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Summary: If you are a Justin & Kelly Fan you are going to LOVE IT !!!
Review: If you are a fan of Kelly & Justin you are going to love this movie. It was meant for their fans. Kelly is adorable, and two of the songs in this movie are destined for greatness (Anytime & Timeless). It is a lot better than people are giving it credit for. I am a fan of both of them and I love it.Considering it was shot on a shoe string budget in six weeks with little acting background I was amazed at just how good it is. Unfortunatly there are still many out there that still think this is a competition with their favorte from American Idol 1st season and will most assuredly use the median to futher their discontentment and trash the movie. If you want to see a a superstar in the making, and you watch this movie for what it is, a fun light hearted musical, you are going to love it.
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Summary: Yep, the right person won the first "American Idol"
Review: I started watching "American Idol" where I got wind of the uproar over Tamyra Gray being voted off. Since I teach a course on Popular Culture I usually catch the end of most of these cult reality shows so I can at least recognize these people when they pop up in commercials on the television. I thought it was obvious that Kelly Clarkson was the only one left with a voice and one thing about "From Justin to Kelly" is it reaffirms that there is no reason for to second guess the final results as there was the second time around. For all of their duets, Clarkson has to tone down her voice, otherwise there would be nothing left of her co-star but little curly hairs all over the beach. Notice that the duet of "Anytime" consists of Clarkson alone on the beach for most of the song and Justin coming in for something like a cameo at the end. He is game and he knows how to sell a song to the audience, but the voice is not as great as the desire. The main thing I got out of "From Justin To Kelly" was that neither embarassed themselves having to dance. The story was written by Kim Fuller (brother of the "other" Simon, the other one who was a producer of "American Idol"), which probably explains why texting messages from Justin to Kelly on their cell phones is a major part of the plot. This is basically a spring break musical with realistic touches such as whipped cream bikinis that Frankie and Annette never had to deal with (but there is a thought right there, right America?). Clarkson plays a waitress in a Texas bar named Kelly (she tells him that her friends call her "Kelly for short" and I have to tell you that one had me scratching my head for a while) who is coaxed by her two friends into going to Florida for spring break. Guarini plays a guy name Justin who apparently runs beach entertainment for the masses with his two friends. Her friends are the kindly thoughtful girl (Anika Noni Rose) and the selfish Queen B (Katherine Bailess), while his are the oversexed rappin' stud (Greg Siff) and the lonely computer nerd (Brian Dietzen). As for the story, it is just an excuse to work in songs and dance numbers. Boy meets girl, girl gives boy phone number, boy immediately loses phone number, boy gets wrong girl's phone number, and then the script proceeds through the rest of the plot number by number. Someone who is better versed in Fifties and Sixties Beach movies than I am can probably cite chapter on verse as to where everything in this film originally came from in Hollywood history. Everybody does their own singing, which is a good thing, and everything is innocent enough (which may well be the big complaint). However, there is more chemistry between every other couple in the film than between our two American Idols. Nor is there any reason for us to expect otherwise; it was "American Idol" not "Singing Bachelorette." Only people who watched "American Idol" are going to check out "From Justin to Kelly," which is probably not much more than the producers were hoping would happen. But if you want something to keep go pick up Kelly's debut CD, and if, after listening to that, you decide that if there were two people from the first "American Idol" that you would like to hear singing duets on the big screen and those two would be Kelly Clarkson and Tamyra Gray, you would not be alone.
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Summary: Great movie, bad writers!
Review: I am a huge Justin and Kelly fan. I've followed them since American Idol began. I thought this movie was great. Finally a spring break movie without huge boobs in every shot, plus singing and dancing what more could a girl want. I thought the musical numbers were great. Justin and Kelly had good acting skills for two singers who have never acted in a major picture before. The only bad thing I can say about this movie is that the story line was a bit predictable. So dump the writers and I say this movie rocks! It had amazing choreography and and the scenes were well put together. Overall it was a cute movie with great music, ok acting, and horrible writing. I say what do critics know to each his own if you like Justin or Kelly you'll love this movie!
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Summary: A Muppet Beach Party
Review: Okay I did it. I'm not quite sure why. But I think it's that I like to look at car wrecks. I like to see people fall on their heads, and I sometimes (but rarely admit it) think the greatest moment I ever saw on television was when Shannon [of CBS's Big Brother 2] took Hardy's toothbrush and used it in the toilet. It was after that reality TV just took a dive for me and I never looked back. Well, that was until Justin and Kelly made a movie. I couldn't resist the urge and I rented it. But how do you review a movie like this? It's a given that it's a piece of junk. You will waste 80 minutes of your life if you sit through it. It has stupid characters, bad acting, and some of the worst music ever written in it. Let's put it this way, Crossroads deserved 16 academy awards compared to this piece of dreck. So here's what I'm going to do, I'll tell you what I did like about the movie, and then how the rest of it could have been fixed. This film has some of the best opening credits of all time. Not technically, (That goes to Orson Wells Touch of Evil and Robert Altman's The Player) but artistically. Instead of silly graphics these credits exist in the real world. The Credits are written on beach tents, activity signs, and flying off the back of an airplane. The title graphic is printed on a bridge, instead of superimposed on it. The art director who came up with that one idea should be praised. It's the only moment in the film that shows any bit of creativity. I sometimes wonder if Michelangelo lived today, would he be a commercial artist? Could he have come up with an idea this creative? If so, would we have to look at two naked men touching fingers on the ceiling of a church? Not quite sure but it sure is interesting to hypothesize about it, huh? So as I watched (and killed more brains cells than a heroin addict) I decided I could come up with little hits on how this film could have been easily fixed. I then came up with idea. It was an idea so brilliant I'll bet before he died Jim Henson actually thought it. Hire the Muppets to do this beach movie. This spring break story of two boring lovers could only work with puppets. So in the nature of full disclosure I say that Fozzie Bear and Janice of Dr Teeth's Electric Mayhem should have played Justin Guarini and Kelly Clarkson, respectively. I can just imagine the Spring break hijinks that could have occurred as poor Fozzie Bear tries to get Janice to fall in love with him. Fozzie could hang out with Link Hogthrob instead of two bit pretty boy Greg Siff, that big brutish pig would be ten times better than the stupid honky they hired, who for some reason thinks he can rap (at least twice in this film). For your information he as good a rapper as our ole pal Robert Van Winkle. Although I must admit candidly that Justin Guarini can lay down the beat box as well as I can. Now imagine how funny it would be to see a pig rap, to see a pig pick up girls and get them to shed their clothes and into a whipped cream bikini contest. That is hilarity. Scooter could have played Justin's nerdy friend, with hilarious effect. Instead, we get an annoying buffoon played by Brian Dietzen. Dietzen's character keeps searching for a woman he's been talking to on the Internet. Imagine his surprise if that woman he fell in love with online turned out to be a slimmed down Miss Piggy.
As for Janice's friends she could hang out with Zoë the monster from SESAME STREET and Zoot, the Electric Mayhem's bad Sax Player in drag. And while Zoë stabs Janice in the back by trying to steal Fozzie away, Zoot can meet a Latino heartthrob named Gonzo and they can of course dance the night away. Finally our favorite cantankerous hero's Statler and Waldorf could narrate the whole movie, those guys are freaking funny. With these simple changes FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY could have become another fine Muppet film. But alas, I do not get to make any decisions in Hollywood. To the country's detriment I might add. All in all FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY is an exercise in rampant commercialism. I feel sorry for all the people that worked on this 80-minute music video. They wasted their time, all for nothing. In an industry where some great films and wonderful performances are swept under the rug, it's a shame that anybody thought FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY was worth the time and effort. No Stars (Out of 5)
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Summary: PAINFUL to watch... Horrible overall except vocals
Review: I watched this movie while babysitting my nice, who is an americal idol fan,.. after the first 15 minutes, maybe earlier, it was becoming painful to watch.. the acting was TERRIBLE. and the dancing was cheesy.. the script/plot was poorly put together. This shouldnt have went to the movies, and should have went right to DVD. Unless you are a TRUE DIE HARD Justin or Kelly fan, I DON'T recommend this movie.
I can say it is the worst I have ever seen.
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Summary: NOT meant for the critics
Review: Mary Kate and Ashley...Saved by the Bell.."After School Specials"...From Justin to Kelly. If you love campy, cute, innocent entertainment...then this is for you (or more likely your 12 year old daughter). Script is the worst I've seen in a while, but Kelly and Justin do their best with it. Great songs...where is the soundrack already!
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Summary: this dvd rocks
Review: i love the movie when it came out no one gave it a chance . they only had a month to do it cause of the schuled of kelly and justin to come on . and the dvd is way better than it was in theater its longer . it have extra parts and musical numbers in the movie .and it haves a funny gag reel,a video scarpbook which is funny when justin trys to throw kelly in the pool she runs so fast . and there more stuff you need to get the movie it rocks belive me. i love brigther star its like summer nigths from grease . and there justin solo call with love from me to you . go and get it and get kellys cd too
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Summary: what has this world come to???
Review: ok first of all i'd like to say that justin and kelly don't have bad voices but they can't act worth their life. It is a sterio-typical movie with a predictable plot and stupid songs. Please don't waste your money on this sucky film!
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Summary: Good Movie
Review: I love this movie even though a lot of people did not like it. Both of them look good together on screen. This movie has a lot of things like singing,dancing,comedy,and a lot of other things. Justin and Kelly have wonderful voices. All the songs that they sing in this movie I believe are very good. Everyone should give them credit for making this movie because it is their first movie and they can act pretty well. They really connect and thats what makes it really good because its fun to watch them together.
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Summary: PAINFUL!
Review: This movie represents what is absolutely wrong with the marketing machinery in Hollywood. Play on the hype of a dreary "reality TV" series, advertise the thing to death, invest as little as possible in script and story, milk a bunch of unfortunate teeny boppers dry and then release it to video and start all over again. This movie should have gone straight to video and then been canceled. The good news here (or the bad news if you're Kelly or Justin) is that this production and the careers of the principles will alot the obligatory fifteen minutes of fame and then we can go on to the next failed fad. Frankie and Annette (well on their way to senior citizenship) can breathe a sigh of relief. Justin and Kelly and this preposterous movie didn't even make a dent.
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