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Raise Your Voice (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 81 Fresh: 13  Rotten:68 Average Rating: 3.7/10
 
Consensus: A bland, formulaic tween version of Fame.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Theatrical Release: 2004

Box Office: $10,411,980

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 forbids her to go, she realizes it's time to break away. With... 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]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Hilary Duff, Jason Ritter, John Corbett, Rebecca De Mornay, David Keith

Director: Sean McNamara
Screenwriter: Sam Schreiber
Producer: David Brookwell, Sara Risher, William Shively, Anthony Rhulen

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 27, 2005

[DVD Details]
  • Raise Your Voice
  • Hilary Duff stars as Terri, a small town girl with the voice
  • of a big-time singer. Following her dreams, she heads to L.A. for the summer at a
  • famous music school. Life in the big city is full of surprises, but with the help of
  • some cool friends, an encouraging teacher, and a super cute boy, this All-American
  • girl will have the time of her life.
  • Source: Warner Home Video
  • Buy It On DVD

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    Ben Walters
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    2.5/4

    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.

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    01/17/06
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    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.

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    04/14/05
    Mark Pfeiffer
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    11/02/04
    Premiere Magazine
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    In watching the anemically manipulative Raise Your Voice, one wouldn’t mind calling for a touch of well-needed laryngitis.

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    10/30/04
    Frank Ochieng
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    2/5

    It's 'Fame,' 'Footloose,' 'Peyton Place,' and 'Hilary Duff's Greatest Hits' rolled into one moist glob

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    10/26/04
    Anthony Del Valle
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    ...very predictable...

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    10/24/04
    Tony Toscano
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    Nothing to sing about.

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    10/19/04
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    This ain’t Fame. It will not live forever.

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    Marjorie Baumgarten
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    It's all very formulaic and fatuous.

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    Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
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    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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    10/15/04
    Kevin Carr
    7M Pictures
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    Dubbed this year’s “Fame,” Sean McNamara’s film has very little in common with the terrific 1980 movie. **

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    10/14/04
    Angela Baldassarre
    Sympatico.ca
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    Hilary Duff's latest vehicle ought to be a hearse carrying the ashes of her career.

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    10/13/04
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