Should you watch Step Up?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Step Up
Film · 2006
Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.
The sides of Step Up
- A delinquent doing community service at an arts school
- A ballet dancer who needs a partner
- Street dance meeting classical moves
Step Up is good for you if…
- you like a love story between Tyler and Nora during rehearsals.
- you like dance numbers carried by a hip hop soundtrack.
- you like a young man finding out what he is good at.
Step Up is bad for you if…
- you watch for the words. Here the dancing does most of the talking.
- you roll your eyes at a troubled kid saved by dance.
About: second chances · love · class
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