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Bratz: The Movie

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Bratz: The Movie (2007)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:2

Rotten:20

Average Rating:3.2/10

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:Aug 3, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $9,882,053

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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Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
06/04/08
Globe and Mail
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Voight never loses touch with his prosthetic nose, perhaps hoping he won't be recognized.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
01/14/08
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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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: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
08/09/07
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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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
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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
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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
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[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
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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
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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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Parents beware. Bratz will rot your child's mind, drain her soul and likely encourage early Botox dependency.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment 3 Comments
08/03/07
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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If you let your daughter see this movie, set aside time to discuss the sea of mixed messages.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment 2 Comments
08/03/07
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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Frivolous, and ultimately forgettable? Of course. But if this movie is about high school tolerance, then superficial teenagers deserve our compassion, too.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 7 Comments
08/03/07
Paige Wiser
Paige Wiser
Chicago Sun-Times
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This atrocious comedy doesn't have an idea in its head but still screams at the top of its lungs, taking pains to distinguish between its rich heroines and their even richer enemies (including Jon Voight).

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
08/03/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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If you ever wanted a movie to put in the time capsule so future generations can puzzle over the bankruptcy of our current kiddie culture, Bratz is it.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
08/03/07
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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It takes a certain amount of genius to stage a derisive spoof of MTV’s My Super Sweet 16 while enthusiastically aping the very materialism it promotes.

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08/03/07
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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And I thought I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry was hypocritical.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
08/02/07
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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M&M-colored high school fantasia for aspirational 10- and 12-year-old girls who'll be shocked (or, hopefully, delighted) when they get to ninth grade and find out life isn't so super-Bratz-fabulous.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment 6 Comments
08/02/07
Gregory Kirschling
Gregory Kirschling
Entertainment Weekly
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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
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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
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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
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