Rotten
Who needs competent acting and writing when there are so many shiny, pretty things flying right at you?
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Overview
A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip-hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.
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46%
Tomatometer
Fresh
I think it actually honors the art form of dance, but not in a solemn, highbrow way.
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
Rotten
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.
Mike Hale, New York Times
Fresh
The dance scenes are inventive and pop out in all kinds of strange places.
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
Rotten
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.
Kathleen Murphy, MSN Movies
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