Jem and the Holograms

  • PG (SINGAPORE)
  • 2015


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19 % Rotten
$ 2 Million
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Positive Reviews 12
Negative reviews 48
Average Rating 1.9/5
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1.5
Its one saving grace is that Chus direction is so wildly inconsistent that it manages to produce a handful of genuinely gorgeous images alongside all .. Av Club
1.5
Its one saving grace is that Chus direction is so wildly inconsistent that it manages to produce a handful of genuinely gorgeous images alongside all .. Av Club
2.5
The message Jem champions is beautiful, but Ryan Landels screenplay mishandles her preachy moments of relentless positivity by removing drama from eve .. We Got This Covered
1.5
Sure, Peeples has a nice (if unmemorable) voice, but the vapid storyline with fantastic overtones transports Jem and the Holograms into another dimens .. Austin Chronicle
1.0
From the perspective of a 14 year old girl, the movie makes it all look so easy, so attainable.If Jem can do it, I can do it. Austin Chronicle
2.0
Based on the 80s cartoon series, this tale of a California girl group is bland and unimaginative Its hard to imagine a more perfect metaphor for the s .. Time Out
3.0
Also, Jem and the Holograms is a movie about people holding instruments while music plays around them.Jem and the Holograms is a movie about sisterhoo .. Paste Magazine
3.8
Its not a good film in terms of plot or tonal consistency, and it offers almost nothing in the way of true conflict, but its always an observant and s .. Rogerebert
3.4
In many ways this film feels more inspired by director Jon M. Chus documentary Justin Bieber: Never Say Never than it does the Jem and the Holograms c .. IGN
0.0
Even the laughable silliness of the movie isnt even worth the recommendation. The Young Folks
1.5
But if youre expecting a mystery smarter than each discovered part of the robot revealing a direct map to the next missing part, you should just prepa .. Cinema Blend
1.0
Its really a shame to see what Hollywood has done to JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS, as this could have easily been turned into a really fun, music driven acti .. JoBlo
2.0
What good intentions Jem and the Holograms has are weighed down by its cheap aesthetic and thinly drawn storyline. Screen Rant
1.9
Theres hardly tension, barely any drama and the sugar high you might expect from an eighties redux is replaced by a dull aspartame buzz. The Globe And Mail
1.5
And the filmmakers have done the Jem faithful the strangest of favors: The production values here are pretty much what yours would be if you re shot t .. Village Voice
1.8
Avoiding a true directorial challenge, Chu plays it dispiritingly safe, trying to make a cartoon about a cartoon that wants little to do with the orig .. Blu Ray
3.0
Four teenage sisters create an amateur music video that becomes an Internet sensation, and a record company president (Juliette Lewis) recruits them t .. Chicago Reader
2.2
But Ryan Landels drab, simple minded screenplay, with no grasp of how the world works, undercuts those efforts.The film keeps telling us that Jem and .. Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Yes, Im not remotely in the target demographic and theres something to be said about movies that empower girls and impart needed life lessons. Screen It
2.5
Even though I wish the songs themselves were stronger, theres an energy and a vibrancy to the movie that its young target audience will appreciate. The Wrap
1.5
And it would be effective if Chus version of Jem felt in any way worthy of inspiring such strong emotions. Film Journal
3.0
The robo mascot and its missing parts is so bafflingly out of place its actually charming. The Guardian
1.5
Thats plenty of intrigue for one 90 minute confection, but Jem and the Holograms is a full two hours and has much more tedious narrative business on t .. Npr
2.8
The underlying message of sisterhood and self empowerment is strong, and the films heart really is made of gold, or at least discount sparkles.Separat .. Ew
1.0
Its hard to imagine a movie this year more sadistically boring and bland than Jem and the Holograms. Cinema Crazed
1.0
Jem and the Holograms Eddie Harrison 8 February 2016 Muddled take on the animated 80s TV series, with Aubrey Peeples and Molly Ringwald Adapting Chris .. Flim List
2.0
This adaptation of the popular 80s animated series will likely entertain preteen girls, but Gen Xers who grew up watching the show will find only a fe .. Common Sense Media
0.6
This film only wants to rectify it, if not dismiss it altogether. Slant Magazine
1.5
But then the movies lumbering, overstuffed, unfocused plot shows up, and whatever high hopes we might have had for this latest exploitation of 1980s n .. The New York Times
1.5
Im not going to pretend that it meant so much to me, but it was entertaining in a way the theatrical version is not.In the animated series, Jerrica Be .. Uproxx
1.0
Not that I have any investment in the 1980s cartoon its based on: Ive never even seen it, and honestly, I dont even remember it.But this is a movie ab .. Flickfilosopher
2.5
Largely discarding that kids shows supernatural elements in favor of lame viral video dreams about making it big while staying loyal to ones self and .. Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
Nor does it present the goofy, garish animated characters in a fun or interesting new way. Las Vegas Weekly
2.0
Its a sentiment that will undoubtedly be shared by any adults forced to chaperone their kids to this desperately cynical exercise. Hollywood Reporter
2.5
A magpie would make right away with this thing: its shiny, its colorful and its very lightweight. But its got a message that the girls who will watch .. Birth Movies Death
1.0
This playfully tart tone was not what I expected when I saw the video that Chu, producer Jason Blum and music manager Scooter Braun released in 2014 a .. Los Angeles Times
1.8
In the original TV series, the more conventionally spelled Synergy was a computer that could project holograms to turn Jerrica into Jem.Here, S1N3RGY .. Detroit News
1.5
And yet the film seems inexplicably embarrassed by its roots, instead serving up half baked and self consciously contemporary drama that no one in the .. Variety
1.3
When a movie works, you dont ask yourself about things that dont make sense. Aisle Seat
1.5
Excitement Adventure Glamour Glitter Fashion Fame The Jem movie contains not these things. Forbes
2.5
Its a cartoon movie, colorful and basic in motivation.Jem and the Holograms seems pleased enough with itself, to the point that audiences may be amuse .. Consequence Of Sound
1.0
Instead, it shoots for a sort of middle ground between coming of age story and cautionary fame tale, piling too much narrative and emotional weight on .. Vox
1.0
Though screenwriter Ryan Landels and director Jon M. Chu can be commended for at least modernising the narrative, and attempting to fit this story in .. Hey U Guys
1.9
While Jem and the Holograms may strike a chord with its target preteen audience, it certainly doesnt accomplish that with memorable music. The Star
1.5
Within hours, Jerrica is getting big money offers and getting talked about on TV. Deseret News
2.5
Director Jon Chu stretches Jem to a ridiculous 2 hours, via endless amateur musician YouTube clips. Anyone can be a star, they attest and always be yo .. New York Post
2.5
Jem and the Holograms is stuck somewhere in a tight spot between the demographic for animation features such as the Madagascar franchise and, on the o .. Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.0
Instead of fearing digital technology, the film embraces it wholeheartedly. Lw Lies
2.0
This is a movie that clearly wants to connect with millennials as well as the parents who made them.Some of the spark from the animated series is pres .. Film Racket
3.5
This is fascinating, because I havent seen a failure of storytelling like Jem before.Ive seen plenty of other kinds of failures, but this one is new. Io9 Gizmodo
2.0
You keep waiting for Jem to reveal her true self to the world, casting off costumes that look like a Party Bazaar explosion.Dont hold your breath. Straight
2.0
These are all problems that can be fixed in the sequel, for this is also, on top of everything else, in its final moments a Marvel movie with a bumper .. Metro New York
3.5
But its dumb about the formal constrictions of cinematic drama, not about its themes. Crave Online
1.0
Despite the scope and magnitude of the films abysmal quality, it managed to have its share of genuinely entertaining moments. Polygon
0.0
This is a really bad non movie, alienating to pre existing fans and mystifying to everyone else. Lainey Gossip
3.0
In the grand tradition of Josie and the Pussycats (or Spice World, to a lesser degree), Jem and the Holograms is a satisfyingly goofy, girl power band .. The Mary Sue
4.0
Yes, it gets a little schmaltzy, but its also disarmingly sweet and fun welcome elements in a music based drama. Fresh Fiction
2.5
Beyond its obsession with its own contemporariness, perhaps the films greatest failure is while it could have leapt beyond the feminism of the 80s dol .. National Post
1.0
Bubblegum fun to knock your pop socks off, based on the 80s Hasbro cartoon. Sky
2.0
If you enjoyed the 80s animated series this film is based on, be warned that it is nothing like its source material. The New Paper
2.0
If not, then youre probably closer to my age than to the target audience of the muddled and lame 21st century live action reboot Jem and the Holograms .. Toronto Sun
2.0
One forgets tweens have choir practice and like to unabashedly break out into song. They think this is normal. Its very cute. Bad for dads; I give Jem .. Theepoch Times
4.5
But what it lacks in humor it makes up for in sheer weirdness its a master class in How Did This Get Made Grant Land
1.5
Though there are some light sci fi elements, the story remains largely grounded and based in the real world, focusing on the characters rather than th .. Sf Weekly
1.0
But enough about the Transformers franchise, Jem and the Holograms is a film that deserves no ones time and/or attention. Film Ireland
1.3
It could play to adults who knew the show and kids who just wanted something fun and full of music.Jem and the Holograms fails at all of this from nea .. Flixist
1.5
In reinventing the 80s cartoon for the viral age, the movie presents some fucked up ideas about what it means to be a genuine artist.Universal Picture .. Buzz Feed
2.0
So in that way its good maybe lowering expectations is good.But I think people will be pleasantly surprised for sure. The Robots Voice



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