Teen Musical: The Movie

Watch TV shows like Next Step and Backstage instead.

This film is the work of many, and in support of the many artists who came together and shared their talent, I am giving it a thumbs up. It is the first film of an aspiring director, and it was a very big goal to take on. When I first saw the story line it reminded me of Sister Act -the story where Whoopi Goldberg played a nun and coached inner city kids to sing in a nunnery while hiding out from her mobster of a boyfriend. The main difference between the two films is the synergy and the flow of character development. A lot of time was given to the stage show in this film, whereas in Sister Act the stage show is only shown in snippets that highlighted the actual story line and no full songs were seen from beginning to end except a few very key songs to the characters development. Therefore, some may find this transition from story into full fledged stage performance 'jarring' and feel that the film does not flow well. The directors vision was to put a musical within a musical- this will feel strange for many as it is not a flow that many will be used to. There are golden moments all throughout though, and I sincerely hope those are seen and enjoyed.

LOVE IT! For those of us who were in GLEE or High School Drama, this community movie will bring back memories. I like the fact they brought the timeless "Godspell" movie/musical up-to-date for the GexX/Millennial kids of today. It truly is a "Musical inside of a Musical." Great catchy songs. I went on iTunes and bought the soundtrack after watching the movie. Fun way to spend a family-filled evening in quarantine.

I rarely make a pass on films. I usually encourage watching things for yourself but this you can skip on and save some time. I do understand. The film is trying to be a proper musical but everything just falls short. A bland story we've seen plenty of times, mediocre performances (vocally and acting wise) plus the music is mixed badly, the songs don't stick and at the same time cringey. I don't understand why this film was pushed. As a fan of music and film, this hurt to watch. I usually look at the pros and cons but this just really threw me off the whole time. I even pushed myself to finish it so I could really analyze the film in a proper way. I just don't see why this mess is out there. It's all good messages and they do try to portray that but things just don't flow well. The pacing is really odd, the edits aren't pleasing. I just couldn't go on with this film in all aspects. That's my personal take but in a film aspect. Everything in this is just bad. To put it quickly. Just bad. 1/10 I do not recommend, watch something better.

Where do I begin? With the dirty lenses, wooden performances, unmixed audio, cringe-worthy script, egregious self promotion? This movie really has it all.

The entire premise of this movie rests on a cliche, and the musical aspect is severely lacking with no numbers that drive the plot.

There seemed to be vacillating on whether Marc Mouton wanted to write a stage musical, or a movie, so for the entire second act, we are watching a stage play because he could not decide.

The only redeeming quality is the earnest attempt at an honest performance by the lead.

Upon learning the film had a substantial budget for an independent film, it really goes to show that money cannot fix everything.