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Step Up 2: The Streets
2008
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Step Up 2: The Streets
Positive Reviews
15
Negative reviews
14
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2.5
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3.0
Stumbl gracelessly from point A to point B and hitting all the expected notes in the process.
Av Club
3.0
In this dance drama sequel to 2006s Step Up, Andie (Briana Evigan) wants the best of both worlds acceptance from her classmates at the esteemed Maryla ..
EW
3.0
The result: Entertainment thats light on depth but heavy on fun and full of mesmerizing dance.
Common Sense Media
3.0
But even this display gives only the faintest indication of the incredible dancing in store.
Variety
2.5
Given the title of the film, its best not to approach it as an allegory for mad cow disease but as a study of self imposed solace and inhospitable beh ..
1.5
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his last public appearance on April 3, 1968.
2.0
Step Up was a MySpace sensation and there was, at the very least, a plausibility for its success. Streets offers no such threadbare cultural compensat ..
E Film Critic
1.0
A brainless piece of product that is so utterly devoid of anything not concerned with the idea of separating 12 year olds from their allowance that it ..
E Film Critic
2.0
Mostly, though, the laughs come from the lazy dialogue and an ultra predictable plot.
2.5
From day one, Andie resents her new life at MSA.She hates the entitled attitude of arrogant students like Chase Collins (Hoffman), and she no longer h ..
Ny Daily News
2.5
Overlong, talky, filled with meta references, and with a strangely low energy tone, the movie never fully gels.
ReelViews
2.5
They have heart and passion, but can the find the grit to challenge street tempered crews like the 410
Tv Guide
2.5
As inevitably becomes clear, Step Up 3 has been infused with a palpable sense of earnestness that prevents one from entirely dismissing it with the fi ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Most sequels are unnecessary, but Step Up 2 the Streets takes it to a new level.
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
But theres nothing about the writing and directing that isnt simplistic, from the clumsy set up to the double barrelled finale at the climactic school ..
Shadows On The Wall
2.5
For all of its ragin dance moves and rebellious talk, is high spirited and harmless. An MC at one dance contest declares, This aint High School Musica ..
New York Post
3.0
As with most films of this ilk ( You Got Served , Step Up I) the film is light on humour and heavy on easy to follow teen street lingo.
Smh
1.9
The plot, as hackneyed a story as youre ever likely to find, moves from one manufactured crisis to the next.
Toronto Star
3.0
Fortunately, this film does it very well indeed.Its well integrated into the story and the variety of styles involved keep it interesting its also imp ..
Eye For Film
3.5
Also outstanding for unique characterisation is Danielle Polanco as Missy, a fiery and endearing young woman with a great smile.
2.0
Will dance triumph over adversity.Will love between two attractive vacuous actors conquer all
Bbc
3.1
Too bad much crap is needed to be waded through to get to the rather terrifically done finale.
Mr Brown Movies
3.0
Ahead of the 2019 Oscars, watch all the video clips and full interviews with the directors behind some of the most talked about film titles this award ..
Calendar Live
3.0
The movie essentially is a hollowed out version of Rize, with gentrified dance pieces stuffed into a teen romance mold.
Seattle Pi
2.5
Throughout the picture, the choreography is absolutely stunning. The performers attack their routines with an aggression and spirit that cannot be den ..
Herald Sun
2.5
To say this film (and any other dancing competition film) is formulaic is an understatement. However, formalism is entirely forgivable when you look a ..
7M Pictures
0.5
Step Up 2 has only a few points of correlation with its predecessor. Its also probably the single most racist movie that will be released by any major ..
Boxoffice Magazine
2.5
A dance romance with attitude that will fall short if youre expecting fulfillment in the story department.
Varia Gate
2.5
Step Up 2 the Streets posits a universe where racial and class differences are minor obstacles to fun and pretends its clichs arent clichs.
Ny Times
2.5
What better way to approach a sequel to 2006s The aptly named Step Up 2: The Streets is neither significantly better nor worse than its predecessor, b ..
Dustin Put Man
2.5
Its very hard to argue that the dancing falls short, which means that the film at least justifies its own existence.
Antagony & Ecstasy
2.5
While its dance moves are mezmerizing, Step Up 2 the Streets sinks in the all too familiar potholes called bad acting and a storyline weve seen far to ..
1.3
Step Up 2 The Streets should cut out the story and just show a compilation of the dancing scenes.
Waffle Movies
2.0
Step Up 2 the Streets is the latest of this genre more obsessed with dancing than with a good story, which, despite all the explosive dance routines, ..
Straight
2.0
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Ny Mag
3.0
give the new movie some credit for being a lot more fun than its namesake
Filmcritic.com
3.8
Inexplicably, I liked this film more than its predecessor. Wait let me type that again, just to let the reality sink into my own mind: I actually like ..
Aisle Seat
3.5
It should be Step Up 2: Step Upper.But usually awesome titles cover up lame movies so its better that the actual movie is cool.
Can Mag
3.0
All of this feverish bending, twirling, twisting and snapping of the body is so infused with attitude, in fact, that it allows the film and its charac ..
Week In Rewind
2.0
It suffers from a real lack of charisma, still the dance bits are good.
Empire Online
2.0
The next great urban dance movie will be the first but like most music videos, its more about style over any kind of substance.Only with a video, it h ..
Gazette
3.5
Mindless formulaic fluff with enough booty shaking charm to qualify as a great guilty pleasure.
Metromix Los Angeles
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