Ms. Duff's screen presence and the film's infectious high spirits will make this piece of fluff appealing to young moviegoers without conveying any sinister messages.
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10/07/04
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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Hilary Duff, Jason Ritter, John Corbett, Rebecca De Mornay
Director: Sean McNamara
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Reviews for Raise Your Voice
Proves Hilary Duff is here to stay. Is it corny at times? Definitely, but sometimes corn is good for you.
10/11/04
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.
11/02/06
It's easy to play the middle-aged critic and...dismiss the proceedings as trite, but for the... young teens seeing it, [it] will seem... relevant to their own lives.
10/08/04
Duff at 17 is so easy to take. She radiates without smugness, like the blessed offspring of Marilyn Monroe and a virile marshmallow.
10/08/04
So pure at heart that, even with its over-the-top moments and cliches, one is willing to forgive the flaws and admire all that it achieves.
10/05/04
Not since the students spilled out onto the streets in Fame has musical performance been so infectious a part of coming of age.
10/08/04
Top CriticIt's a sweet and touching West Coast Fame, though it lacks that 1980 musical's manic energy and excitement.
10/07/04
Top CriticAs refreshing as it may be to see Duff shed tears, drop the 'like' and wear shirts that don’t show off her midriff, this is more of a baby step than a giant leap forward.
10/07/04
I cared. I cared. Then it was off to therapy. After all, the film's production company, for gosh sakes, is called ChickFlicks. ChickFlicks!
10/07/04
It's particularly good at capturing that time of life when you simultaneously believe everything is possible and that each tiny misstep is the end of the world.
10/08/04
Top CriticThe music in Raise Your Voice ... manages to bring home what the uninspired script doesn't: Something in you dies if you don't express your musical talent.
10/08/04
What Hilary Duff will do when she grows up is anybody's guess, but for now she's the Duffinator, and things could be a lot worse.
10/08/04
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10/19/04
Nothing to sing about.
10/19/04
A miserable waste of a harebrained script fleshed out with mediocre performances by a flailing cast.
10/08/04
To be fair, the normally likeable Duff gives an adequate performance, but the poorly executed scenes in which Duff's singing voice was clearly post-dubbed and her own lack of emotional range keep the film from rising to whatever potential it may have had.
10/08/04
Dubbed this year’s “Fame,” Sean McNamara’s film has very little in common with the terrific 1980 movie. **
10/14/04
It's 'Fame,' 'Footloose,' 'Peyton Place,' and 'Hilary Duff's Greatest Hits' rolled into one moist glob
10/26/04
Simple earnestness is one thing, but this film makes Touched by an Angel look like David Mamet.
10/10/04
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