Stomp The Yard
This movie follows the life of DJ who is in love with a girl at his university, who is also the girlfriend of Wolf’s group member, the team who has consecutively won the national championship for 6 whole years. DJ then becomes a member of Python team, competitors of Wolf.
8 December 1975, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 July 1985, Anaheim, California, USA
26 October 1950, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
8 August 1981, Panorama City, California, USA
May 12, 1981 in Sumter, South Carolina, USA
25 March 1974, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
28 April 1982, Puerto Limón, Costa Rica
16 November 1964, Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 January 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
June 25, 2007
At a time of year when theaters are filled with flashy, fun, but empty offerings, Stomp The Yard is a surprisingly satisfying alternative.
February 03, 2007
Benign nonsense.
January 12, 2007
Perhaps director Sylvain White hoped that this laughably melodramatic film might find its way into the pantheon of urban dance films. But seen against such films as Rize and You Got Served, it's a step in the wrong direction.
May 14, 2007
It's not a great movie, no, and maybe not even a particularly good one. But it's likable and unassuming, and the dancing is off the hook, or whatever the kids are saying these days.
March 30, 2011
It's a little bit of a musical, a little bit of a sports film, a little bit coming-of-age story. And none of it, beyond the dancing, any good.
March 14, 2007
There's little here for British eyes.
January 12, 2007
The moves can be remarkable, though ritually repetitive -- male chorus lines of adrenalized automata acting out anger, menace, pride, audacity or joy.
July 11, 2007
... the film as a whole lacks the energy of its dance numbers.
March 16, 2007
An inspirational dance movie, which, like an inspirational sports movie, runs on predictable rails.
January 12, 2007
Stomp the Yard is a strange and at times strangely compelling mix of black fraternity recruitment video and inspirational tale about a hip-hop boy in a stepping world.
April 08, 2007
There is so much yet so little on the screen: so much movement and action, but so little to cling on to. So much angst, so little context.
January 12, 2007
Hollywood has a few well-rutted stories it likes to tell over and over, and Stomp The Yard includes at least five of them.
