Step it Up

So I couldn't think of something to write about for this blog and then I realized that I was able to write about movies or things I've read. Well a few weeks ago the movie STEP UP came out. Before its release there were commercials all over radio and tv claiming that it would be the movie to define the generation. What I was wondering, is what generation is the movie claiming to define? Throughout the movie it is never clear at to how old they are. The girl, Nora (played by Jenna Dawson), attends the Maryland School of the Arts, but her age is never clear. As for the male lead, Tyler (played by Channing Tatum), you see him exiting a school, which appears to be a high school, with a friend.

Now I would normally not have to much of a problem with a movie saying it defines a generation, however, I believe that in this day and age defining a generation in its entirety is impossible, or at least illogical. I also have a problem with this film saying that it defines a generation because I am completely stumped as to what generation it claims to be defining. Here is what I know. The Director, Anne Fletcher, and the writers, Melissa Rosenberg and Duane G. Adler, are far out of their high school years, therefore they are not apart of the current high school generation. The stars of the film, Channing Tatum (25) and Jenna Dawson (26), may not be that far removed from high school, but I would none-the-less consider them part of a separate generation or at least to old to be defined. So I ask again, with no one in the film (or at least with a significant role) under the age of 20, what generation is this film defining? Can anyone help me to understand this???