Exciting, Charming, and Insightful

Rating: 7/10 (4 September 2006)

Perhaps all that can be said against Anne Flecther's Step Up, is that it left you wishing you could watch it more- and as we all know, that is what a movie sets out to do. From it's exciting beginning to it's edge-of-your-seat anxious ending, this movie ruled. It provided a deeper sort of story than Hollywood generally is brave enough to do, yet still made it easy for teens to watch and enjoy. The dancing was beautiful and exciting, the drama felt real, and the side stories were insightful and charming. I adored all of the side stories. The little tales of the main girls best friends getting together, to the Principal and Tyler's fight to accept one another, to the tragic story of his young friend's tragedy- all these things only made the movie better and more interesting. The only thing that really could have been done better were those side stories- they could have gone into a bit more detail. That would have made all the difference. They chose to stick more to the main story, though, and the movie was still entertaining and certainly enjoyable. See it. It's a lot of fun! 7/10 stars!
Jay Addison