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You Got Served (2004)

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Reviews Counted:66

Fresh:11

Rotten:55

Average Rating:4/10

Consensus: The dance sequences are exhilarating, but everything else about this movie is sloppy and generic.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for thematic elements and sexual references

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jan 30, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $40,066,497

Synopsis: Enter the world of street dancers... You find them all across the country -- on street corners, in alleyways, on playgrounds or in dark, sweaty dance halls. Crowds gather to cheer and scream for... Enter the world of street dancers... You find them all across the country -- on street corners, in alleyways, on playgrounds or in dark, sweaty dance halls. Crowds gather to cheer and scream for their favorite crew locked into battle with other formidable crews. With unbelievable raw talent, they demonstrate explosive moves that defy gravity and spin like tops to the rhythmic sounds of urban music. This is where our story begins. Elgin (Marques Houston of IMX) and David (Omari "Omarion" Grandberry of B2K) are the best of friends. Their crew is unstoppable. But when another town's top group challenges them to a battle, David and Elgin -- along with their buddies (Jarell "J-Boog" Houston, DeMario "Raz-B" Thornton and Dreux "Lil' Fizz" Frederic of B2K) must create and perfect the most cutting edge moves in order to remain on top. The stakes are raised as friends double-cross each other and their motives are revealed, they'll have to come together to take on the ultimate street dance battle as a team. With everything at stake and even more to lose, David and Elgin must throw everything they've got onto the floor and believe -- in themselves, in their crew, in their dreams. -- © Columbia Pictures [More]

Starring: Marques Houston, Omari Grandberry, Jennifer Freeman, Jarrell Houston

Starring: Marques Houston, Omari Grandberry, Jennifer Freeman, Jarrell Houston, Dreux Frederic, DeMario Thornton, Christopher Jones, Steve Harvey, Meagan Good, Lil' Kim

Director: Chris Stokes

Director: Chris Stokes
Screenwriter: Chris Stokes
Producer: Cassius Vernon Weathersby, Marcus Morton, Billy Pollina
Composer: Tyler Bates
Studio: Screen Gems

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Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
02/15/04
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

You Got Served is, to quote Simon Cowell, absolutely dreadful.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
02/17/04
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

Moviegoers will walk out of this mostly disappointing film conjugating, 'I got served. You got served. We got served.'

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01/30/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star
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01/31/04
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02/21/04
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Lacks the old-school charm of films like Wild Style and Breakin'.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
02/08/04
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

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05/25/04
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

Shoddily written and directed.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
01/30/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Hardly feels like a genuine movie. A music video? Maybe. A clothes infomercial? At times. An episode of Punk'd? Absolutely.

Full Review Source: Boston Herald | comment Comment
01/31/04
Paul Sherman
Paul Sherman
Boston Herald
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
02/07/04
Boston Phoenix

For the most part it plays out at an MTV dance competition featuring a lot of star-powered cameos.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
02/01/04
Tim Cogshell
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

Commits a variety of cinematic sins, none fatal individually but collectively enough to pull an audience under.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
02/04/04
Robert K. Elder
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune
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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

If you can drown out the reductive story and the Afterschool Special dialogue, you should have no problem enjoying the tight choreography.

Full Review Source: City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul | comment Comment
02/05/04
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Sanitized to the point of disinterest... it's unwilling to penetrate the creativity and attitude behind kids’ attraction to dance.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
02/04/04
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

'You know how I like it, baby -- straight 'hood,' says Lil' Kim (make that Not So Lil' Kim), in the film's most quotable line. 'May the dopest crew win.'

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
02/02/04
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

The movie dances when it should be developing, say, characters or story line.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
02/04/04
Matt Weitz
Matt Weitz
Dallas Morning News

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04/02/05
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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02/07/04
Denver Post

It doesn't even live up to the low standards of the mid-'80s Breakin' dance movies.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/30/04
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
 
 
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