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Step Up (Full Screen Edition)
Actors: Charles Hawkins, Heavy D, Sophie Jeanne, Steven Rodriguez, and Adam Shankman
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $29.99
Release Date: 2006-12-19
Theatrical Release Date: 2006-08-11
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Run Time: 103 minutes
Format: Array
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Discs: 1


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Step Up happily joins the long line of movies intoxicated by sexy bodies in motion. When an overachieving dancer (Jenna Dewan, Take the Lead) at an East Coast art school loses her partner just before a big showcase, her only possible replacement is a young tough (Channing Tatum, She's the Man) doing community service as a janitor. From there, Step Up slams together a folio of cliches, from prissy-rich-girl-gets-loosened-up-by-poor-boy to hoodlum-learns-the-error-of-his-ways-through-personal-tragedy to artist-discovers-his-voice. It's set in one of those performing arts schools where the students burst into spontaneous synchronized dance at parties. But Step Up, directed by choreographer Anne Fletcher, has a relaxed kinetic momentum and enough texture to give the nonsense just a hint of realistic grit. More than anything, Step Up shows off hunky Channing Tatum. With his sleepy eyes, broad jaw, and sloping neck, Tatum looks like an Easter Island statue come to life. His acting range may be limited, but Tatum has a definite lazy charisma; even when dancing full tilt, he looks like he just woke up and is still dreaming of the night before. Step Up also features Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) as the requisite tough-but-loving-authority-figure. --Bret Fetzer

2) Description
Incredible dancing and awesome music fuel STEP UP, the exhilarating and inspiring movie starring Channing Tatum (SHE'S THE MAN, COACH CARTER) who sizzles as Tyler Gage, a rough and streetwise hunk with raw talent. When Tyler finds himself doing community service at a school for the performing arts, he also finds Nora, a beautiful and privileged classically trained dancer who's searching for a temporary replacement for her injured dance partner. Spying Tyler's smooth moves, Nora decides to take a chance on him. But as they begin training, tension builds, tempers flare and the differences in their backgrounds explode — igniting this electrifying tale about not giving up on your dreams.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Step Up- Fantastic Movie!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Thrilling and exciting with brilliantly chosen actors and a clear, moving story line, Step Up is a truly amazing movie! Touching and real, Step Up is a movie you will watch again and again! An emotional rollercoaster filled with love, sadness and yearning, this movie will keep your eyes wide and your heart beating with excitement!

2) Kept it TOO PG13   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
The outline of the movie was good. The advertisers kept the hype going but the movie was too much for little kids. They should have added some sex scenes. Thats what gets the audience. Their "relationship" was phoney in my eyes

3) ONE OF THE BEST DANCE MOVIES IN A LONG TIME   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
i loved this movie! when it first came out i saw it three times. the move stars Channing Tatum and Jenn Dewan. Channing plays Tyler Gage who is a streetwise kid who gets in trouble and takes the blame for his friends when they get caught trashing a school for the Performing Arts. he has to do community service at the school where he meets a beautiful girl Nora played by Jenna Dewan. Nora is in her last year at the school and she has been trained in classical dance and she needs a partner when hers hurts himself. tyler and nora are different in alot of ways. tyler hip hop dance and from the wrong side of the track and Nora classical dance and privlaged. when they first meet they cant stand each other. this is a must see.

4) Widescreen a must   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I enjoyed this movie very much, but then I'm a sucker for dance movies. Channing Tatum, the male lead has once again changed his spots. He's been a basketball player(Coash Carter), a soccer player(She's The Man), an angry/abused tough kid(A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints and now a streetkid/dancer in this movie. These are just a few of his roles and I think that he pulls this one off very well. The two leads, Ty and Nora come from two different worlds, but are brought together because of their love of dance and each other. You get to see a lot of dance, hear a lot of music ( I reccomend the soundtrack) and of course a happy ending. And "widescreen a must" because when you see it on tv, and then you see the dvd on widescreen, you realize just how much you really do miss. On widescreen you get to see so much more of the final dance number. So if you are in to music, dance or love stories, I highly reccomend this movie, but watch it on widescreen if you can...but ignore Nora's friend Lucy, she is so fake!

5) LOVE, BEATS, AND OLD SKOOL MOVES DESERVE A SECOND LOOK!   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
movies with song, rythem, and attitude, and a pinch of romance. damn, they hit the spot. a little of this and a little of that. all in one make for a good film no doubt. to sum it up, bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks meets the poor little rich girl. the only thing they have in common is their passion for dance. both worlds collide, crash, and they don't end up to bad. this movie just makes you want to get up and dance, you know. i know if you like to bust some moves you'll surely dig this one no doubt. it also runs deep and gives you some emotional stuff that some not so privaleged people have to go through sometimes. it gives you that point of view from both worlds where it isn't always puppies and candy kanes. anyway jenna dewan, damn that girl does here thing. she's an up and coming actress and she's doing a fine job for real. i like her, she gives you a good performance. as for channing tatum, well i what can i say, if you got it you got it right? he's a b-boy type, so he plays the part very nice. being from the hood and all that. their chemistry was so well on set, that they took it to the real world you know. good costars good movie.