Streetdance 3D

Review by Anthony Morris

Some people think it's a bad thing that every dance movie has the exact same plot.

They're wrong: dance movies need to have th exact same plot so you can ignore it and focus on what's important - the dancing.

And when that dancing is in 3D, obviously you have the best dance movie ever... well, maybe not.

Once you get past the fact that it has, yes, the exact same plot as every other dance movie (only set in the UK), Streetdance 3D turns out to be a fair bit of fun.

Now is it fun because a plucky group of young street dancers (led by an attractive dancer who's been unlucky in love but just might have found the man of her dreams) has to struggle to raise the funds to enable them to get into the country's biggest dance competition and defeat their sinister rivals?

Well no - that's what you get in every dance movie, right down to the street dancers and the ballet dancers (yes, there are ballet dancers) realising that if they work together they just might create the best dance style ever!

Streetdance 3D is fun because it doesn't take itself super-seriously, it doesn't mess around with a winning formula, the dance numbers are well put-together and the 3D effects are well-integrated into the film.

Okay, during a food fight there's a few snacks that come flying out of the screen, but mostly the 3D is used to create depth rather than as a cheap stunt, which for a 3D dance movie is the kind of surprise it's nice to see.

3 out of 5

Streetdance 3D
Australian release: 27th May, 2010
Official Site: Streetdance 3D
Cast: Nichola Burley, Lex Milczarek, Charlotte Rampling, Bradley Charles, George Sampson
Director: Max Giwa, Dania Pasquini