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A young man finds that the moves he learned on the street may help him make a better life for himself in this youth-oriented musical drama. DJ Williams (Columbus Short) is a 19-year-old growing up in ... read more read more...Los Angeles; while DJ is at heart a good kid and a gifted street dancer, he runs with a dangerous crowd, and one night an underground dance competition turns into a brawl and DJ ends up in jail. DJ's younger brother has already died a violent death, and his mother, hoping to put him back on the straight and narrow, sends DJ off to Truth University, a historically African-American college in Atlanta. At first, DJ feels like a misfit at Truth, but when he gets a chance to show off his dancing skills, he attracts the attention of two campus fraternities. Greek life is a major presence at Truth, and each year the fraternities take part in a "stepping" competition, in which the members show off their synchronized dance moves. DJ joins the ONO house, and is eager to help them take the championship away from their campus rivals, but in time he also comes to understand the brotherhood and community service that's a key part of his fraternity's background. DJ also has more on his mind than dancing and studying when he meets April (Meagan Good), a beautiful coed. Produced under the title Steppin', Stomp the Yard also stars Ne-Yo, Brian J. White, and Jermaine Williams. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 54 min.

Directed by: Sylvain White

Release Date: January 12, 2007

Keywords: sports, teen, dance, dancing, stepping

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  • fb729949618
    July 31, 2011
    fb729949618
    Sucks critically, poor acting and script but still bearable to watch.
  • murphmann93
    June 23, 2011
    murphmann93
    Always been a sucker for dance films and this didn't fail to impress. It was a breath of fresh air to find a dancing film that had a different sort of dance. I'd never heard of stomping before I watched this film so it really made it different from the other dance films I'd seen.... read more Good film!
  • theylovealexis
    January 17, 2011
    theylovealexis
    It's better than I thought it would be. It's good. You don't have to be a victim of your circumstances, you just have to find your drive and go for it.
  • bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    November 20, 2010
    bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    I thought it was okay but not good.
    Grade: C
  • xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    May 8, 2010
    xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    I love watching this movie. Super great movie, very awesome dance moves, totally love Meagan Good!!!

    After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth Univ... read moreersity in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.
  • fb733768972
    January 14, 2010
    fb733768972
    very good! It touches your heart in many ways!
  • purplemegan
    January 7, 2009
    purplemegan
    As Curtis would say, "I liked this movie better the first time, when it was called Drumline."
  • YosemiteSamFan
    June 13, 2008
    YosemiteSamFan
    A powerful well-made uplifting movie with a competition-forumla plot and some creative stomp-dancing sequences. Entertaining to watch.
  • deano
    October 20, 2007
    deano
    Awesome stepping movie since Step Up and Bring It On, but mostly exciting on the street styled and innovative dance moves with the fraternities at the university. African-American actor Columbus Short makes a wonderful dance sequences in the battle and competition. ... read moreAmazing!
  • jagfire
    August 23, 2007
    jagfire
    Drumline for black people

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Critic Reviews

Joe Morgenstern
January 12, 2007
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

The moves can be remarkable, though ritually repetitive -- male chorus lines of adrenalized automata acting out anger, menace, pride, audacity or joy. Full Review

Rachel Saltz
January 12, 2007
Rachel Saltz, New York Times

Stomp the Yard is a strange and at times strangely compelling mix of black fraternity recruitment video and inspirational tale about a hip-hop boy in a stepping world. Full Review

Susan Walker
January 12, 2007
Susan Walker, Toronto Star

Perhaps director Sylvain White hoped that this laughably melodramatic film might find its way into the pantheon of urban dance films. But seen against such films as Rize and You Got Served, it's a ste... Full Review

Mick LaSalle
January 12, 2007
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

The film introduces too many elements, doubles back on itself, repeats and repeats the same information, starts and stops, includes needless tangential riffs, finds artificial means to stretch the run... Full Review

Roger Moore
January 12, 2007
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

The script, based on an earlier screenplay by a Florida A&M alum, accomplishes little -- it's basically Drumline, with dancing instead of drum corps. Full Review

Stephen Whitty
January 12, 2007
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

The cast adds little. Columbus Short, a dancer-turned-actor, can move well, but he mugs too much for the camera when he's supposed to be having fun, and barely holds the screen when he's not. Full Review

Kyle Smith
January 12, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The movie starts with furious team dance-offs, but these aren't as interesting as they should be. Camera trickery keeps slowing down or speeding up everyone's movements, which destroys the amazement f... Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman
January 12, 2007
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

What we get is scene after scene of exhilarating routines, all leading up to the big finale. And with two furiously intense teams ready to dance each other off the stage, it's an absolute winner. Full Review

Colin Covert
January 12, 2007
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

The performance sequences are explosively exciting, and Short's acting is almost as accomplished as his acrobatic dance routines.

Liam Lacey
January 12, 2007
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

The plot is stale though some of the moves are fresh in Stomp the Yard, a Flashdance-like fable about a kid from the wrong side of the tracks who brings his street-wise gangster style to the world of ... Full Review

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