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You Got Served
Screen Gems Inc.
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for thematic elements and sexual references
Starring
Marques Houston,
Omarion,
J-Boog,
Raz-B,
Lil Fizz,
Steve Harvey,
Jennifer Nicole Freeman,
and
Meagan Good
A new fable for the hip hop age, where the best street dancers pit their moves and their passion for a chance to turn their talent into their dreams. (Screen Gems)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
Drama
|
Musical
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Chris Stokes
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Chris Stokes
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: May 18, 2004
Video: May 18, 2004
Theatrical: January 30, 2004
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
90 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
The heart of the movie, however, is the dancing, which is as spontaneous as it is spectacular, incorporating considerable gymnastics.

60
Dallas Observer
Gregory Weinkauf
Director Christopher B. Stokes (House Party 4) shapes up the fabulous dance sequences with undeniable energy, and real-life brothers Houston and Grandberry are two of the most enjoyable musicians to appear onscreen since Sting played a bellboy.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ellen A. Kim
Just pretend the acting scenes are commercial breaks, and you'll be fine.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Scott Brown
The story is so bored with itself, it collapses -- but the diverse troupe of dance talents at least makes it an eclectic slide.

50
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Part soap opera and part thriller, and it has the unique characteristic of being both undeveloped and overwritten.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer
A street-dance film that's lively and silly and about as "street" as a Britney Spears video.

50
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
A thinly written, hoarily cliched story that serves mostly as connective tissue between the movie's chief draw, its dazzling dance sequences.

50
Premiere
Peter Debruge
The beauty of You Got Served is that it delivers the moves from every vantage point.

40
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
Offers viewers a trade-off: half an hour of phenomenal dancing in exchange for an hour of atrocious drama.

40
TV Guide
Angel Cohn
Ultimately Stokes remains true to his music video roots and relies on the film's flashy voltage dance scenes and frenetic pacing to keep viewers' attention from wandering.

40
LA Weekly
Robert Abele
Seems stuck in fad mode, a showcase in search of a movie.

40
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
Assembling this vehicle for his young clients, music producer/manager/video director Christopher B. Stokes has attached an anemic plot to a series of dynamic hip-hop dance sequences.

40
Variety
Dennis Harvey
A serviceable youth pic that's marginally less dumb than November's urban quasi-musical "Honey."

40
The New York Times
Dave Kehr
Will probably keep its core audience of suburban teenagers mildly entertained for the course of its 93 minutes. Urban grumps, however, may be distracted by Mr. Stokes's annoyingly overedited execution of the dance sequences.

40
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
The performers all move a lot better than they talk, which is bad news for the insipid melodrama but good news whenever the characters hit the floor in furious competitions between rival crews.

40
Empire
Olly Richards
If you pay out money to see this, you got fleeced.

38
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
When a movie keeps repeating its title, you know it's a stinker.

38
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
The astonishing brio and verve of street dancing deserves better than this.

38
USA Today
Claudia Puig
It's too bad more energy wasn't devoted to fleshing out the one-dimensional characters and crafting a decent script. The only reason to catch this harmless diversion is for the group dance sessions.

38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jason Anderson
There ain't much to You Got Served, but at least this teensploitation flick is bookended by two frenzied sequences that fully exploit the visual potential of street dancing.

30
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Just as clichéd as its predecessor, and lacks the old-school charm of films like "Wild Style" and "Breakin."

25
Philadelphia Inquirer
David Hiltbrand
Rarely do you encounter a movie without a shred of originality. You Got Served is such a cinematic vacuum.

25
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
This amateurish drama about street-dance contests and busted friendship is about as real as Lil' Kim's chest.

25
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Cliched, amateurish and feeble.


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