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Jem and the Holograms

Rated PG 118 minutes 2015

★★★★★ ★★★★★
Director John M. Chu brings the 1980s cartoon about an all-girl rock band into the real world—sort of. It’s certainly live-action, with teen Jerrica (Aubrey Peeples) taking on the stage identity of Jem while her three sisters form her backup band, with evil music exec Erica Raymond (Juliette Lewis) executing a vague plan to cheat them while her hunky son, Rio (Ryan Guzman), cozies up to Jerrica. Chu (who made a couple of Step Up movies and the Justin Bieber concert films) aims for authenticity, treating it like a realistic a-star-is-born drama. But Ryan Landels’ drab, simple-minded screenplay—with no grasp of how the real world works—undercuts those efforts. The paper-thin characters and their implausible rise to fame are pure fantasy—and tedious, often overly-serious fantasy, at that. Surely the animated series was at least fun.

Film Credits

Official Site: www.jemthemovie.com

Director: Jon Chu

Producer: Jason Blum, Jon Chu, Scooter Braun, Brian Goldner, Stephen Davis, Bennett Schneir, Jeanette Volturno-Brill and Couper Samuelson

Cast: Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott, Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko, Molly Ringwald, Isabella Rice, Barnaby Carpenter, Nathan Moore, Juliette Lewis, Ryan Guzman, Justin Alastair, Ryan Hansen and Kesha

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