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Raise Your Voice

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 24 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 54 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Musical | Romance
Written by:
Sam Schreiber
Mitch Rotter (story)
Directed by: Sean McNamara
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 8, 2004
DVD: February 15, 2005
Running Time: 103 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG for thematic elements and language
Starring Hilary Duff, John Corbett, Rita Wilson, Jason Ritter, Oliver James, Dana Davis, Lauren C. Mayhew, Rebecca De Mornay, and David Keith
Hilary Duff stars as Terri Fletcher, a small town girl with the voice of a big-time singer. When personal tragedy interrupts her steady life, Terri defies her father's wishes and secretly heads off to spend a summer at a Los Angeles performing arts academy. (New Line Cinema)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
New York Daily News Jami Bernard
What is unusual and exciting about the movie is the assemblage of raw talent in the cast.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
As 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.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Luke Sader
Should attract Duff's core audience but not much more than that.
Read Full Review >Variety Lael Loewenstein
Duff makes an engaging heroine, but her immaculately coifed blonde locks and undiminished lip gloss remind viewers just how much of a star vehicle this actually is.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Anita Gates
Ms. Duff's screen presence and the film's infectious high spirits will make this piece of fluff appealing to young moviegoers without conveying any sinister messages
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
The movie's enthusiasm is as indelible and shiny as the lip gloss its star wears to bed.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Winda Benedetti
An awkward and sometimes confused thing fraught with overwrought emotions and misguided ideals.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Hilary Duff makes me long for the comparatively Dostoyevskian depths of Sandra Dee.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
Duff, 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.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Hilary Duff can't rise above an overbearing script with underdeveloped roles.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
The movie is going to be fine for PG-ready audiences, assuming they don't have a problem with extremely predictable story turns.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder
Worst of all, though, is the movie's moral maneuvering.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Connie Ogle
Loaded with so much drama that the story sinks into a grim, sloppy soap-opera mix.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
Actor John Corbett, so clean-cut in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "Raising Helen," goes surprisingly scruffy here as someone who apparently studied music under Grizzly Adams.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Angel Cohn
The poorly executed scenes in which Duff's singing voice was clearly post-dubbed and her own lack of emotional range keep the film from rising to whatever potential it may have had.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
This teen romance doesn't have a single authentic moment.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Her dad was right about one thing. Something terrible did happen to her (Duff) in Los Angeles. She made this movie.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Leah McLaren
The film suffers from a syndrome I'll call the Pop Princess's New Clothes. Hilary can't really sing, and neither can Terri, so you can't help but wonder, what's the big whoop?
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Frankly, one's sympathy sides more with the class bitch who thinks she has the better voice and deserves the choral solo instead of Terri. In your heart you know she's right.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.9 (out of 10) based on 54 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Mickey D. gave it a0:
This movie truly encapsulates everything that Hilary possesses: a terrible, terrible singing voice, a phony, limited range of emotions, and a hell of a lot of lip gloss.
1XJamie3DG Bishop gave it a10:
Omg. This Movie was flippin great. Three Days Grace was my fave part, of course. but still a great movie. THREE DAYS GRACE=LIFE
Sammyo gave it a0:
One terrible, terrible movie. The worst movie I've ever seen.
Michael G. gave it a10:
I seen the movie like 15 times and i loved it even more when i saw it each time.
Rocks K. gave it a5:
Average, sheeso, this movie's cool. Good for the whole family to watch.
Lara D. gave it a10:
This is the best Film i ever seen wih hilary Duff. I loved this film and hilary duff. Hilary Duff is the best actor i`Ve ever seen.
Sam gave it a0:
The only thing redeeming about this awful and apocalyptic drek is the credits, which remind that this tortorous piece of horse crap that barely qualifies as cinema, is finally over.
