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Summary: WONDERFUL
Review: this movie is very disapointing. i found the script to be very dull and not at all the true story of shirley temple. the movie is an insult to her legacy. the little girl who portrays shirley looks hardly nothing at all like her and doesnt shine and sparkle the way shirley did in her films. well, of course she doesnt! there is only one shirley temple! the script wasnt written at all to be truthful about shirley temple in any way. i dont recommend it to anyone and would never own it in my collection.
Rating: 
Summary: OK
Review: Ashley Rose Orr was nothing like Shirley Temple. Shirley had sparkle and pizazz. Ashley looked like a child trying to pretend to be Shirley. What kept me interested were the dance numbers. There wasn't very much information about her fame and life. All they really covered was how her contract changed from time to time how Fox changed to 20th Century Fox and that she didnt get Dorothy in Wizard of Oz (which im so glad she didnt b/c it would have just been aother Shirley Movie nothing big) otherwise. Ashley acts nothing like shirley would have acted off screne, looks nothing like her, sounds nothing like her, and why is a 10 year old playing a 5 year old?
Rating:
Summary: OK
Review: Ashley Rose Orr was nothing like Shirley Temple. Shirley had sparkle and pizazz. Ashley looked like a child trying to pretend to be Shirley. What kept me interested were the dance numbers. There wasn't very much information about her fame and life. All they really covered was how her contract changed from time to time how Fox changed to 20th Century Fox and that she didnt get Dorothy in Wizard of Oz (which im so glad she didnt b/c it would have just been aother Shirley Movie nothing big) otherwise. Ashley acts nothing like shirley would have acted off screne, looks nothing like her, sounds nothing like her, and why is a 10 year old playing a 5 year old?
Rating: 
Summary: Nice Look Back
Review: Based on her autobiography, Child Star tells the story of the fame of Shirley Temple, perhaps the most loved child star of all time. The movie does a good job of setting the time period, the depression by using newsreel footage and radio broadcasts. Many of her most famous routines are faithfully recreated, sometimes as clips from the movies, other times as if they were filming the movie.
The acting is good. Ashley Rose Orr "sparkles" as Shirley (Shirley's mother always told her to "sparkle"). It's tough recreating a living legend, but she can sing and dance and act quite well, although she did say "Oh, my goodness" a bit too many times. Connie Britton is good as Shirley's mother, although Colin Friel is bland as her father. A standout is Hinton Battle as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
Shirley Temple fans will enjoy this movie. She's one of those rare child stars who seems well-adjusted, so there's nothing really controversial in the film. Anything that is controversial, such as Shirley's father spending almost all her money, is sugar-coated, perhaps because Shirley was a consultant on the movie. Unfortunately, the movie veers off course in the end by showing Shirley as a teenager. A much better ending would have been her leaving the 20th Century Fox studios when they terminated her contract.
DVD extras include an audio commentary by Melissa Joan Hart, who produced the movie along with her mother, and an interesting feature on the making of the movie.
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Summary: Ashley Rose Orr is excellent
Review: Great movie! Very accurate, well-made, and entertaining for anyone who wishes to relive those adorable Shirley Temple days from when she was young. Ashley Rose Orr does a great acting job here, although I don't think she looked much like the real Shirley Temple. Sure, she had those same dimples and the curls, but I didn't see as much of a resemblance as I thought I would. But that doesn't matter, because it's Ashley Rose Orr's energy and adorable smile that made her believable as Shirley Temple, the little girl who stole the hearts of people worldwide during the Great Depression. The song and dance numbers were performed extremely well by Orr, and she was well supported by Connie Britton and Colin Friels, who portrayed Shirley's parents in the movie. I just found this to be a really sweet movie which gives viewers a good background on Shirley's younger life in the moviemaking business. Like Cherie Hapney, I'm also disappointed that Shirley Temple didn't get the part of Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz," although Judy Garland did play the part well. But we're not talking about Judy Garland here, we're talking about Shirley Temple. And I definitely recommend this autobiographical account on the talented young woman's life from ages 5 to 12.
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Summary: Shirley Temple Fan
Review: I am a big Shirley Temple fan. So I just had to buy this and add it to my collection. I watched this movie and I thought that
Ashley Rose Orr did a wonderful job in playing Shirley. Nobody can take Shirley Temple so keep that in mind. The only thing in the movie that I didnt like is the ending. I thought that it was tacky that the Producer Melisa Joan Hart would have her little sister Emily play the teen age role of Shirley Temple.I dont think that her sister resembled the teenage Shirley in my mind. The ending just stunk. It left you hanging. I would of like it if it covered all the way to the end of her acting years as an adult. Instead it focus way to much on her childhood.
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Summary: ashley is nothing like Shirley!!!!!!!!
Review: I don't want to offend Shirley Temple(shes my favorite actress), but I did not like this movie at all. I have read Child Star, and the movie is nothing like the book! Plus, Ashley Orr did a terrable job as Shirley! Shirley had a differant, yet very cute, voice, which ashley does not have, and by trying to copy Shirley's voice she made it worse! If you want to know more about Shirley, then read Child Star, by Shirley Temple; Shirley Temple American Princess, by Anne Edwards; Or watch one of the real Shirley Temple movies. DON'T buy this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Love Shirley Temple, But I HATE this movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating:
Summary: great movie
Review: I loved this movie! It was a great remake of a classic life, and many people agree there was only one thing wrong with the movie in that it was too short!Ashley Rose Orr is beautiful and talented and she deserves an oscar for portraying Shirley in this role.
The only thing that REALLY counts is that the story was told and it was ACCURATE.
Thanks
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Summary: Orr Dosn't Shine As Temple
Review: I own the movie for the simple fact, that I am a huge Shirley Temple and since the movie is featured on Shirley's book I can imagine Shirley growing up on set.
But, the cast does a horrible job acting-- the show plays out like an melodramatic elementary school play. Ashley Orr the little girl who was in Annie Get Your Gun and The Sound of Music- does a horrible job as Shirley-- there is no magic or suddle acting with her- she's meant for stage not film. Ashley also looks too old for the part as well- an ten year playing someone who is suppose to be five or six is bound not to work. Some people have said that she looks like Shirley and there is NO resemblance what so ever and there is no magic when you watch her on screen. They should have spent more time searching for America's little sweetheart instead of Orr. But, of course there will never be another Temple. Shirley's mom dosn't do a good job either and most of the actors seem like they need to be on prozac.
All in all it's a good biography for fans but, a horrible movie.
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Summary: Wonderful Movie
Review: I really loved this movie! I had a ball trying to copy the dances. Ashley Rose Orr is a great singer. I watched this movie over and over again! Ashley has a beautiful smile and lots of energy. You should get the movie. I want to be like Ashley when I grow up!
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