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Raise Your Voice (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 82
Fresh: 13
Rotten:69
Average Rating: 3.7/10
Consensus: A bland, formulaic tween version of Fame.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Terri Fletcher (Hilary Duff) is your typical sweet-hearted, small-town girl and she always obeys her intensely overprotective dad (David Keith), but when she gets accepted to a summer program at a prestigious LA music school and he... Terri Fletcher (Hilary Duff) is your typical sweet-hearted, small-town girl and she always obeys her intensely overprotective dad (David Keith), but when she gets accepted to a summer program at a prestigious LA music school and he forbids her to go, she realizes it's time to break away. With the help of her cool aunt (Rebecca De Mornay), Terri figures out a ruse to sneak off to LA and seize the chance to actualize her musical dreams. Once there, it's harsh wake-up time however, as she realizes being naive, adorable, blonde, un-pierced, and un-tattooed means being ostracized in this too-cool musical community. Luckily John Corbett, a sympathetic music teacher, is there to help, and there's time for romance to bloom with a British classmate (Oliver James). Before this little star can truly blossom though, she still has to cope with the trauma of losing her brother in a car accident (it's left her terrified of bright lights, a real problem for a stage performer) and then there's the matter of telling the truth to her furious father. Don't worry too much though, for Duff's effortless charisma lifts this sturdy, comfortably worn-in vehicle easily over the bumpier clichés, and delivers it safely to its inspiring destination. DeMornay is also good as the aunt, who shares Terri's incredibly blonde hair gene. [More]
Starring: Hilary Duff, Jason Ritter, John Corbett, Rebecca De Mornay
Starring: Hilary Duff, Jason Ritter, John Corbett, Rebecca De Mornay, David Keith, Rita Wilson, Oliver James
Director: Sean McNamara
Director: Sean McNamara
Screenwriter: Sam Schreiber
Producer: David Brookwell, Sara Risher, William Shively, Anthony Rhulen
Studio: New Line Cinema
Reviews for Raise Your Voice
Duff carries off the lead role with confidence and grace, exuding a kind of fresh-faced naiveté not often found in other young female stars these days.
Duff’s sunny disposition makes her a likable movie presence, but I’ve yet to see anything from her...beyond a 'let’s put on a show' high school drama club enthusiasm.
In watching the anemically manipulative Raise Your Voice, one wouldn’t mind calling for a touch of well-needed laryngitis.
It's 'Fame,' 'Footloose,' 'Peyton Place,' and 'Hilary Duff's Greatest Hits' rolled into one moist glob
This film is nothing more than a series of cliches strung together with a lot of shots of Hilary Duff in tight tank tops.
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