You Got Served

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.

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.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Ellen A. Kim

Just pretend the acting scenes are commercial breaks, and you'll be fine.

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.

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

Part soap opera and part thriller, and it has the unique characteristic of being both undeveloped and overwritten.

San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer

A street-dance film that's lively and silly and about as "street" as a Britney Spears video.

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.

Premiere Peter Debruge

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

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.

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.

LA Weekly Robert Abele

Seems stuck in fad mode, a showcase in search of a movie.

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.

Variety Dennis Harvey

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

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.

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.

Empire Olly Richards

If you pay out money to see this, you got fleeced.

Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder

When a movie keeps repeating its title, you know it's a stinker.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

The astonishing brio and verve of street dancing deserves better than this.

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.

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.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Just as clichéd as its predecessor, and lacks the old-school charm of films like "Wild Style" and "Breakin’."

Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand

Rarely do you encounter a movie without a shred of originality. You Got Served is such a cinematic vacuum.

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.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Cliched, amateurish and feeble.