The Family Filmgoer Watching With Kids in Mind  By Jane Horwitz
Friday, January 12, 2007  Stomp the Yard (PG-13, 115 minutes)
Gloriously energetic, synchronized "step" dance numbers nearly
raise this story of a troubled inner-city kid who makes the
tough transition to college above its many cliches -- nearly.
Yet "Stomp the Yard" will win over plenty of high schoolers with
its exuberance. A bit too full of strong language and macho
posturing for middle schoolers, it depicts a street brawl, a
fatal shooting and other much milder scuffles, and contains
considerable midrange profanity and slangish racial slurs. There
is a lot of mild sexual innuendo, including an implied overnight
tryst between college students, suggestive dancing by women,
rapper-style crotch-grabbing by guys and lingering shots of
women's jean-clad behinds.  "Stomp the Yard" opens at a street-
dancing contest in Los Angeles, after which gifted dancer DJ
(Columbus Short) sees his brother shot dead during a brawl
they're involved in. DJ avoids j