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  • 2009
  • PG
  • Summit Entertainment
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2009
  • PG
  • Summit Entertainment
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary When gifted singer-songwriter Charlotte Barnes asks new kid in town Will Burton to manage her fledgling rock band, she appears to have just one goal in mind: go head-to-head against her egotistical musician ex-boyfriend, Ben, at the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands. Against all odds, their band develops a sound all its ow...

Directed By: Todd Graff

Written By: Josh A. Cagan, Todd Graff

  • 2009
  • PG
  • Summit Entertainment
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2009
  • PG
  • Summit Entertainment
  • 1 h 51 m

Bandslam

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
66
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 26 User Ratings
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Summary When gifted singer-songwriter Charlotte Barnes asks new kid in town Will Burton to manage her fledgling rock band, she appears to have just one goal in mind: go head-to-head against her egotistical musician ex-boyfriend, Ben, at the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands. Against all odds, their band develops a sound all its ow...

Directed By: Todd Graff

Written By: Josh A. Cagan, Todd Graff

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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the script's earnest intelligence and the actors' charm (Connell, Hudgens and Kudrow are especially fun to watch) make this film an entertaining ode to teenage joie de vivre.
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75
Here’s the surprise: Bandslam may come from synthetic materials, but the characters are a little more complicated than usual.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
75
This isn’t a breakthrough movie, but for what it is, it’s charming, and not any more innocuous than it has to be.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
70
Todd Graff's film is written with a desperate cleverness that clamors for attention over the brainless against-the-odds music-competition plot.
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67
Bandslam belongs to Connell. He has the unruly 'fro and endearing shamblingness of a young Daniel Stern, and he ably brings to life that rarest of cinematic qualities: decency.
By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW
60
Surprisingly watchable despite the formulaic teen format.
By Anna Smith FULL REVIEW
50
The performances in Bandslam are uniformly strong -- good enough to make you wish this bunch of charismatic, talented kids had been given better material.
By Rene Rodriguez FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 26 User Ratings
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19% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 26 User Ratings
7.0
69% Positive
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19% Mixed
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12% Negative
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Production Company Summit Entertainment, Walden Media, Goldsmith-Thomas Productions
Release Date Aug 14, 2009
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating PG
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Tagline Band Together
Website http://www.bandslam-movie.com/
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