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Step Up 3-D (2010)

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Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 114
Fresh: 53 | Rotten: 61

It may not contain believable acting or a memorable plot, but Step Up 3-D delivers solid choreography and stunning visuals.

61

Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 7

It may not contain believable acting or a memorable plot, but Step Up 3-D delivers solid choreography and stunning visuals.

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Average Rating: 3.6/5
User Ratings: 94,736

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Movie Info

Moose (Adam Sevani) teams up with a talented street dance crew for a competition against some of the most talented hip-hop dancers around in this eye-popping installment of the popular dance film series. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

PG-13, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts

Amy Andelson, Emily Meyer

Dec 21, 2010

$42.4M

Touchstone Pictures

All Critics (115) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (54) | Rotten (61) | DVD (5)

I think it actually honors the art form of dance, but not in a solemn, highbrow way.

August 10, 2010 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment
At the Movies
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Functions less as a story than as a catalog of references meant to interest a young audience: mixed martial arts, parkour, X-games, Red Hook, Chinatown, D.I.Y. filmmaking.

August 6, 2010 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment (1)
New York Times
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The dance scenes are inventive and pop out in all kinds of strange places.

August 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Globe and Mail
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Though director Jon Chu brings admirable energy and imagination to Step Up 3D's dance extravaganzas, he can't animate shockingly wooden performances or cure stumble-footed dialogue.

August 6, 2010 Full Review Source: MSN Movies | Comment

The main reason to see Step Up 3D is for the high-energy dancing and innovative camerawork, and on those points it delivers.

August 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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Saw 3D looked like the scariest tri-dimensional offering at the movies this year. Until now.

August 6, 2010 Full Review Source: New York Post | Comment (1)
New York Post
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Genuine and genuinely infectious.

March 5, 2011 Full Review Source: Projection Booth | Comment
Projection Booth

Incredibly stupid in just about every way. And yet, it had what may have been my favorite scene at the movies this year...[Blu-ray 3D]

January 14, 2011 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | Comment
Groucho Reviews

If you're TV set and Blu-ray player can handle it, this 3D Blu-ray set of Step Up 3D corroborates the film's innovatie use of 3D.

December 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

The latest entry in a consistently underwhelming series...

December 21, 2010 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

Whilst the film attempts to advocate the organic and liberating tenets of dance, it contradicts this message though consumerism and unashamed product placement.

October 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Moviedex | Comment
Moviedex

The only laugh comes during the end credits, when the phrase 'featuring characters created by Duane Adler' pops up onto the screen. This film had characters? Now that's entertainment.

October 21, 2010 Full Review Source: Quickflix | Comment
Quickflix

Step Up 3D is one D too many. This gimmick-laden film is filled with clichés in the production as well as the script.

October 2, 2010 Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | Comment
Internet Reviews

Step Up 3D ima isforsiranih momenata no na sreću takvih je malo pa vrijeme provedeno ispred ekrana relativno brzo prolazi

September 12, 2010 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | Comment
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full review at Movies for the Masses

September 11, 2010 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comment
Movies for the Masses

Who needs competent acting and writing when there are so many shiny, pretty things flying right at you?

August 23, 2010 Full Review Source: AV Club | Comment
AV Club

This, the latest variation on the "follow your dream" dance fantasy, draws an ever sharper line between tip-top street dance and bottom-of-the-class dialogue and acting.

August 23, 2010 Full Review Source: Independent | Comment
Independent

While I did have fun while watching it, I can't say for sure if I would have been quite so forgiving if I had actually paid to see it.

August 23, 2010 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

The 3-D at its best pops (a red-gloved dancer bursts out from the screen as if diving through a window), but more often it's merely Dramamine-inducing.

August 23, 2010 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | Comment
Boston Phoenix

This is a very silly movie, but it's a pretty fun one as well.

August 23, 2010 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
ComingSoon.net

When Step Up 3D isn't throwing stuff at the crowd, its dance sequences do jump out of the screen in a pretty cool way. The routines are impressive, but the plot less so.

August 17, 2010 Full Review Source: The Standard | Comments (4)

A major notch above its predecessors if only for its magnificent dance sequences and skillful choreography, but that doesn't mean you should invest time in it...

August 17, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Step Up 3-D

America's Best Dance Crew: The Movie. What're you gonna expect? This movie is straight up made from cheese, the camera work was equivalent to TV soap opera camera work (except for the dance scenes), and the acting & dialogue was cringe inducing. But what works with "Step Up 3D" is the homage to all different dancing

October 27, 2011
Albert Kim

Super Reviewer

weak storyline but I enjoyed the dancing scenes it was so amusing.

January 11, 2012
Crashinkov

Super Reviewer

    1. Moose: You know, some famous guy once said: 'To travel is better than to arrive.' And I was like, 'What?' Because I used to think that there was only one path to take to where you want to be in life. But, if you choose that one path, it doesn't mean you have to abandon all the other ones.I realize it actually what happens along the way that counts; the stumbles, the falls, and the friendships. It's the journey and not the destination. You just gotta, I guess, trust that the future is gonna work itself out like it's supposed to.
    – Submitted by Britt V (3 months ago)
    1. Luke: What is it that you love about dance?
    2. Natalie: Everything you need to know is in my dancing.
    3. Luke: Everything?
    – Submitted by Kerwin M (5 months ago)
    1. Luke: You up for a little competition?
    2. Camille: I never lose.
    – Submitted by Kerwin M (5 months ago)
    1. Moose: I was born to be the Ashley to your Mary-Kate.
    – Submitted by Kerwin M (5 months ago)
    1. Luke: Welcome to my house.
    – Submitted by Kerwin M (5 months ago)

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