Step Up Revolution
Summit Entertainment | Release Date: July 27, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
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4
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15
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3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Boxoffice MagazineAmy NicholsonJul 26, 2012
Step Up Revolution has again found some of the most kinetic talents in the country. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie OgleJul 27, 2012
It's really just a dance movie, interrupted sporadically for PG-13 romance, bad acting, ridiculous dialogue and earnest "let's put on a show to save our homes!" spirit. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerHillary ReaJul 26, 2012
This gang of highly skilled dancers (with the guidance of debut director Scott Speer) delivers a sequence of spectacular group numbers that truly pop in 3-D. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezJul 25, 2012
The film busts a fierce move but never relishes the unique cultural essence that its gentrifying baddie threatens to snuff out. Read full review
60
Time OutA. A. DowdJul 28, 2012
A troupe of guerrilla performers led by hunky Ryan Guzman stage synchronized routines on Miami's escalators and restaurant tables. Read full review
60
MovielineAlison WillmoreJul 25, 2012
Step Up Revolution is also not a movie you watch for its incredible story and dialogue. The film doesn't even share much connective tissue with its predecessors save for an appearance from Adam Sevani as Moose. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartJul 27, 2012
The dialogue is ridiculous, the acting wooden - but that's not why we go, is it? Read full review
50
Washington PostSean OConnellJul 26, 2012
Considering the clichd storyline and lackluster acting, maybe it's South Beach that deserves top billing on the "Revolution" poster. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenJul 26, 2012
One perhaps does not expect a fully formed and cogent political platform from a "Step Up" film, but when a movie puts "Revolution" in the title and engages community action and social justice directly there should be more at the end than simply selling out to the first bidder. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeStephanie SteinbergJul 26, 2012
Don't roll your eyes just yet. Step Up Revolution, enhanced by 3-D and set in glitzy Miami, is not as cringe-worthy as you would expect from the fourth "Step Up" installment. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghJul 26, 2012
McCormick is particularly grating in upholding her half of the romantic duo. Sure, she can dance, but act? Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertJul 25, 2012
OK, OK. They're good dancers, and well-choreographed. You can see the movie for that and be charitable about the moronic plot. Read full review
50
VarietyAndrew BarkerJul 25, 2012
Step Up Revolution, the fourth entry in the venerable dance franchise, is a narrative failure but a triumph of sheer spectacle. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonJul 25, 2012
Those dance sequences are Step Up Revolution's major sticking point. No one goes to a dance movie for the plot, but the lower the expectations drop for the story, the higher they rise for the raison d'être performances. Read full review
42
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallJul 25, 2012
Step Up Revolution is a bad movie with a few good moments, usually when the cast sets aside delusions of acting prowess and does what comes naturally to them. Read full review
40
Total FilmEllen E. JonesJul 30, 2012
3D has been kind to teen dance flicks and Step Up 4's better set-pieces take full advantage. Shame the movie's other attempts to tango with the zeitgeist are rather more flat-footed. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJul 26, 2012
Alas, the dancers have to stop sometimes to allow the utterly unoriginal story to be told, and the romance at the center of it inspired Amanda Brody, the screenwriter, to produce dialogue so cheesy as to be laughable. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJul 26, 2012
Anyway. Here's what matters: The dance scenes are great. While no more revolutionary than the "political" plotline, the flash-mob concept does allow for more creative choreography than this series has seen in some time. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweJul 25, 2012
Abercrombie & Fitch model Guzman looks every bit the metrosexual romantic lead, but also makes a credible partner for So You Think You Can Dance star McCormick. Fortunately, neither is called upon to stretch too far in the acting department and both are able to get by with good looks and flashy moves. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie PunterJul 27, 2012
Dance gets political in Step Up Revolution, the fourth installation of the popular movie franchise, which delivers plenty of spectacular fancy footwork in what is otherwise a flat-footed fantasy. Read full review
38
USA TodayScott BowlesJul 26, 2012
Revolution tries a few plot moves, but, narratively, it has two left feet. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJul 26, 2012
In short, it's nothing you haven't seen countless times before and, while it's not offensively bad, it also adds zero to the same old routine. Meh. Read full review
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