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Undiscovered (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 62 Fresh: 4  Rotten:58 Average Rating: 3.1/10
 
Consensus: Undiscovered, a film about aspiring actresses and musicians, lacks originality and a convincing plot. Undiscovered, a film about aspiring actresses and musicians, lacks originality and a convincing plot. more
 
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 26, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $1,046,166
Synopsis:
When Brier (Pell James), a successful New York model, moves to Los Angeles to act, the last person she expects to see is Luke (Steven Strait), a stranger with whom she had a chance encounter on the New York City subway years before. The talented struggling musician has been smitten with... [More]
When Brier (Pell James), a successful New York model, moves to Los Angeles to act, the last person she expects to see is Luke (Steven Strait), a stranger with whom she had a chance encounter on the New York City subway years before. The talented struggling musician has been smitten with beautiful Brier ever since that magical moment on the subway, but much to Luke's dismay, Brier has sworn off musicians after dating a philandering British rock star. Brier puts her attraction to Luke on the back burner and instead enlists their mutual friend, fellow acting student and singer Clea (Ashlee Simpson), in a guerilla public relations campaign to get Luke noticed and jumpstart his career. Secretly using their contacts and friends in the modeling, acting, and music worlds to build "buzz" about Luke, they make him an overnight sensation, and he soon has a recording contract. Unfortunately, the campaign works too well, and upstanding Luke is quickly caught up in the frenzied world of hot young stardom, complete with a Brazilian model girlfriend (Shannyn Sossamon). Even his globetrotting brother, Euan (Kip Pardue), who has landed a gig in L.A. in a 1970s cover band, begins to wonder what happened to the Luke that he knew and loved. As Luke's fame continues to grow, Brier worries that he will end up a rock star cliché with a woman in every port, and continues to distance herself. Is undeniable chemistry enough to calm her fears and bring the two together, or are Luke and Brier destined for a life apart? Directed by Meiert Davis (FAR FROM HOME), UNDISCOVERED also stars Carrie Fisher as Brier's sage agent and mentor, Fisher Stevens as a slimy music executive, and Peter Weller as an ultra-cool music legend. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Pell James, Ashlee Simpson, Kip Pardue, Steven Strait, Shannyn Sossamon

Director: Meiert Avis
Screenwriter: John Galt
Producer: Michael Paseornek, Michael Burns, Marco Mehlitz, Gary Lucchesi, Berhard Kayser, Michael Ohoven

DVD Info

Release:

Dec 26, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - English
  • Closed Captioned - English
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - Meiert Avis - Director
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Making of
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Outtakes
  • Gag Reel

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05/14/07 03:15 AM
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It isn't bad enough to be good.

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03/06/07 02:54 PM
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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Undiscovered feels more like a pilot for a glossy nighttime soap on Fox -- probably one that would be canceled midseason -- than a feature film with even a modicum of discernible originality or depth.

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03/06/07 02:53 PM
Christy Lemire
Associated Press
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It's all very tacky, overheated and derivative, like Los Angeles itself.

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03/01/07 03:22 AM
David Noh
Film Journal International
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This thing makes Glitter look like gold.

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12/21/05 04:02 AM
Scott Weinberg
DVDTalk.com
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Undiscovered would like to think of itself as a gritty, documentary-style indie about hopefuls on the fringes of the industry, but it's more like one of those lame hair-metal bands that went out and bought flannel shirts after Nirvana hit it big.

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09/26/05 03:15 AM
Nathan Rabin
Onion AV Club
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A nice portrayal by Ashlee of a wanna-be rocker, in a music story in L.A. without drugs!

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09/21/05 07:45 PM
Michael Szymanski
Hollywood.com
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Ashlee's better at acting and singing than her more famous sister Jessica, but that's no great feat; might as well add that she'd make a better brain surgeon, too.

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09/16/05 02:22 AM
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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The script is every bit as literate as the content you'd find a back issue of "Blender," with just as much eye candy to bolster the thin material. Too bad this candy is sour.

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09/09/05 07:37 PM
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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Simpson steals the show -- which, admittedly, isn’t saying much considering her stiffest competition comes by way of a skateboarding bulldog.

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09/04/05 03:15 AM
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle
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Although it's all but forgotten before the fade-out, you don't rush to turn it off, either.

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09/03/05 03:27 AM
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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An enjoyably cheesy teen melodrama with a touch of indie edge.

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09/03/05 03:27 AM
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Avis layers every sequence with pop singles and confuses poor camera focus and colored lighting for aesthetic flair.

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09/02/05 03:15 AM
Paul Schrodt
Slant Magazine
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Bottom line: I get paid to sit through this kind of rubbish. You don't.

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09/01/05 10:16 PM
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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By the time Peter Weller appears to do his William Burroughs routine, you can only assume an angry God has added up all your sins and this movie is your punishment.

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09/01/05 02:45 PM
Ian Grey
Orlando Weekly
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Director Meiert Avis is a veteran helmer of music videos, so while it is not entirely surprising that he has no feel for character or structure, it is strange that he doesn’t breathe much life into the frequent musical performances and montages either.

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09/01/05 12:26 PM
Mark Olsen
L.A. Weekly
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Like, sigh!

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08/31/05 01:29 PM
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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I am no fan of Ashlee Simpson, nor of her retarded, buck-toothed sister, but that has nothing to do with my view of this film. It would be just as bad if it were Ashlee-free.

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08/30/05 06:16 PM
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com
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A PG-13 dramedy set in L.A. about some attractive, way-too-earnest aspiring stars has the potential to be a delectable good-bad favorite, but Undiscovered is nowhere near the guilty pleasure it could have been.

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08/30/05 02:57 PM
Nona Willis-Aronowitz
Village Voice
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Aiming for a bohemian punkster look, Simpson instead comes across as a deglamourized Kristy McNichol, outfitted with... a lower lip that continually does The Wave.

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08/30/05 02:36 PM
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