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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: A formulaic, opposites-attract romance based on whatever music/ dance craze/sport happens to be of interest to young viewers easygoing enough to part with cash without demanding creativity. Read more
Judy Chia Hui Hsu, Seattle Times: Step Up may sizzle on the dance floor, but when the dancing stops, the film fizzles. Read more
Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune: While predictability and occasionally wooden dialogue keep this from being a truly good movie, it's certainly entertaining enough to please its intended audience. Read more
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: You can sort of see the appeal of Step Up, especially during the dead of summer. It's totally mindless eye candy. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Any guy who sits through this date movie deserves to get to third base at least. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: A lot of movies are derivative. What makes Step Up particularly dispiriting is that it has almost nothing fresh to add. Read more
Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Step Up is so predictable, so remarkably so, you might wonder how such a movie got made. Read more
Scott Tobias, AV Club: ... the focus should be on pirouettes, breakdancing, or some giddily ridiculous combination thereof, but the film piles on half a dozen subplots that keep the leads out of pointy shoes. Read more
Annemarie Moody, Arizona Republic: The cast of mostly unknown actors, who can all really move and sing, are given a story that doesn't make sense and lines that are boring at best and nonsensical at worst. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Alive with infectious rhythm, likable characters, and slick dance moves, Step Up gives cliches a good name. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: It's the storytelling that keeps landing on its keister. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Aside from the dance steps, you've seen it all before. Read more
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly: Step, under the sure hand of director-choreographer Anne Fletcher, quickly discovers its own virtuoso charms. Read more
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: Dirty Dancing by way of 8 Mile might be the best way to describe Step Up, a likable, predictable musical drama. Read more
Ki-Min Sung, Dallas Morning News: It's hard to feel the fire in Step Up because of how stars Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum dance: separately. The movie lacks the pairs dance sequences that show how romance moves. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Thin storytelling married to thin bodies of extreme physical grace, this clunky but moderately charming descendant of Saturday Night Fever and Fame covers the usual territory. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: Being an urban dance movie, guns make their appearance, along with every stereotype about hip-hop or the young. Don't believe the hype. Just watch them dance. Read more
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: The cast is only one of the picture's shortcomings. It has clunky dialogue, a derivative storyline and some hypocrisy. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Step Up barely bothers to build a memorable story. Instead, the movie rests entirely on the well-sculpted shoulders of charismatic leads Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's almost as wrong-headed as it is pre-fabricated. Read more
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times: Step Up is about following the teen-dance movie recipe without variations, right up to the big finale. By then, Wake Up would have been a better title. Read more
Jason Anderson, Globe and Mail: Until the movie stumbles under the weight of its noble intentions and its tediously formulaic story, it delivers a few lively, well-shot dance sequences and some winning moments. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: Step Up sprints over its own soggy foundation of dance movie cliches with the sheer exuberance of its propulsively cut dance sequences. Read more
Joe Leydon, Variety: The well-cast leads are more than appealing enough to encourage a rooting interest. Better still, they obviously do their own dancing, and do it very well. Read more
Bill Gallo, Village Voice: Fletcher ably blends ballet and hip-hop, but the filming itself is often clumsy, and Tatum's relentless African American impersonation quickly wears out its welcome. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Alas, most of Step Up takes place away from the dance floor. Read more