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Bratz: The Movie (2007)

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Reviews Counted:71

Fresh:5

Rotten:66

Average Rating:2.9/10

Consensus: Full of mixed messages and dubious role-models, Bratz is too shallow even for its intended audience.

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for thematic elements.

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Childrens

Theatrical Release:10-08-2007

Synopsis: Director Sean McNamara (RAISE YOUR VOICE) tackles teenage cliques, the power of friendship, and the importance of individuality with characters based on the Bratz dolls. Sasha (Logan Browning),... Director Sean McNamara (RAISE YOUR VOICE) tackles teenage cliques, the power of friendship, and the importance of individuality with characters based on the Bratz dolls. Sasha (Logan Browning), Jade (Janel Parrish), Yasmin (Nathalia Ramos), and Cloe (Skyler Shaye) are four free-spirited teens who are thick as thieves as they start their freshman year at Carry Nation High School. But soon, everything changes. Principal Dimly's (Jon Voight) daughter, Meredith Baxter Dimly (Chelsea Staub), rules the school with an iron fist, ensuring that all the students stay where they belong in their respective cliques. Although these four best friends try to buck the school's trend and remain close, their academic and extracurricular interests pull them in different directions until they realize that staying friends, being true to themselves, and following their dreams are more important than anything else. This candy-colored high school world is clearly the stuff of fun fantasy. Teenage fashion hasn't been this funky and fabulous since CLUELESS. And what would a movie about teenage girls be without cute, sensitive, teenage boys like Dylan (Ian Nelson), Cameron (Stephen Lunsford), and Dexter (Chet Hanks), not to mention a spectacular MTV-style Super Sweet Sixteen party and some show-stopping musical numbers? Amidst the fun and fluff, BRATZ manages to convey some important messages about self-esteem, diversity, and loyalty. Staub is deliciously evil as the narcissistic student body president who is determined to keep the Bratz in their place and maintain her empire. Veteran actor Jon Voight's dimwitted Dimly is wrapped around his daughter's finger. Lainie Kazan plays Yasmin's Bubbie, and Kadeem Hardison (Dwayne Wayne from A DIFFERENT WORLD) is Sasha's father. [More]

Starring: Nathalia Ramos, Janel Parrish, Logan Browning, Skyler Shaye

Starring: Nathalia Ramos, Janel Parrish, Logan Browning, Skyler Shaye, Chelsea Staub, Anneliese Van Der Pol, Malese Jow, Stephen Lunsford, Ian Nelson, Jon Voight

Director: Sean McNamara

Director: Sean McNamara
Screenwriter: Susan Estelle Jansen, David Eilenberg, Adam De La Pena
Producer: Avi Arad, Isaac Larian, Steven Paul
Composer: John Coda
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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1/4

Saxon Bullock

Sadly, the fact that it's attached to a successful toyline means it barely matters whether it's good or not.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 20 2008 05:05 AM

Channel 4 Film

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2/5

Kat Brown

Lessons about friendship and tolerance in this live-action toy story are sidelined in favour of a desire to increase unit sales.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 15 2007 04:12 AM

Empire Magazine

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Philip French

Bad even by the low standards of its genre.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 25 2007 04:44 AM

Observer [UK]

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1/5

Phelim O'Neill

It's all rather flat and inept.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 18 2007 04:37 AM

Guardian [UK]

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2/5

Caroline Westbrook

An utterly harmless time-passer, but one which has little appeal beyond its target audience.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 14 2007 03:16 AM

BBC

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1/5

Rich Cline

The filmmakers have gone below the lowest common denominator, aiming a teenage story at 8-year-old girls. It's clunky, condescending and insulting.

Full Review Source: | comment 6 Comments | Aug., 02 2007 03:15 AM

Shadows on the Wall

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2/4

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 04 2008 03:15 AM

Globe and Mail

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1.5/4

John Anderson

Voight never loses touch with his prosthetic nose, perhaps hoping he won't be recognized.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 14 2008 03:15 AM

Newsday

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Prairie Miller

The flashy foursome seemingly insist from the outset that they're no Barbies. Or are they.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 22 2007 07:16 AM

NewsBlaze

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2/4

Jeffrey Westhoff

By right Bratz should have had no potential at all. Yet it is still disappointing to see the handful of clever ideas and heartfelt themes smothered by corporate, focus-group filmmaking.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 29 2007 02:56 PM

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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2/4

Charles Cassady

Material girls in immaterial comedy for tweens.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 22 2007 04:36 PM

Common Sense Media

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1.5/5

David Schmeichel

A cloying, tween-oriented confection that clearly doesn't think much of its target audience.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 31 2007 03:15 AM

Jam! Movies

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1/4

Linda Cook

Whoever thought that "Bratz" deserved the attention of this screenplay should be spanked.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 29 2007 10:15 PM

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

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Mark Palermo

Bratz (freaky looking teen dolls for girls whose parents won't let them play with real teenagers) is now a high school movie made for people in Grade 6.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 29 2007 10:25 AM

Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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1.5/4

Michael Dequina

The ultracommercialized result of taking a lucrative doll line and feeding it through the Disney Channel actress-singer hyphenate starlet machine.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 19 2007 03:58 AM

TheMovieReport.com

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1/5

Peter Sobczynski

Apparently Jon Voight can do worse than "Baby Geniuses 2"

Full Review Source: | comment 1 Comment | Aug., 10 2007 12:35 PM

eFilmCritic.com

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1/5

Jim Lane

[The Bratz are] so air-headed they might have written the bubble-gum script themselves...

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 10 2007 08:32 AM

Sacramento News & Review

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2/6

Melissa Anderson

With all apologies to Liza Minnelli, Bratz with a z simply goes zzzzz…

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 10 2007 03:36 AM

Time Out New York

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Richard Roeper

Not that I was expecting much out of a movie based on a line of dolls, but this is an amateur production that should have gone straight to basic cable.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 09 2007 04:18 PM

Ebert & Roeper

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C-

M. K. Terrell

This film plays like an overproduced music video, swamping message and talent alike.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 09 2007 03:22 PM

Christian Science Monitor

 
 
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