Bandslam
The new geeky kid in town is Will (Gaelan Connell). When the popular Charlotte (Alyson Michalka) asks him to manage her fledgling rock band, he jumps at the chance. Charlotte wants to go head-to-head against her egostistical ex-boyfriend Ben at the biggest music event of the year: Bandslam, a battle of the bands. Meanwhile romance brews between Will and guitar playing Sa5m (the 5 is silent) played by High School Musical's Vanessa Hudgens.
With the odds stacked against them, the band develop their own sound and rate themselves as having a real shot at success in the contest.
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressHigh school musicals have their scrappiest number in Bandslam, an awkward, earnest, almost irresistible indie.
Roger Ebert
pressThis isn’t a breakthrough movie, but for what it is, it’s charming, and not any more innocuous than it has to be.
New Zealand Herald
pressBetter than your average teen flick thanks to good music and a quirky sense of humour.
Hollywood Reporter
pressHad Cameron Crowe and the late John Hughes collaborated on a movie populated by Disney Channel superstars, the result might have looked and sounded a lot like Todd Graff's Bandslam. And that's meant as a compliment.
ok, so first off, i DISLIKE Vanessa Hudgens very much which is a reason why i wouldn't want to see this movie (because she can't sing for pooh), but there is a reason for why i want to watch it and that reason is Alyson Michalka (a girl who CAN sing)...that's pretty much my opinion! now, to wait for the movie and see how it'll go...
Variety
pressHigh school musicals have their scrappiest number in Bandslam, an awkward, earnest, almost irresistible indie.
Roger Ebert
pressThis isn’t a breakthrough movie, but for what it is, it’s charming, and not any more innocuous than it has to be.
New Zealand Herald
pressBetter than your average teen flick thanks to good music and a quirky sense of humour.
Hollywood Reporter
pressHad Cameron Crowe and the late John Hughes collaborated on a movie populated by Disney Channel superstars, the result might have looked and sounded a lot like Todd Graff's Bandslam. And that's meant as a compliment.
ok, so first off, i DISLIKE Vanessa Hudgens very much which is a reason why i wouldn't want to see this movie (because she can't sing for pooh), but there is a reason for why i want to watch it and that reason is Alyson Michalka (a girl who CAN sing)...that's pretty much my opinion! now, to wait for the movie and see how it'll go...
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