Kat and the Band

Really loved this. A young schoolgirl dreams the impossible dream, to manage a cool band (brilliant performance by Dougie Poynter). Has to sneak out from under her mother's nose to make it all happen right in the middle of her A levels. The soundtrack drives the antics (great music tracks). Every teen's fantasy.

The director manages to draw out tear-jerking performances, especially from the beautiful young star Ella Hunt, who flips seamlessly between scruffy schoolgirl and hip band manager.

A great little film, small budget, but that doesn't show. The cast are excellent, with each character clearly defined with no wasted characters or dialogues. The visuals are all good, especially the gig footage when The Band is playing. With a great cameo from Badly Drawn Boy, this film is everything you need for a feel good afternoon or evenings viewing. Kids and adults would enjoy this.

Funny to see 10/10 ratings here. There's nobody genuinely rating this as 10/10. The story is unoriginal and uninteresting. The acting from the majority of the cast is appalling. The main actress isn't bad and Dougie isn't too bad. That and the fact that there is a feel good factor to it saves it from being a 1/10 for me but it is instantly forgettable.

17 year old high schooler Kat Malone (Ella Hunt) is a talker. She lies and cheats to get into the music world. She talks her way into managing Alex and his struggling band, Dollar Days.

The story is rather standard and a little clunky. It does have good original 90's style alternative music. The guys are not breaking out. Ella Hunt is a good actress but she comes off a little too old for the role. She first shows up in the movie all made up towering over her best friend. The effect is that she is obviously playing younger. There are other clunky elements like breaking up with her best friend twice. Once is enough. It would have been nice if her friend does something to make up for their fight instead of the other way around. At the end of the day, this is small indie trying to punch above its weight. It has some good music and that's half the battle.

I watch because I read review its good but this is very low skilled acting, the story isn't interesting or captivating in any way. This is the kind of film you find in poundland reduced to clear section, sorry. Dougie looked hot but thats bout it x