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Undiscovered (2005)

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Reviews Counted:64

Fresh:5

Rotten:59

Average Rating:3.2/10

Consensus: Undiscovered, a film about aspiring actresses and musicians, lacks originality and a convincing plot.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual material including dialogue, partial nudity, language and drug content

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

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... 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. [More]

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

Starring: Pell James, Ashlee Simpson, Kip Pardue, Steven Strait, Shannyn Sossamon, Carrie Fisher, Peter Weller

Director: Meiert Avis

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

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What can you say about a movie where a skateboard-riding bulldog has the best lines of dialogue?

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
08/26/05
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

Strangely for a film about music, Undiscovered lacks any spark or energy. Originality also is out of the question; after all, this is a movie that climaxes with one love-struck character racing after another at an airport.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
08/25/05
Randy Cordova
Randy Cordova
Arizona Republic
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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.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
03/06/07
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press
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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.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
09/04/05
Kimberly Jones
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle

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.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

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.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
09/09/05
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Incidentally, Simpson is pretty good, playing Luke and Briar's spunky pal. But her inoffensive goodness is a symptom of the movie's relentless homogeneity.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
08/26/05
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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N/R

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09/03/05
Boston Phoenix
N/R

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05/14/07
Boxoffice Magazine

It isn't bad enough to be good.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
03/06/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader

A movie about artistic authenticity in search of its own.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
08/25/05
Robert K. Elder
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune
N/R

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Soap opera bad...Glitter bad...Avoid at all costs.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
08/25/05
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net
N/R

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Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
10/18/08
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Although it's all but forgotten before the fade-out, you don't rush to turn it off, either.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
09/03/05
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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All this silliness swirls around for about an hour and a half and then you get to leave the theater. Unless you're being held there at gunpoint. And really, that's about the only excuse for being in a theater watching this thing in the first place.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
08/26/05
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

Ashlee Simpson only has a supporting role, but she is far and away the best thing about this puerile indie drama.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
08/27/05
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

This thing makes Glitter look like gold.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
12/21/05
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
DVDTalk.com

The movie doesn't waste too much time with unnecessary stuff like having an interesting story. Its real job is to make everyone in it look like the most delicious batch of snack cakes ever. It succeeds at that at least.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
08/26/05
E! Online

An Ashlee Simpson vehicle disguised as a 2-hour episode of Fame.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/28/05
Collin Souter
Collin Souter
eFilmCritic.com
 
 
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