Step Up (DVD, 2006, Widescreen)

Although I thought I'd see a cheap imitation of Dirty Dancing in this movie, I was surprised. It's a more up to date style that connects with todays teenagers and hip hop era. I especially love the fact that the director didn't feel the need to have to "sell" his movie by adding "sex scenes" or an overabundance in gun use and killings. It connects on so many levels with it's viewers and has a realism to it. Not only that, but the chemistry between Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan was amazing! For fairly new actors, I think that they can really hold there own!

Step Up isn't so much done well as well-done, as in overcooked. Its recipe is straightforward enough: Add two parts The Cutting Edge, two parts Dirty Dancing, one part Fame and stir briskly. The result is flavorless gristle. Being that this is the kind of movie where you know within the first 10 minutes every plot point that will follow, any subsequent entertainment value is going to come from appreciating the mechanics of how it's done. How's the chemistry of the leads? How's the dancing? Is the movie sexy? Charming? Funny? (The answers, in case you're interested: so-so / not enough of it / no / not really / inadvertently so).

Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum), a hunky car thief in inner-city Baltimore, is busted for trashing a stage inside the Maryland School of the Arts. In a creative bit of alternative sentencing, a judge orders Ty to 200 hours of janitorial service at the school, where he whittles away the time doing urban dance moves in the parking lot and subsequently catching the attention of Nora (Jenna Dewan), a well-to-do, ambitious dance student.

Nora is busy rehearsing for her super-important showcase in hopes of landing a professional dance gig that will spare her the agony of attending an Ivy League school. But d'oh! Her dance partner winds up on crutches and evidently all the other male dancers at the performing-arts school have the coordination of Don Knotts on an acid trip. It looks like lovely Nora has no recourse but to talk the school principal ("Six Feet Under's" Rachel Griffiths, obviously slumming it here) into letting her team up with Ty, the good-looking thug from the wrong side of the tracks. Don't think I'm giving anything away when I suggest that these two kids might end up falling in love, but not before the foreplay of learning valuable life lessons.

Step Up is tepid, by-the-numbers fluff that doesn't even deliver much in the way of dance until the end. By then, it's too little and too late to care.

The DVD

The Video:

The picture, in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, is excellent quality. Step Up has little to recommend it, but cinematographer Michael Seresin -- whose credits include Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Angel Heart and a movie Step Up owes much to, Fame -- lends the film a bit of much-needed credibility. The picture quality is vivid, detailed and full of rich colors.



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I thought this was a great movie for dance and music. Giving us an inside look at what it takes to be a dancer and great dance scenes! And the music was great too! I would recommend this to watch. I would buy it instead of renting it, something to watch over and over again. It was refreshing to see that the sexual parts were not needed to make a good movie. SO much sex has to be put in movies these days to sell. And this one didn't need it, the characters and the music and dance carried it well. Something nice to watch at home on a Saturday night.

Great movie for teenagers, good music and a movie thats shows how you should not give up. The actors in this movie were made for the job.

I haved watched this movie everytime is has came on tv. Loved this movie. Great context. Loved the characters. I wanted to have this movie so I can watch it anytime I want.

This is a very cute movie with great dancing in it, and plus channing tatum is hot! It's a guilty pleasure but you will definitly enjoy it.

Step Up is a great movie!!! I love this movie and could watch it all the time without getting tired of it. This movie is full of incredible dancing and awesome music. This movie is an inspiring movie starring Channing Tatum who plays Tyler Gage. Tyler is a rough and streetwise hunk who has a lot of raw talent in dancing. When Tyler finds himself doing community service at the Maryland school of the Arts where he vandalized the place with his two friends, he meets Nora and falls in love with her right away. As people always say “it was love at first sight”. Nora is a beautiful privileged dancer who’s searching for a temporary replacement for her injured dance partner. Seeing Tyler’s smooth moves, Nora decides to take a chance on him. This is a great movie that everyone will enjoy because it is a movie about not giving up on your dreams. I enjoyed this movie more than Step UP 2, but Step Up 2 is still good.

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Sam

Great product, great condition, got here quickly. Very happy.

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Sheila

The dance sequences in STEP UP are some of the best ever filmed. My daughter fast-forwards through this movie, viewing it as if it were a series of music videos. When you add the plot and dialogue, however, STEP UP turns into just another predictable teen film where the underdog dancers/cheerleaders/rappers "bring it on" against the reigning snobby champions. Best enjoyed by those under age 25.

Decent story, very good dancing, very good music. Kept you interested throughout the whole movie.

Much better than Step Up 2

If you like dancing, get it. The story line is enjoyable, but told many times before about hard-knock kids who find something they like to do and have success. Good, enjoyable dance sequences. My kids like it too, despite some of it being over their heads and some of the harsher language, since they aren't teens yet.

dvd was in perfect shape. Girlfriend loves it. Great addition to the dvd collection. Love the dance moves and the girls in the movie

My teenage daughter wanted this movie. I bought it not knowing what it was really all about. When we got it, I wanted to watch it with her. WOW! I really enjoyed this movie! The male lead was REAALLLYYY eye candy for the ladies...<<fanning myself>>...anyway...the movie was good & I was very suprised. Good choice.

Love the movie, it's about real life. Things like this happen all the time. I like it because it lets people that there is hope.

I bought a dvd movie which I like very much. I do not have complain with it, and I'm happy with my product.

I am very much into dance movies...they are very interesting and up to the beat...lol I cant wait to see Step Up 2 now!!!

Well, I am a softie for anything with music and dance in it. When i first saw it i thought that it may have been a waste of time to buy it, but every since i have seen it i cant get enough of it. I cant wait until the second one comes out. The story line is really great because ppl just dont know how much a lot of people in real life are like the male lead in the story. Very good movie..

I really enjoyed the Step Up Move. I enjoy the classics and I consider this one of them. My daughter is 31/2 yrs old and she even enjoyed the dancing. I recommend this movie for any dance fan.

My daughter and I love this movie. We both saw it at the theater and my daughter saw Step Up II! We both enjoy dance shows and movies. We enjoyed watching this movie also because its diverse and not rated R.

great movie, fun to watch, i like dance movies alot. i saw part of it on tv and decided i had to have it, so i bought it. i want more movies like that.

This DVD arrived quickly to my home. When I watched it it was in good condition and did not give me any trouble. I would by from this seller again.

The movie was good enough for me to actually buy the sound track. Extra features included music video and what was going to be on the Audio CD.

Almost predictable, like Fame, or Flashdance mixed, the talent, stamina, and passion of the characters in this film give it all the sizzle it needs. Makes you wish you were young again, so you wouldn't waste those moves you had, and celebrates the youth that are active today, finding their own way! Great music, great choreography!!