I do not personally find Channing Tatum attractive, so you know this review is legit and not hormone-driven. That being said, I did watch it because it stars Jenna Dewan and she once dated Justin Timberlake. I’m scoping out the competition. Needless to say, she’s got a lot on me.Dewan plays Nora, a wealthy suburbanite attending the Maryland School of the Arts for dance. In the days leading up to her senior showcase, her partner sprains her ankle and she is left partnerless for the most important dance of her career. Enter Tyler (Tatum), the hoodlum who’s stuck doing community service at MSA after vandalizing it with his two best friends. Little did he know his janitor uniform was about to be traded in for some leggings and some pirouettes.Actually, that’s a lie. He doesn’t wear leggings until much later. He dances in baggy jeans and Timberland boots. I kid you not.If “Save the Last Dance” was the first of its genre and featured better acting than dancing, “Step Up” is smack in the middle of a dance movie craze, and focuses on footwork instead of dialogue. Which the writers understood, so that neither actor has to delve deep into their emotions save for one obligatory drive-by shooting. Obviously only included so that there could be two lines about the dance finale being in honor of the deceased, a la “Stomp the Yard.””Step Up” is a great dance movie for all the reasons critics might use against it. You need very little brain activity to watch it, so it’s great for the weekend. It has pretty people our age doing dances we could never do, but we think we could. And it makes superficial commentary on race and class. Reference also “Step Up 2: The Streets.”(2006)