The Challengers

After her father dies, Mackie and her mum move to a new town. Things are going quite well and Mackie makes some new friends, including a young girl named Jenny. What Mackie really wants though is to join a certain gang, who also have there own band. The only problem is, the gang who are made up of three boys, have a rule. No girls allowed. So, Mackie comes up with a strange plan, she pretends to be a boy, in order to hang out with them. After a while though things begin to backfire.

The Challengers is a wonderful movie which is a must-see for everyone. It's one of my all time favourites. It features a wonderful cast and some lovely music. I give this brilliant movie a 10/10.

I had never seen this movie up until about two months ago and now my life is complete. The only thing wrong with this movie is that they didn't put out a soundtrack. The song "I'll find My Way Home" is so inspirational and I would love to have a copy of it someday. Everyone should see this movie and become a Challenger!

This is a really sweet and sad movie about grief and trying to fit into a new community and making friends.

I will say the actress looks plausibly as a boy and her "boy's voice" is pretty convincing. She does a better job disguising herself of a boy than Schuyler Fisk in the similarly themed American movie MY FRIEND JOE. (oh, sorry did I spoil that movie for you?)

The music is definitely late 1980s and the ending song is good.

The conflict Mac/Mackie finds herself in feels like a plot of a sitcom. The final solution at the end seems so obvious you do wonder why it took the whole movie to arrive at it. The boys are all of a sudden like "Hey, why don't We just let Mackie, and her friend join the band and perform their dance routine during the performance?"

The movie is honest about grief. It takes time to grieve. It is not something Mac will "get over" as if it is the cold. Mac doesn't have to pretend to be something She is not in order to fit in and make friends. Her Mom realizes that Mac and her need to grieve together and denial of grief isn't healthy.

All and all I really don't have many complaints about this movie. It is not quite a 10 because to me 10 is perfection.

Something I like about Canada are its movies. This teaches a lesson in how parents should educate their children. The director deals with the topic excellently, and the locations could not be better! It is a move to be seen over and over again. The music is wonderful.

"I'll Find My Way Home" the song performed by the Challengers at the end of the movie, can be found on KaZaa. It's not exactly like the one on the movie, but it is the song performed by the guy who wrote it.