33
Metascore
24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaAs for Duff, she's bright-eyed and bubbly, though her singing talents are nowhere near as awesome as Raise Your Voice's who's-going-to-win-the-big-scholarship plotline requires.
- 50Dallas ObserverJean OppenheimerDallas ObserverJean OppenheimerFame this film ain't.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterShould attract Duff's core audience but not much more than that.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanHilary Duff makes me long for the comparatively Dostoyevskian depths of Sandra Dee.
- 40L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonDuff, who became a teen-set role model portraying Lizzie McGuire for Disney, has sold over four million records and toured to packed houses, yet screenwriter Sam Schreiber and director Sean McNamara, both making feature debuts, set her up to sing just one song through to completion.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasHilary Duff can't rise above an overbearing script with underdeveloped roles.
- 38Miami HeraldConnie OgleMiami HeraldConnie OgleLoaded with so much drama that the story sinks into a grim, sloppy soap-opera mix.
- 30Village VoiceLaura SinagraVillage VoiceLaura SinagraThe God-squad answer to Todd Graff's "Camp."
- 20The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasDreadful.