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Mood:
- Feel GoodCaptivating
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Plot:
- Dancer's LifeFollow Your DreamTeenage LoveHopesLove and RomanceSocietyYouthCouples more...
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Genres:
- DramaMusicRomance
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- BaltimoreMarylandUSADance SchoolUrban Ghetto
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Audience:
- Girls' NightTeens
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Score:
- Hip HopR&B
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Flag:
- Mild Violent Content
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Step Up, 2006
English
USA
Profile of Step Up
The mood of Step Up is feel good and captivating. The plot centers around dancers, teenage love, and following your dreams. It is a drama, romance, and music-oriented movie. In approach, Step Up is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, at a dance school. The setting is Maryland. Step Up happens in contemporary times. The musical score is R&B and hip hop. It is especially suggested for a girls' night and teens. Note that Step Up includes mild violent content.
Summary of Step Up
Fans of DIRTY DANCING and FAME will dig the moves in this tale of a sullen young thug named Tyler (Channing Tatum) who winds up doing community service at the Baltimore High School for the Performing Arts. At first he's just smirking and mopping the floors, but then Nora (Jenna Dewan), a talented dancer and choreographer, loses her partner to a fractured ankle mere weeks before the big showcase, and Tyler steps in as her partner. At first he doesn't take it too seriously but then again, he's never had a real chance in life. His best friend from the street (Damaine Radcliff) gets jealous and forces Tyler to decide which side of the tracks he thinks he belongs on. Meanwhile, romance heats up between Tyler and Nora, and there's some side business with the school's hip-hop composer (Mario) falling in love with Nora's hot friend Lucy (Drew Sidora), who is going out with an older man--a successful artist who cheats on her. As far as dramatic steps go, that's all fairly by the numbers, but the performances are strong. (Tatum manages to be charismatic while playing his character like a real high school kid, that is to say, monosyllabically.) The dialogue crackles and the editing is tight, while the big dance climax is, of course, a crowd-pleasing showstopper. Rachel Griffiths (SIX FEET UNDER) plays the school principal. Alyson Stoner connects with some warmth and spontaneity as Tatum's little sister, as does rapper Heavy D in a bit part as a local crime lord.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 7 August 2006 |
| Runtime: | 104 min |
Cast and Crew
as Tyler Gage
as Nora Clark
as Director Gordon
as Omar
as Camille
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