Step Up 3-D
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: August 6, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
9
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
An exhilarating summer treat for all ages. Read full review
80
Time OutKeith Uhlich
It's a contemporary movie musical that makes you feel genuinely sky-high. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
It boasts a generous exuberance and, as entertainment products go, it's surprisingly sweet. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Step Up 3D isn't, in dramatic terms, a very good movie, but it's the first film in a while to use 3-D as more than a marketing ploy; it points toward an original way of making a musical. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Rhythmically, athletically and energetically, Step Up 3D does not disappoint. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
The actors, aside from Sevani, were clearly not cast for their mad acting skills. Read full review
63
Washington PostYlan Q. Mui
The main reason to see Step Up 3D is for the high-energy dancing and innovative camerawork, and on those points it delivers. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Director Jon Chu (Step Up 2 the Streets) ably exploits the 3D format, constantly moving the action forward and upward. The color and music also pop, as do scene stealers Martin and Facundo Lombard, Argentine twins whose comedic talents nearly match their dizzying footwork. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazinePete Hammond
Back for a third go-around, the Step Up franchise is still as light on story as it is on its feet, but audiences looking to get a cinematic workout from the high-stepping action served up here could do a lot worse. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
While several of the dance sequences admittedly pack a visual pop, the added dimension does the hokey scripting and some of the acting no favors by amplifying their already noticeable shortcomings. Read full review
60
VarietyJustin Chang
This vapid street-dance soap opera boasts the series' flashiest moves and klutziest script yet, like a brilliant acrobat with a speech impediment; it's also one of the few 3D releases since "Avatar" to make compelling use of the format. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The advanced 3-D technology of today meets the mothballed clichés of yesteryear in Step Up 3D. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
The third instalment of the Step Up dance-romance franchise shifts the action from Baltimore to New York, adds a D to the 3 and invades your space with bubbles, balloons and a whole lotta breakin'. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Aimed at teens and tweens, the almost-squeaky-clean Step Up 3-D shamelessly piles on the corn, stacking it so high that it's bound to tilt over and collapse. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Sure, it's nifty enough to see dust particles swirling or hands swooshing at you, but mostly the 3-D muddles the invention and exquisiteness of the film's raison d'être: the dancing. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Step Up 3D is so lacking in any kind of edge, it might as well be "High School Musical: The Hip-Hop Edition." Read full review
38
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
It's the same movie as the earlier "gotta dance" over-choreographed crunk-and-breakdance epics. Exactly the same. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Watching this movie in 3-D is very much like sticking one's head in a blender and hitting "pulse." Read full review
30
The New York TimesMike Hale
The dancers may be skilled, but their work has no meaning in terms of the story -- it's pure spectacle, and numbingly repetitive spectacle at that. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyMichelle Orange
Meant to take the scrappy and often ingeniously choreographed dance sequences to the next level, the result is stalled between floors: Some sick moves get even sicker; some become distorted and freakishly distracting. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleAmy Biancolli
In Step Up 3D, what's going on is: nothing. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
Step Up 3D is strictly 1D. Tired choreography and moldy hip-hop gestures accompany insipid characters. Read full review
20
SlateJulia Turner
Preposterous plot devices, leaden acting, and clunktastic dialogue are acceptable in a dance movie, but bad choreography is not, and it's during the dance scenes that Step Up 3D fails. Read full review
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