Columbus Short,
Meagan Good,
Ne-Yo,
Darrin Dewitt Henson,
Brian J. White
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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
Directed by: Sylvain White
Release Date: January 12, 2007
DVD Release Date: May 18, 2007
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July 31, 2011fb729949618Sucks critically, poor acting and script but still bearable to watch.
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June 23, 2011Always 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
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January 17, 2011It'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.
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May 8, 2010I 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 more -
January 14, 2010fb733768972very good! It touches your heart in many ways!
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January 7, 2009As Curtis would say, "I liked this movie better the first time, when it was called Drumline."
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June 13, 2008A powerful well-made uplifting movie with a competition-forumla plot and some creative stomp-dancing sequences. Entertaining to watch.
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October 20, 2007Awesome 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 more
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Critic Reviews
March 14, 2007
David Jenkins, Time Out
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
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
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
January 12, 2007
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Typical of dance movies, there's a bit of story to fill the gaps between energetic sessions of movement. Director Sylvain White captures loads of feverish step action with stylishly jittery camerawork... Full Review
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
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
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
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
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