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Step Up [2006]
from Universal Pictures UK
starring Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Rachel Griffiths, Heavy D, Alyson Stoner
directed by Anne Fletcher

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Dubbed
• PAL

Editorial Review:

In the tradition of any number of stories where a boy from the wrong side of the tracks falls for a posh girl, Step Up follows rebellious Tyler as he's forced to work with ballet dancer Nora to create a performance that could change both of their lives forever. Naturally, as young people thrown into these sorts of situations are wont to do, they fall madly and passionately in love, overcoming all their differences.

Aimed squarely at the teenage girl market, it's not a particularly new or interesting idea, and plays out in a fairly pedestrian way. But Step Up is calculated to appeal to a certain demographic--as evidenced by the soundtrack, which features the likes of Mario, Ciara, Kelis, Chris Brown, and Sean Paul--and in that respect, it succeeds masterfully.

The fact that the film's promoters chose to set up a MySpace profile instead of an official website, and that that MySpace profile has thousands of friends all posting adoring comments by teens who've watched the movie dozens of times, confirms this. Though Step Up may not be a great work of art, as a modern updating of a classic story, with hot young things in the lead roles and plenty of exciting dancing scenes, it thoroughly achieves what it set out to do. --Sarah Dobbs

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Films like this make me wish I went to dance school
  I only watched this film after seeing Step Up 2 in the cinema, and first off was rather surprised that there was a complete change of characters in the two films (except for Tyler, who was present in Step Up 2 at the start). The film itself is really enjoyable to watch - make no mistake, it's not worth an oscar and most likely will not last the decades and remain in peoples dvd collections for years to come, but it's entertaining to watch, and much better than flicking through the tv channels aimlessly for... more info

• Dancing out of this world!
  A lot of reviews say this film is worth it for the dancing alone and I do have to agree but the story is nice aswell and the romance between the 2 leads Channing and Jenna is really sweet (real life couple too, how cute!!!).
  Anyway back to the dancing, I would give anything to be able to dance like the characters in this film, my favourite part of the whole film is the club scene where its kind of girls v boys, when the film had ended I went straight back to that part to rewatch!
  I havn't seen... more info

• Absoultely Amazing!!
  I saw this on sky movies, and as soon as it finished i bought it straight off amazon! its brilliant!

• Absolutely Indescribable!
  I can sum this film up in one word. AMAZING.
  When I first bought it, I watched it three times!
  Ridiculous, I know. But I LOVE this film.
  I love to dance and I think Channing Tatum is really hot so this film really a must for me.
  Other reviews have said this film has the exact same storyline as many other dance films, but lets be honest - who watches a dance film for the storyline???
  The moves are unbelieveable - who knew Channing Tatum could move so well?!
  I would DEFINITELY... more info

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