Battle of the Year

PG-13

Released Sep 20, 2013

1h 49m

Drama

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6%

Tomatometer

53 Reviews

49%

Audience Score

10,000+ Ratings

Dante Graham (Laz Alonso) is a hip-hop mogul, but he was a breaker; now he wants nothing more than to see an American team win the Battle of the Year, an international b-boy tournament. Dante picks former dancer Jason Blake (Josh Holloway), a boozy, widowed basketball coach, to select, then train a worthy team. With just three months to whip a crew of 13 headstrong guys into a cohesive unit, Blake, his assistant (Josh Peck) and a choreographer (Caity Lotz) have a daunting job ahead of them.

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Critics Consensus

With a hopelessly hokey plot and unintentionally hilarious dialogue, Battle of the Year is flimsy even by the standards of the dance movie genre.

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Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

The young dancers' undeniable skill and athleticism is squandered in this formulaic, overly familiar dance movie.

Jan 27, 2019

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Simon Braund

Empire Magazine

Dismal, clich-ridden stuff.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 11, 2013

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Louis Black

Austin Chronicle

In particular, as mentioned, the dance sequences are a mess, which is the kiss of death for a film in this genre.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 27, 2013

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

Instead of allowing his film to be uplifted by dance, Lee burdens it with a cringe-worthy dramatic narrative.

Rated: D+

Jul 23, 2020

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Tara Thorne

The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Proof that any movie can get made somehow.

Apr 11, 2018

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Renuka Vyavahare

The Times of India

Characters are not developed enough. You don't feel for them. Result being, you end up as mere spectators instead of well-wishers. While the film preaches 'passion' for whatever you do, it is exactly what seems to be missing from it.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 18, 2017

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Audience Member

I really enjoyed the movie although it does get a lot better as the movie progresses

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Josh Holloway is coaching a put together break crew as USA must step up on the international scene. Loads of b-boys practice in a military / American Idol like setting, as they fall out one by one untill the team is ready. They show muscles in paris where the annual Battle of the Year event take place, but there are not many surprizes here. A sloppy film in most ways, and so very typical. I dig breakdance but I am no expert on the matter. It seem to get some things right, other things are way off the real thing. Not a god film, but I never expected it to be and I'm glad I just saw it after some channel surfing for some backround entertainment while kicking back some beers. 3 out of 10 moves.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

Bland and kind of pointless for it to be in 3D....But some of the dance moves were pretty impressive.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

The dancers have solid skills but........ How has no one noticed the obvious carbon copy of the movie "Best of the Best"??? Even down to the bar fight people.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

This was such a good movie I loved it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

Where the hell they found people willing to spent their money to make such a unbelievably rubbish movie??? Credit goes to all the dancers (who can really dance), are all amazing B boy. What the hell is Chris Brown doing in this movie?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Synopsis

Dante Graham (Laz Alonso) is a hip-hop mogul, but he was a breaker; now he wants nothing more than to see an American team win the Battle of the Year, an international b-boy tournament. Dante picks former dancer Jason Blake (Josh Holloway), a boozy, widowed basketball coach, to select, then train a worthy team. With just three months to whip a crew of 13 headstrong guys into a cohesive unit, Blake, his assistant (Josh Peck) and a choreographer (Caity Lotz) have a daunting job ahead of them.

Director: Benson Lee
Producer: Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson, Amy Lo
Screenwriter: Brin Hill, Chris Parker
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Contrafilm, Screen Gems
Rating: PG-13 (Some Rude Behavior|Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 20, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 10, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.8M
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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