Step Up

"Every second chance begins with a first step."

Aug 11 2006 PG-13 1h 44m
Crime, Drama, Music

Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.

Plot

In Baltimore, the troublemaker and street dancer Tyler Gage lives with his foster parents in a lower class neighborhood. His best friends are Mac Carter and his little brother Skinny Carter and they used to hang around together, going to parties and stealing cars. After being expelled from a party, the trio breaks in the Maryland School of Arts and commits vandalism, destroying the stage. Tyler is arrested and sentenced to 200 hours of community service in the school and Director Gordon assigns him to help the janitor cleaning the place. One afternoon, the ballet dancer Nora Clark sees Tyler dancing in the parking area and when her partner Andrew has a strain and Tyler offers to help her in the choreography, she accepts the offer; they rehearsal and become close to each other while Tyler becomes friend of the students Miles Darby and Lucy Avila. When Andrew returns, Tyler that is known for quitting everything he starts gives up dancing and leaves Nora alone. After an incident, Tyler has to decide to follow his dream or return to his life of rebel loser.

Written by

Duane Adler, Melissa Rosenberg

Directed by

Anne Fletcher

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Offspring Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, Eketahuna LLC

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
130,117
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
48
Popularity
NA