Step Up

Plot synopsis:
Tyler Gage (channing tatum) is from the wrong side of the tracks, caught up in a world of drugs,violence and crime.After leaving a party Tyler and his two friends end up outside the Maryland school of the arts they break in and find themselves in the theater where they destroy the set. the boys are busted by a rent a cop and he grabs Mac, Tyler tackles the cop telling mac and skinny to run and is taken to court the next day he is made to serve community service at the scene of the crime.Nora Clark a senior dancer at the school is work hard for her final show piece on which she is basing all her dreams of being accepted into a dance company. When her partner break his leg in a accident, Tyler steps in temporarily.While learning with Nora, Tyler starts changing his perspective of life and becomes a little more serious about his future. He requests the School's director to let him join as a student. But she tells when he proves that he is dedicated, she will consider his request then.Tyler suggests new line to the show piece and both Nora and himself choreograph a fusion of Ballet and Hip Hop. When Nora's old partner Andrew returns, Tyler storms out angrily accusing Nora of using him as a replacement. Andrew unable to pick up Hip Hop, leaves Nora partner-less. Nora choreographs another sequence without a partner.When Tyler and Mac are in a club Skinny steals a car from their rival gang and gets shot and dies. Tyler decides to do the show piece with Nora. He goes backstage and convinces a reluctant Nora to change the sequence back to the one they composed together. They both deliver a spectacular performance landing Nora a place in a dance company. The school director accepts Tyler as a student.

Tags: romantic

Review:
Having painfully seen similar dance-themed teen movies in the past (Take the Lead, Save the Last Dance, etc.), Step Up does justice to its genre by not pulling any stops in delivering a truly enjoyable movie.
Finally, we are entertained by a dance flick where the leads (Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum) are both beautiful to watch, have good chemistry (enough to sustain the kilig factor) and can really deliver the moves.Dewan is a superb dancer; she has a fabulously fit body, not the anorexic ballerina type, and she dons her outfits exceptionally well for someone who's only 5'3".
It was also amazing to watch such a tall, gorgeous man like Tatum move the way he does (it must help that the boy knows his Kung Fu!).
obviously you have to be a good actor to be in a movie, but the dancing was the main focus of this film.
One afternoon, the ballet dancer Nora Clark (Jenna Dewan) sees Tyler dancing in the parking area and when her partner Andrew (Tim Lacatena) has a strain and Tyler offers to help her in the choreography, she accepts the offer; they rehearsal and become close to each other while Tyler becomes friend of the students Miles Darby (Mario) and Lucy Avila (Drew Sidora).
The heartwarming romantic story shows a perfect chemistry between Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan, supported by a magnificent cast and awesome songs and choreographies of dance.
The movie is based on dancing and overall I thought the technique was very good.
What a wonderful surprise to find such a terrific film of dance and music in STEP UP and the actors/dancers were out of this world.
I found not only the music and dancing, but the story set in the jungle of a big city of young black men and a young white man struggling to survive and come up with fulfilling lives, to be a journey that is true to the lives of so many young men and women today in metropolitan cities in the USA.Duane Adler and Melissa Rosenberg have created a film in STEP UP that just hits your heart and soul with the character development created through the actors music and dance, and the sets and costumes which fit each character.
You've seen it all  feel-good story of deprived, delinquent kid finding the meaning of life, dedicated effort culminating in an upbeat dance finale, rich-girl-poor-guy routine, and a whole bunch of familiar situations.
As to the dance routines, with her credentials, you wouldn't expect anything less than good, and the movie does deliver in that department.
The leads (Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum) were OK as actors, but their dancing throughout the movie was impressive and mesmerizing.All in all, a movie worth watching if you like to watch good dance sequences, and this movie is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than "You Got Served" in terms of the plot and drama.
Great story-line,a very important message to all young people who struggle with finding meaning of their lives.If you really want something, just go for it,this is the one life we get!
With that said, I recommend this movie , it's great music and dancing, and an important message on top..
"step up" has become one of my favorite movies...the actors are great but the dance scenes really take my breath away and i love the music...
I think that Step Up was a really good movie, even though most of the things were predictable.
Maybe i am a bit bias but, i think all dance movies are really good and entertaining to watch.
And even after watching Step Up 2, 3, Stomp the Yard 1, 2, Street Dance and B-Girl, this title still seems to me like the best.
People looking to watch a drama-dancing movie will just love this title.
I think the movie Step Up is a great film, the story is funny but it has its moving parts as well and the balance between them is very good.
I think Step up is a great movie because it's about a dance school, and I love dance so that account for why.
With a cast of relative unknowns, with the exception of former Oscar nominee Rachel Griffiths, this film, dealing with youngsters at a school for dramatic arts, is absolutely marvelous.It's basically the story of changing one's environment so as to get the best out of what life offers.When our hero is involved in school vandalism, he is sentenced to 200 community hours of service at the school where he did the damage.
most dancers will love this movie more than people who don't dance.
To begin with, I wasn't expecting much from Step Up. But as it happened, from the minute I started watching it till the credits, I was immersed in the movie.Never have I seen such a fine display of dance in a feature film.
The movie perhaps one of the most cliché and predictable and boring story lines i have ever seen (some awkward cross between Fame, Save the Last Dance, with an extra helping of teen angst and of course more cliché).
Sure it was a dance movie, but if you want to see good dancing it would be well worth your time to watch for something else watch something else..
Seriously I don't get why people are all like "Oh my God Step Up is the best movie ever!!!" It's a bunch of junk!
They probably either hired a stunt double or just payed a ton of cash to get these people dance lessons, for a movie that wasn't even that good.
I wasn't really interested in seeing Step Up, but my friend just kept bugging and bugging me to see this film, especially since she is so in love with Channing Tatum, I tease her constantly about it saying how that's the only reason why she loved the movie.
But she somehow convinced me that it was a movie worth seeing, that if I loved movies like Dirty Dancing, Take the Lead, and Save the Last Dance, that I should love Step Up, eh, what the heck?
Not to mention if you've seen those movies, well, frankly, you have seen Step Up. Because Channing is lower class with street smarts who just naturally feels the music while that snobby up class girl must follow step by step, how will they ever fall in love if they are so different?
Although predictable, Sep Up is a beautifully choreographed movie with an upbeat soundtrack that brings even more fun to the theater.Tyler (Channing Tatum) is not a bad kid.
However, the amazing dancing and upbeat music makes a predictable ending acceptable.When I sat down to watch this movie, I was prepared for another boring plot and was surprised by the creativeness and genius in the opening scene.
The director's (Anne Flethcer) alternating shots show how living in the city can be sharp like the woman's heel, and how Tyler and his best friend Mac (Damaine Radcliff) think that the rich kids who attend the school (actually most attend on grants or scholarships) lead a softer, easier life, like that of a ballet slipper.
The scenes in which Tyler and Nora dance together are vibrant and fun, inviting the audience to jump out of their seats and join in; there aren't any rules.Although the plot was predictable and the acting regular, Step Up achieved its main propose: to entertain me for an hour and a half.
Insipid script full of clichés and totally predictable; poorly acted either showing off or stumbling through the motions -- there was nothing believable in any of the characters; poorly directed except for some mildly interesting dance sequences, but other than that, what's not to like?
If i wanted to see bad acting and dancing I would just go to the low budget poetry club down the street, its cheaper and less filthy, this movie is one of the reasons Hollywood is loosing mass amounts of money, and cannot afford to pay larry the lighting guy to feed his family.
i thought that this movie was fantastic, it had awesome music to it that kept my headin moving/nodding the music constantly, with the mixing of hip hop with some violins added, making it a truly unique sound that is definitely a beat that makes you wanna dance.
When Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum) with his friend Mac (Damaine Radcliff) and Skinny (De'Shawn Washington) break into an art school for fun, they get caught by a cop.
Now Tyler must do work for the school, where he helps out a lovely girl (De'Shawn Washington) who dances ballet.Choreographer Anne Fletcher does a horrible job in her directorial debut and even fans of this movie will agree that the dancing is not that good at all.Duane Adler basically remakes his great movie Save the Last Dance.
However, just like all remakes, it's way worse than the original.Channing's character is very irritating and his awful acting doesn't help much.The Drama isn't very dramatic, the romance isn't very romantic, and the comedy isn't very funny.
A lot of people have said that Step Up is just like a lot of other dance movies that are out there.
Overall, it had it's good and bad just like any movie..
Tyler And Nora look good in the movie, it just seems like they have a lot of chemistry together.
there were only 2 things that were good about the movie...Channing, and the dancing..
However, the dancing was good and I really liked the music.
if you enjoyed Dirty Dancing you'll love Step Up. An enjoyable dancing movie that made me want to stand up and cheer.
While a teen dance movie was not my #1 choice, it was a pretty enjoyable film.
What is it, however, is a film that was pretty useless all around, but had enough good "stuff" in it to make it very entertaining."Step Up" not only lacked all that "stuff," but the dancing was horrible too!
I am not one to diss films for being formulaic or overly contrived, as I love many movies which are just that, but if you are not going to add anything NEW to a medium, it should at least be done well.This film is almost like a terrible remake of "Save the Last Dance" gone wrong.
I think that I do need to feel something new, to hear something untold or retold in such a better way than it surpasses the original to like a movie.
I have certainly seen kids literally change from joining Arts & dance programs and when I watch this movie, I'm wondering why every city doesn't have one of these schools!!!
Both have their struggles with this working relationship but while Nora opens up Tyler to the possibilities through dance, he brings an unique urban feel to her routine – but as romance blossoms things become harder.I never bothered with this film when it came out but the rising star of Tatum made me step back and take a look at this.
And so it treads the path you know it will from the first minute and as a story it never rings true so much as just meeting it with a shrug.In fairness though the dance routines are reasonably good and the soundtrack does give it an energy that helps it but both of these things are the type of things that will fade with time as other films supersede it.
The movie was filmed in the USA in 2006.The story is about Tyler and his friends going into an art school and destroying the stuff there.
But it's great that the film ends in an other way than you should think, I liked that a lot!
It's a movie that I definitely advise to people who love dancing and music..
It made me smile I think that Step Up was a really good movie.because, Dance and song is very good.and, actors are great.
romance in contain.I'm Dance and Song for interesting This movie is exciting all this while watching dance movie than enjoyment and good movie, In case like this movie comes out again and if and I delay without see a movie will go.The truth movie thinks.
i was recommended to see step up ii by my friends, all of whom would like dancing after getting out the cinema.
actually, i watched the clip several times to listen to the exciting music and actors' fantastic dance.
This is a great dance movie that you can watch many times.
step up is a typical story about kids with no real aim in life that decide they need to do something and be someone, it has pretty much anything that makes a film good..
romance, tragedy, comedy, amazing dancing and amazing music.my girlfriend talked me into going to see this movie, it's the first time i've enjoyed one of her choice.This film has a great story, great dancing and great music.The actors really pull off their roles perfectly.i enjoyed the film more than any other film i went to see last year, i convinced friends to watch the movie - all who thought it was as equally great as i did.10/10.
I saw this film yesterday - and it mainly lived up to the hype I have heard.I thought Tyler was a good character, although flawed - Nora was also quite effective as the privileged rich-girl - and their main goals came together as a sweet, realistic story.It was TOTALLY predictable, and I wasn't really surprised with any of its twists, but it did keep me entertained.
I got very excited with the dance sequences, as the leads are very talented dancers.I'm 32, so I grew up with brilliant 80's teen dance movies, such as Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Dirty Dancing.
Watching this made me regret a few bad decisions in my life, like pursuing music and dance when I was in school, but it makes one think about what you CAN do if you make the choice not to let your surrounding environment mold who you become.
I personally loved this movie its so exciting watching Channing dance hes amazing + there is Romeance so it kinda adds a little fun to the movie its AWESOME!!!!!!
I really enjoyed the entertainment and the way the movie shows the magnitude of love dancing can bring to people.
I mean it isn't Oscar material but its nice to find a movie that makes you feel good and leaves you smiling.The chemistry between the leads is fantastic, and I loved watching them together.
If you liked Save the Last Dance, or any other dance movie, you'll love this one!!!.
I saw the previews for this movie a month before, and I was immediately impressed.I know that many of you are saying that the plot is reminiscent of "Save the Last Dance," but try looking at it another way: this movie is telling the viewers that if you want something bad enough, you've got to get in there and do whatever it takes to get it.The soundtrack almost makes you want to get out of your seat and flow with the music...
The previews made the movie look like it was going to be good, and I was also interested in it since I take dance classes at a studio.
I thought Jenna Dewan's acting was fairly good, however I really did not not like Channing Tatum.
I can't believe all these people that are saying Step up isn't a good movie.
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.
Pretty good acting all around, awesome dance sequences, truly a film that one could even call a modern day Dirty Dancing (kind of).
Good enough dance movie.
For a dance movie, it has just enough goodness to embrace..
Indeed, he will meet the ballet dancer Norah, a student of the school and become her dance Partner.I had read a lot of negative reviews about this movie, and I can confirm some of the bad comments.
He meets and falls for a beautiful, talented dancer named Nora (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) who helps turn his life around, and capitalize on his dancing skills.
Her dancing is of course the best in the film, Tatum is really good too.
The story is not that great, it's too clichéd as is the case with a lot of films about dancing.
While his there he meets a girl(Channig Tatum's real life wife Jenna Dewan) who's partner broke his ankle for a dance completion that she was going to do and together her and Ty decide to compete in the dance completion.The story was great,cool RnB/hip hop music,chemistry between real life couple Jenna & Channing was cute and the ending was had to follow but still it was a great movie for anyone who loves music and dancing.From the director that brought you The Proposal,27 Dresses and is rumored to direct a sequel to the 2007 Disney hit Enchanted (aka Anne Fletcher who does the choreography for this as well)STEP UP is a great film to watch whenever you want something that will make you wanna dance..
I think it is a good watch if you don't mind knowing who's going to end up with whom, and fabulous dancing :) Enjoy!.
This time a hip hop dancer gets pushed into the world of ballet and a rich kid dance school.I am not a fan of dance movies but the Step Up movies seem to be the best ones out there.There is bad acting and no chemistry between the dancers.
Step Up is one dance movie that delivers the goods!."Step Up" is about a white boy who lived in a hood, Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum), who has a unique street dance talent.
if you want a movie with a good story fun dancing and a feel good mood that Step Up is your movie..