You Got Served

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

14%

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Movie Info

David (Omarion Grandberry) and Elgin (Marques Houston) helm a talented street-dancing crew that engages in dance battles in a Los Angeles warehouse belonging to local club owner Mr. Rad (Steve Harvey). When Orange County rich kid Wade (Christopher Jones) challenges David and Elgin to compete against his dancers for $5,000, they accept. As David and Elgin labor to perfect their moves for the competition, tensions within the crew threaten their chances at success.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Sexual References)
  • Genre:
    drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Chris Stokes
  • Producer:
    Ketrina "Taz" Askew, Marcus Morton, Billy Pollina
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     wide
  • Release Date (Streaming):
  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $40.1M
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Ultimate Group Films, Screen Gems, Melee Entertainment, Gotta Dance Inc
  • Sound Mix:
    Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

Marques Houston
Elgin
Omarion
David
Jarell Houston
Rico
DeMario Thornton
Vick
Lil' Fizz
Rashann
Jennifer Freeman
Liyah
Lil' Kim
Lil' Kim
Christopher Jones
Wade
Meagan Good
Beautifull
Steve Harvey
Mr. Rad
Chris Stokes
Director
Ketrina "Taz" Askew
Producer
Marcus Morton
Producer
Billy Pollina
Producer
Chris Stokes
Writer
David Hennings
Cinematographer
Earl Watson
Film Editor
Maxine Shepard
Production Designer
Jason Weil
Art Direction
Daniel Loren May
Set Decoration
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Audience Reviews for You Got Served

  • Jan 21, 2015
    It's dull in plot and flat in performance, but You Got Served's undeniably talented choreography and energetic dance numbers is just enough to shroud the plentiful missteps the film took. 3.5/5
    Eugene B Super Reviewer
  • Nov 23, 2012
    Another street dance movie, how many of these rubbish does America need?
    Sylvester K Super Reviewer
  • Oct 31, 2011
    It was "cool". Other than the dancing, everything else was cheesy: acting, scenes, etc. Good to watch once, but nothing more.
    Eric A Super Reviewer
  • Apr 02, 2011
    Today, I will review the critically acclaimed Academy Award winning musical, "You Got Served". I've seen quite a couple movies about dance crews. Many have great dancing but don't really have a plot. I give "You Got Served" kudos for actually having a story. Its about a dance crew (OBVIOUSLY!) who is famous around the neighborhood. They called up by another dance crew to do a dance-off (OBVIOUSLY!) with the reward being fifty grand. After the dance-off, the crew finds out that most of their moves were taken. They get SERVED by the other crew and comepete in a professional dance-off where not only they win a lot of moola, but get casted in Lil' Kim's new music video. I forgot to mention the film's subplots. There is a romance subplot that revolves around Omarion and the cute Jennifer Freeman and a whole lazily developed gangster crime subplot. The crime subplot didn't work and the romance was "meh". "You Got Served" is like watching an episode of a BET series extended to movie length. I really like hip-hop and break dancing but this movie just didn't work. I find it so funny how the creators try to get us emotionally attatched to the characters. I know you readers are not gonna waste your time seeing this depending on your tastes but one character gets killed off-screen. The acting was okay not terrible. The acting looks like "YGS" was an amateur film for YouTube. By the way the characters act and go along, we know we're not going to remember them by the time the film ends. These aren't memorable characters. Break dancers just come and go. Predictability level: high and low. At some points we knew how it was gonna go down and some points we don't. Lastly, the dancing. Good but not great. Dance moves are so familiar and been-there-done-that. Better than many dance flicks but it still isn't anything special. I've seen many movies that are so better than this. We can say that the writer/director of the film just got SERVED by better directors! I'll just watch "America's Best Dance Crew" for the time being. From the creators of "You Got Served" comes "Voltron": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OvfuLI2CBc&feature=related
    Bentley L Super Reviewer
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