Think of all the dance movies that tried and failed, hard, where Step Up succeeded: Step Up is miles better than Honey, You Got Served, even the so-bad-it’s-lowkey-amazing Center Stage.
Step Up is not particularly quotable; Center Stage wins that dance battle.
Because, upon very close inspection on the occasion of this aluminum anniversary, Step Up is actually great.
Even though Channing starred in the severely underrated Amanda Bynes movie She’s the Man a mere five months earlier, Step Up was where most audiences saw Channing for the first time.