Step (2017)
88%RT Audience Score: 79%
Awards & Nominations: 5 nominations
Step tells an irresistibly crowd-pleasing story in a thoroughly absorbing way — and while smartly incorporating a variety of timely themes
Step is the ultimate underdog story that will have you cheering for these young girls from the very beginning. It’s a documentary that will make you laugh, cry, and feel inspired all at once. Who knew that step dancing could be so powerful? The film beautifully captures the struggles and triumphs of these girls as they navigate their way through high school and life. It’s a must-watch for anyone who needs a little motivation to chase their dreams.
Production Company(ies)
Les Films, du Poisson Arte France Cinéma Entre Chien et Loup
Distributor
Fox Searchlight
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
MMC Studios, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements/disturbing images
Year of Release
2018
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:1h 23m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Aug 4, 2017 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 17, 2017
Genre(s)
Documentary
Keyword(s)
documentary, Step, high school, step team, Baltimore, college, social unrest, girls, dancing, inner-city, PG, Amanda Lipitz, Steven Cantor, Thematic Elements, Some Language, Fox Searchlight, Blessin Giraldo, directed by Amanda Lipitz, produced by Steven Cantor, produced by Amanda Lipitz, $973.7K, box office, gross USA, English, critic reviews, reviewed by Soraya Nadia McDonald, reviewed by Valerie Complex, reviewed by Wendy Ide, reviewed by Sara Michelle Fetters, reviewed by Demetrios Matheou, reviewed by Gayle MacDonald, reviewed by Steven Prokopy, reviewed by Dan Scully, reviewed by Charlotte Harrison, reviewed by Leslie Combemale, reviewed by Matt Brunson, directed by Amanda Lipitz, produced by Steven Cantor, produced by Amanda Lipitz, Thematic Elements, Some Language, PG, documentary, Step, high school, step team, Baltimore, college, social unrest, girls, dancing, inner-city, Blessin Giraldo, Amanda Lipitz, Steven Cantor
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Amanda Lipitz – Director
Barbara Dobkin – Executive Producer
Dan Cogan – Executive Producer
Steven Cantor – Producer
Amanda Lipitz – Producer
Director(s)
Amanda Lipitz
Writer(s)
NA
Producer(s)
Steven Cantor, Amanda Lipitz
Film Festivals
Sundance
Awards & Nominations
5 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (103) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (99) | Rotten (4)
Step is the story of young girls who are beating the odds. After seeing it, I hope audiences remember these girls never should have had to face such odds in the first place.
September 26, 2017
Soraya Nadia McDonald
Andscape
TOP CRITIC
Rest assured audience members will be thinking about Step long after it’s over.
September 16, 2017
Valerie Complex
Birth.Movies.Death.
TOP CRITIC
There’s a slickness to this storytelling that makes everything feel slightly fraudulent, even if it isn’t. And yet I kind of loved it.
August 13, 2017 | Rating: 3/5
Wendy Ide
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
No movie has lifted up my soul this year as much as this one has. No movie has had me crying tears of pure joy in quite the volume this one has.
August 11, 2017 | Rating: 4/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
The portrait of the girls, their hard-up but loving parents (two are single mums, men being conspicuous by their absence) and the school staff egging them on is in turns saddening and lovely, the drama of their collective effort intensely moving.
August 11, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
Demetrios Matheou
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
Step is a story about relationships. And how even the most challenging family ties shape us into the people we are destined to become.
August 11, 2017 | Rating: 3/4
Gayle MacDonald
Globe and Mail
TOP CRITIC
The reason Step works so well is that you can actually see life paths shifting before you eyes. They put in the work on and off the team, and the results happen.
May 12, 2020
Steven Prokopy
Third Coast Review
There’s plenty of goodness in this world and Step is a potent reminder of what it looks like and what it can accomplish.
March 24, 2020
Dan Scully
Cinema76
Step isn’t just a documentary, it’s an empowering and rapturous celebration.
January 27, 2020
Charlotte Harrison
VultureHound
Step is one of those documentaries that both fascinates and uplifts.
October 18, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Leslie Combemale
Cinema Siren
It’s not unreasonable to assume that the title doesn’t refer to this chosen form of dancing as much as it refers to the steps each girl must take if she wants to break free from her surroundings and escape into the world at large.
July 21, 2019 | Rating: 3/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
This summer’s mega-budget blockbusters can’t pack the cathartic punch provided by the most satisfying moments in Step’s triumphant third act. And this is real life.
July 16, 2019 | Rating: 8/10
Dominic Griffin
DCist…
Plot
When patients’ rights lawyer Colette Hughes goes to meet her new client, Eleanor Riese, a patient in the psychiatric unit of a San Francisco hospital, she has no idea that besides taking on an uphill legal battle to improve treatment for mental patients in hospitals, she is meeting a woman who will make it her mission to transform Colette’s workaholic life.
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