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Step Up

Movie · 2006 · 98 min

A breezy, earnest dance romance that mixes street energy with classical ambition, building to a crowd-pleasing finale despite a sudden tragic detour.

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2006 film by Anne Fletcher
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Year
2006
Runtime
98 min
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • ambition
  • love
  • grief
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

Details

Genres
drama, musical, crime, romance
Directed by
Anne Fletcher
Written by
Melissa Rosenberg, Duane Adler
Starring
Channing Tatum, Rachel Griffiths, Jenna Dewan, Alyson Stoner, Josh Henderson, Heavy D, Mario, Deirdre Lovejoy
Music
Aaron Zigman
Cinematography
Michael Seresin
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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