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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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Dumb, garish and formulaic...as plastic as the dolls it's based on.

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08/02/07
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

It's earnest, silly and sweet, with just enough food fights and musical numbers to keep everyone else from gagging on the goo.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment 25 Comments
08/02/07
Teresa Wiltz
Teresa Wiltz
Washington Post

Bratz is like being raped by MySpace.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment 21 Comments
08/02/07
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

The girls in the live-action Bratz movie look less - what's the right word? - whorish than the dolls, but the lifestyle their movie is selling is no less disturbing.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment 10 Comments
08/02/07
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

Our heroines set out to prove to the school that it's just as important to pick your BFFs on the basis of shared shopping practices. Calling that a positive spin takes some serious ballz -- as does trapping Jon Voight in his most embarrassing role...

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment 5 Comments
08/02/07
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

Voight’s shameless participation in this project could be a whole topic unto itself: the bottoming-out of Oscar winners.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
08/01/07
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Wow, is this movie mind-numblingly vapid and shrill.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment 8 Comments
08/01/07
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press

In the end, the most offensive part of Bratz isn't its stereotypes or brand expansion; it's the sorry state of Jon Voight's career.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment 2 Comments
07/31/07
Jessica Grose
Jessica Grose
Village Voice

You go, girlz. Mom and Dad will wait in the car.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment 4 Comments
07/30/07
Sheri Linden
Sheri Linden
Hollywood Reporter
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For all its blather about 'letting your spirit soar,' it’s really about furthering an MTV-defined version of cool, which means too many clothes, too little education and too much money.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment 5 Comments
07/30/07
John Anderson
John Anderson
Variety
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The storyline is almost too easy to rag on, what with its almost complete incoherence and dead-serious evocation of Mean Girls by way of McNamara's own Raise Your Voice.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment 6 Comments
07/28/07
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
 
 
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