Step Up | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | July 20, 2012
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A couple of nice dance-offs bookend a formulaic and predictable plot of unlikely lovers discovering each other through dance.
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| synopsis | Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore¹s tracks and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day making it out of there. Nora is a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore¹s ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts |
| lead actors | Channing Tatum | Jenna Dewan | Damaine Radcliff | De'Shawn Washington | Mario | Drew Sidora | Rachel Griffiths | Josh Henderson | Tim Lacatena | Alyson Stoner | Heavy D | Deirdre Lovejoy | Jane Beard | Richard Pelzman | Carlyncia S. Peck |
| director | Anne Fletcher |