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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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Featuring an atrocious script, weak acting, lazy direction, and even worse editing, it fails to entertain and doesn't even qualify under the so-bad-it's-good category.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
08/08/07
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Everything about the movie exists in a hermetically sealed vacuum of stupidity.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
08/08/07
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A silly movie that's essentially a series of clichés strung together into a semblance of a movie.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
08/06/07
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today

Just when you think the agony has subsided and the kids have to go home for supper, a freakin' music video breaks out.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
08/06/07
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
Cinematical

A cut above the usual dramas aimed at teen female audiences, not least because it's about more than shopping and romance.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment 10 Comments
08/06/07
Richard James Havis
Richard James Havis
Film Journal International

...if this isn't the most mind-numbingly idiotic movie made this century, it gives others something to shoot at.

Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | comment Comment
08/04/07
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

"Awesomely" tacky live-action feature based on the popular fashion floozies.

Full Review Source: www.susangranger.com | comment Comment
08/04/07
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
www.susangranger.com

The empty-headed song, 'Brattitude,' makes the ditties in High School Musical sound like Stephen Sondheim.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
08/03/07
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

Shrill and shallow to putrid extremes... one of the most blatantly offensive movies ever to be aimed at young audiences.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/03/07
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

Although the film at times seems more a showcase for the trendy clothes specifically tailored for each character’s unique personality, it does convey a positive message about loyalty and friendship.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment 6 Comments
08/03/07
Adam Schubak
Adam Schubak
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Bratz is a disappointment because the characters come off less as the girly superheroes they should be, and more as, well, brats.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
08/03/07
Tony Wong
Tony Wong
Toronto Star

Others who watch with more sense than adoration will likely be dumbfounded by the venal messages of pettiness and possession that the movie honors above all else.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
08/03/07
Ted Fry
Ted Fry
Seattle Times

Always dressed and coiffed like perfect dolls, the Bratz reaffirm sisterhood by heading for the mall.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
08/03/07
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

The proud owners of Bratz dolls almost surely have had more imaginative fantasies about them than anything onscreen.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
08/03/07
Ruthe Stein
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle

Parents of tween daughters everywhere beware: the brain rot that infects this movie might be contagious.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
08/03/07
Pam Grady
Pam Grady
Reel.com

[An] excruciatingly inane high-school comedy inspired by a line of sexually suggestive dolls aimed at 9-year-old girls.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 3 Comments
08/03/07
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post

The best that can be said about the big-screen Bratz is that they are not nearly as appalling as their toy-shelf twins.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
08/03/07
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

Bratz teems with jaw-dropping stereotypes even as it tries to throw a meager bone or two to intellectual achievement.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
08/03/07
Connie Ogle
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald

At least they don't have the girls dolled up as the next freshman class at Lap Dancing Tech.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
08/03/07
Evan Henerson
Evan Henerson
Los Angeles Daily News

O.M.G! This movie is SO BAD!

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
08/03/07
Amy Biancolli
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle
 
 
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