Find Movies & TV
Home
Live TV
On Demand
Discover
Explore
Movies & TV Shows
Most Popular
Leaving Soon
Categories
Action
Animation
Comedy
Crime
Descriptive Audio
Documentary
Drama
En Español
Horror
Music
Romance
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Western
Explore
Browse Channels
Featured Channels
CW Forever
Ion Mystery
LiveNOW from FOX
Categories
Black Stories
Hit TV
Drama TV
True Crime
Reality
News
Sports
Comedy
History & Science
Movies
Food & Home
Lifestyle
Nature & Travel
Daytime TV
Game Shows
Sci-Fi & Action
Kids & Family
Classic TV
Anime & Gaming
Chills & Thrills
International
En Español
Music
Sign In
Stomp the Yard
Directed by
Sylvain White
PG-13
2007
1h 54m
Drama
,
Romance
,
and more
5.4
27%
82%
Add to Watchlist
When his brother is murdered, a street dancer moves to Georgia to work his way through college. He joins a fraternity's step dancing team for a competition. Will he also get an education and the girl?
More
Where to Watch Stomp the Yard
Amazon Prime Video
Subscription
Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Subscription
Peacock Premium
Subscription
+7 more
Cast of Stomp the Yard
Columbus Short
DJ
Meagan Good
April
Ne-Yo
Rich Brown
Darrin Henson
Grant
Jermaine Williams
Noel
Chris Brown
Duron
Laz Alonso
Zeke
Brian J. White
Sylvester
Valarie Pettiford
Jackie
Harry Lennix
Nate
April Clark
Maya
Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgette
Female Student
Allan Louis
Dr. Palmer
Tony Vaughn
Dr. Wilson
Michael Franklin
Mu Gamma Stepper #6
Duain Richmond
Mark
Justin Hires
Byron
Oliver Ryan Best
Easy
Sahr Ngaujah
Harold
Stomp the Yard Ratings & Reviews
New York Times
Rachel Saltz
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.
AV Club
Tasha Robinson
Hollywood has a few well-rutted stories it likes to tell over and over, and Stomp The Yard includes at least five of them.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
The film introduces too many elements, doubles back on itself, repeats and repeats the same information, starts and stops, includes needless tangential riffs, finds artificial means to stretch the running length and is in every way a flabby mess.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
Typical of dance movies, there's a bit of story to fill the gaps between energetic sessions of movement. Director Sylvain White captures loads of feverish step action with stylishly jittery camerawork, muted colors and claustrophobic framing.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
The film's makers get just how rich, even ecstatic, these subcultures of movement can be. It's aggravating then, to see how easily they trip up that vitality with uninspired storytelling.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
What we get is scene after scene of exhilarating routines, all leading up to the big finale. And with two furiously intense teams ready to dance each other off the stage, it's an absolute winner.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Stomp the Yard panders to every cheap expectation. Actually, director Sylvain White goes a bit cheaper than his immediate predecessors, drawing out the low booty shots for giggle and jiggle effect.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
The movie starts with furious team dance-offs, but these aren't as interesting as they should be. Camera trickery keeps slowing down or speeding up everyone's movements, which destroys the amazement factor raised by the documentary Rize.
Detroit Free Press
John Monaghan
Are the dancers at least amazing? It's hard to say because novice director Sylvain White never gives us a decent look at them. It's hard to see much when shots are delivered like lightning flashes.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The moves can be remarkable, though ritually repetitive -- male chorus lines of adrenalized automata acting out anger, menace, pride, audacity or joy.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
If you've never seen [stepping], it's quite a show, and Stomp the Yard throws well-deserved light on this somewhat under-the-radar phenomenon.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Director Sylvain White goes by the book, except in the early scenes where he gives new meaning to the concept of a shaky camera. Initially, the camera work is so frenetic as to be off-putting and dizzying.
Chicago Sun-Times
Mary Houlihan
A nod must be given to choreographer Dave Scott, who skillfully blends the dance styles into an explosive whole. Seeing Stomp the Yard for these bits alone is well worth it.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
[Columbus] Short, another pop choreographer, sounds like Vin Diesel, but he moves like a bee. When he dances, he makes sure every girl in the theater goes home stung.
Los Angeles Times
Michael Ordoña
There's athleticism and frenetic artistry here, but the film's attempts to make busting moves seem dramatic are about as effective as the hilarious chess-piece slamming in Searching for Bobby Fisher.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Unfortunately, this remarkably entertaining form of dance of flying bodies and pinpoint rhythmic precision is almost undermined by the shockingly intrusive handling of former music video and commercial director Sylvain White.
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
The intervening dance sequences are so exciting, so captivating, so full of life, it's almost possible to forget you've seen this movie a hundred times before.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
The results are corny beyond measure. Yet there's something sweet about them.
Associated Press
Christy Lemire
The rhythmic step dancing is infectious in the otherwise formulaic underdog flick Stomp the Yard -- so much so, you'll want to see more of it and less of a plot.
Variety
Justin Chang
The dancing is more dynamic than the plotting in Stomp the Yard, an energetic if formulaic underdog tale.
Watch Stomp the Yard Videos
Stomp The Yard
Stomp The Yard
Trailer
Stomp The Yard Scene: A Sweet Deal
Stomp The Yard Scene: A Sweet Deal
Scene
Stomp The Yard Scene: What Was That?
Stomp The Yard Scene: What Was That?
Scene
Stomp The Yard Scene: Meet Rich Brown
Stomp The Yard Scene: Meet Rich Brown
Scene
Stomp The Yard Scene: Opening Montage
Stomp The Yard Scene: Opening Montage
Scene
Stomp The Yard Scene: Theta's Final Round
Stomp The Yard Scene: Theta's Final Round
Scene
Stomp The Yard Scene: Can We Get Past That
Stomp The Yard Scene: Can We Get Past That
Scene
Take Plex everywhere
Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices
Home
Live TV
On Demand
Discover
