Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Steven Jacobson

Writers (WGA):

Karen Bloch Morse (written by)
Carol Heikkinen (characters)

Release Date:

1 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Tagline:

From the streets to the stage. The dream remains the same.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Ballet | Second Part | Sequel | Hip Hop | Dance

Cast

Rachele Brooke Smith	...	Kate Parker
Kenny Wormald	...	Tommy Anderson
Sarah Jayne Jensen	...	Suzanne Von Stroh
Peter Gallagher	...	Jonathan Reeves
Ethan Stiefel	...	Cooper Nielson
Lucia Walters	...	Monica Strauss
Nicole Muñoz	...	Bella Parker
Daniela Dib	...	Allison
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sean Carey	...	Guy at Stage door
Danielle DeMi	...	Dancer #4
Cody Green	...	Nick Hoffman
Crystal Lowe	...	Lexi
Nathalie Marrable	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer
Maya Massar	...	Dance Teacher
Aliyah O'Brien	...	Secretary
Christopher Russell	...	Sal
Harry Shum Jr.	...	Club Dancer
Jacqueline Ann Steuart	...	Valerie Taft
Kyle Toy	...	Pas De Deux Dancer
Christian Vincent	...	Harris Web
Tara Wilson	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer

Also Known As:

Center Stage 2 (USA) (working title)
Centre Stage: Turn It Up (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Laurence Mark Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the beginning of the movie there is a dance scene taking place in the streets of Detroit, in it cars are shown with front and back Michigan license plates. In Michigan there are no front license plates only rear ones.

Movie Connections:

Follows Center Stage (2000)

Better than I expected!

This movie turned out to be a nice surprise. I was a little concerned that it would fall below par being a straight to DVD sequel, but it held its own.

The strongest area would be the dance routines. Very entertaining, they kept making me want to get up and dance along. The characters were likable, believable and linked in nicely with the original story.

The weakest areas would probably be the under par dialog and the been there done that story line. But considering it is a sequel, there really wasn't a whole lot of new ground or directions they could go in. On saying that, the story was told strongly enough to keep you interested the whole way through.

A lovely little Saturday night in movie for all the dance crazed movie fans.