancers I've seen in a film in a long time. I hated Jessica Alba in Honey. Anyways.... When Jenna was in Take The Lead a few months back, she captivated me with her "sexy Tango" in the final scene. I hadn't really known about her until then, but I knew that she was going to take her career to a new level if she could move like that and sell some movie tickets. I think this movie itself is just OK. The plot as well as the acting is somewhat boring and definitely jumps all over the place. However, I felt that every dance scene was very connectable with the audience....especially if you can relate to dance classes, and routines, etc. The final performance had me in awe. The Choreographer did an amazing job of creating this routine. Channing Tatum, who is just unbelievably hot, does an average job and comes through with his performance at the end. Overall....I'd give this movie a B-.