Product Details

• Actors: Omarion Grandberry, J-Boog, Raz B, Lil' Fizz, Marques Houston
• Directors: Chris Stokes
• Writers: Chris Stokes
• Producers: Amy Yukich, Billy Pollina, Cassius Weathersby, Ketrina 'Taz' Askew, Kevin Halloran
• Format: Color, Dolby, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: August 3, 2004
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (140 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001WTUGC
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #119,086 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

You Got Served has one simple priority, and if you're into the latest hip-hop dance moves, you'll get served an enjoyable 93-minute diversion. For anyone else, however, all bets are off, since this wretchedly plotted film was written by director Christopher B. Stokes as a crassly commercial vehicle for B2K, the teen group that Stokes managed while making cheap-ass movies like this one. There's a tissue-thin romantic subplot, but mostly it's about the MTV-styled showdown between B2K (as Orange County white boys) and their black L.A. competitors, including members of the hip-hop group IMx. Their aggressive moves are undeniably impressive (in other words, don't try this at home unless you know a good chiropractor), but Stokes would've been better off making a straight documentary, thus avoiding all the nonsense that You Got Served delivers between its abundance of choppily edited dance scenes. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The best film of the decade (so far)..., June 27, 2004

By	Danny "Alan Smithee" (South Philly) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Got Served (Special Edition) (DVD)

An impeccable achivement. The spikey-haired white kid's performance makes Jimmy Stewart's fillibuster speech in "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" look pedestrian. I remember seeing the TV spot for this film; when the kid said, "You suckaz got served," it was at that moment that I knew cinema cynics could rest their notion that modern mainstream cinema has become a cesspool of moronic garbage. Direction is solid, the script should become it's own poetry book and the soundtrack might as well be God saying, "You are my greatest creation." That's how good "You Got Served" is.

I'd recommend this DVD were it not for the fact that another Special Edition is coming out, so save your money for it. It's going to be a boxed set with commentary by Roger Ebert, the AMC documentary "Getting Served: A Filmmaker's Passion," a clip from Omarion's performance as Jesus in the stage play "Jezuz 'n' Ish," a featurette dedicated to the infamous debate on which film is more substantial entitled "Did 'Honey' Get Served?" (hosted by Lauren Bacall), a two-hour documentary on the choreography and eight lobby cards. A gold-plated CD soundtrack will also be included.

If you haven't seen the film yet, you're missing out on one of life's truly amazing experiences. I can think of only one thing I'd rather do than watch this film, and that is to repeatedly bash myself on the head with a sledgehammer until my life expires.

You suckaz got served.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hilariously awful., September 6, 2005

By	albino_squirrel (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Got Served (Special Edition) (DVD)

Any attempt at seriously critiquing this movie presents a paradox because all that is wrong with it is hilariously self-evident, and it is devoid of anything approaching good. So, rather than lamenting the "acting" or "plot," I'll list examples of what pushed this movie off the precipice of "bad" and into the yawning abyss of "oh my God, stop, gah!, it hurts."

--Apparently, black middle class young women have only two choices for college: Princeton, or LA Community College.

--Black middle class young men need to serve as pack mules for shady crook types because they can't get real jobs. They're too busy spending all their time dancing, playing basketball, (attending school?), and partaking in one form of violence or another.

--Winning $50,000 is enough money to change your life, or whatever, even when you have to split it amongst the 100,000 people on your dance team.

--If you *really* want to win a dance competition, it's best to hone your skills in an abandoned, dark building, especially after knowing that killer thugs have it out for you.

--Dancing + Rain + Angst isn't drama. It's crap.

--Killing off an inconsequential little kid for the sake of creating some inconsequential motivation for an inconsequential character to "inspire" other characters to dance together is stupid. Especially when said characters still don't choose to overcome their differences and dance together.

Both I and the person I was watching this with were in fits of laughter throughout most of this movie, and the rest of the time, I had my finger on the "scan" button. If you choose to watch this, don't expect to be entertained or engaged in any way. It's probably best to watch this with someone who has a good sense of humor so that you can squeeze some amusement from the experience. Otherwise, avoid at all costs.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful...just awful, August 18, 2004

By	Mike Johnson "LeDocMD" (Huntsville, Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Got Served (Special Edition) (DVD)

"You Got Served" is quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. To give this piece of cinematic s**t even one star is being generous beyond words. It's so bad, it's not even laughable (at least Showgirls was funny).

If you're wondering why or how anyone could rate this at anything greater than two stars, just take a look at the grammar in most of those reviews and you'll have the answer.

The only benefit of watching this sewage is the appreciation you'll gain of South Park's brilliantly excoriating spoof of it--it's one of their best episodes.