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Jonas Brothers - The Concert Experience (2009)

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Reviews Counted:69

Fresh:16

Rotten:53

Average Rating:4.2/10

Consensus: Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience should please the brothers' adoring followers, but for non-converts, this concert film is largely flat and unenlightening.

Rated: U

Runtime: 76 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release:29-05-2009

Synopsis: Pop singing sensations the Jonas Brothers make their feature-film debut in this concert experience. From their beginnings on the Disney Channel to the enormous fame that came after the 2007 release... Pop singing sensations the Jonas Brothers make their feature-film debut in this concert experience. From their beginnings on the Disney Channel to the enormous fame that came after the 2007 release of their self-titled debut album, the New Jersey natives have followed a similar path to other tween pop idols like Miley Cyrus and Hilary Duff. But unlike those two, the real-life brothers have mostly appeared as themselves, not adopting on-screen personae like Cyrus’s Hannah Montana. For a band so young, they take their music seriously and hold their fans dear. While they’ve got producers working left and right to perfect their smooth look and sound, all three young men have a say in the band’s creative direction. Taking their musical act to the big screen, Kevin, Joe, and Nick delight their large pre-teen and teenage fan base with their cute looks, youthful energy, and musical optimism. The Disney film takes Jonas fans along with the band as they travel across the U.S. on their "Burning Up" tour, with guest spots by Taylor Swift and Demi Lovato. The film is packed not only with concert material, but also with backstage happenings as the band uses its pop sensibilities to try to make sense of love, newfound celebrity, and growing up. Filmed in July and August of 2008, the film focuses largely on two concert venues: Anaheim's Honda Center, and New York’s Madison Square Garden. Fan favorites are performed alongside one previously unreleased Jonas Brothers track, "Love Is On Its Way." [More]

Starring: Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato

Starring: Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift

Director: Bruce Hendricks

Director: Bruce Hendricks
Producer: Art Repola, Johnny Wright, Philip McIntyre, Kevin Jonas, Alan Sacks
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

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If you're already a pre-teen fan, you'll love this flick. Chaperoning parents will just have to grin and bear it.

Full Review Source: Sean the Movie Guy | comment Comment
03/01/09
Sean McBride
Sean McBride
Sean the Movie Guy

Jonas Brothers fans will feel like they are on stage with Joe, Nick, and Kevin in this immersive 3D concert film from the recent "Burning Up" tour.

Full Review Source: Beliefnet | comment Comment
03/01/09
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Beliefnet

Girls are crazy. I don't mean they're mildly emotional or excitable. I mean completely nuts. At least the girls flocking to see the new 3D Jonas Brothers movie are.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment 1 Comment
02/28/09
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Young Jonas fans will adore the Brothers' concert flick.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
02/27/09
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

I'm a fan of power-pop, and I was even an unapologetic Hanson listener when it was uncool to be one, so I wish I could be more enthusiastic about the actual music here.

Full Review Source: MSNBC | comment Comment
02/27/09
Alonso Duralde
Alonso Duralde
MSNBC

Walking into this picture, I couldn't name a single Jonas Brothers song. Walking out, I still couldn't name a single Jonas Brothers song, but at least I know now Joe's the guy on all the erasers and backpacks at Target.

Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com | comment Comment
02/27/09
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com

Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience is no Last Waltz, but it's going to be some kid's first step towards pop music, and it's so well made and exuberant that you'd be a fool to begrudge it.

Full Review Source: Redbox | comment Comment
02/27/09
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Redbox

This current squeaky-clean vocal group is way more talented than its elders were.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment 2 Comments
02/27/09
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

The threat may be as illusory as the thrills in Jonas Brothers are contrived. But that won't stop Jonas junkies from enjoying their magical mystery tour.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment 3 Comments
02/27/09
Elysa Gardner
Elysa Gardner
USA Today

Love them or loathe them, it's the Jonas Brothers' moment -- you might as well enjoy it.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
02/27/09
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson
Toronto Star

Only for die-hard members of Team Jonas.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
02/27/09
Glenn Gamboa
Glenn Gamboa
Newsday

The film gets one star from me for the admirable brevity of its running time and another for the definite article in its title, seemingly an implicit promise that there will be no sequel.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 4 Comments
02/27/09
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post

It's too bad the film offers none of the comedic sparkle they recently showed on Saturday Night Live and David Letterman's show. It's only slightly better than the surprisingly flat and one-dimensional Hannah Montana movie.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
02/27/09
Chris Riemenschneider
Chris Riemenschneider
Minneapolis Star Tribune

The attitude displayed by Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience back toward those fans comes across as a curious mixture of shameless pandering and discreet contempt.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/27/09
Mark Olsen
Mark Olsen
Los Angeles Times
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If you're a Jonas fan, take the star rating above and double it, since I'm old and the Jonases are awesome!

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
02/27/09
Jim Slotek
Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies

Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience isn't a movie so much as a devotional object, a kind of secular fetish designed to induce rapture.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
02/27/09
Nathan Lee
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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This movie spends too much time on stage, and not enough off.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment 1 Comment
02/27/09
Catherine Dawson March
Catherine Dawson March
Globe and Mail

OMG, the Jonas Brothers in 3-D! The promise-ring-wearing hotties try to burn down the house, but their Burning Up tour makes for a tepid rock doc.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
02/27/09
Matt Stevens
Matt Stevens
E! Online

In a struggling music economy, the big screen can be big money -- for the right acts. And the Jonas Brothers are exactly that.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
02/27/09
Ricardo Baca
Ricardo Baca
Denver Post

If the boys are dreamy and smooth enough for that pink iPod on the ride home from school, that doesn’t mean they have the juice to carry a 76 minute documentary. And at 76 minutes, the movie is still too long.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
02/27/09
Mark Keizer
Mark Keizer
Boxoffice Magazine
 
 
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