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- 2010
- PG
- Rocky Mountain Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
- 2010
- PG
- Rocky Mountain Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
Summary Standing Ovation delivers an optimistic take of perseverance and passion that inspires the American dream in all of us. Five junior high school friends form a singing group called "The 5 Ovations" to compete in a national music video contest for a cash prize of one million dollars. With limited funds and resources, these street smart kid...
Directed By: Stewart Raffill
Written By: Stewart Raffill
- 2010
- PG
- Rocky Mountain Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
- 2010
- PG
- Rocky Mountain Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
Standing Ovation
22
5.5
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Summary Standing Ovation delivers an optimistic take of perseverance and passion that inspires the American dream in all of us. Five junior high school friends form a singing group called "The 5 Ovations" to compete in a national music video contest for a cash prize of one million dollars. With limited funds and resources, these street smart kid...
Directed By: Stewart Raffill
Written By: Stewart Raffill
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
83% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
22
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
83% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
The cast is full of fresh-faced unknowns ready for their close-ups. Most likely to succeed is Kayla Jackson, an almond-eyed dreamer, as Brittany, anchor of the Ovations and of her family.
Off the wall? Friend, you don’t know off the wall until you’ve seen five twelve-year-old girl singer-dancers cover the Tina Turner/Phil Spector epic “River Deep, Mountain High” in the screwball kiddie dance comedy, Standing Ovation.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 User Ratings
5.5
50% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
13% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
38% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 User Ratings
5.5
50% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
13% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
38% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Standing Ovation is an innovative film in the sense that every minute or so it comes up with a different way of being annoying. Moreover, it often goes for a layered effect, in which it's annoying in two or three ways simultaneously.
This is the kind of movie where the audience of extras orgasmically react after every song as if they were at a Bruce Springsteen concert instead of watching a bunch of kids who wouldn't make the cut in a junior high production of "Bye Bye Birdie."
This low-budget film from writer-director Stewart Raffill (“Across the Great Divide,’’ “Mac and Me’’) is processed cheese molded into a series of loosely related, sloppily choreographed, and inexplicably auto-tuned dance numbers.
This film was excellent! Finally a clean, good, and funny family movie. The acting and singing were amazing but the best part of this film were the hidden values in the script. I enjoyed every moment and it truly brought a tear to my eye in a great way. I am so upset that I didn't see it at the theatre and the advertising wasn't done properly -- truly a shame since this would have been worth the trip. I hope that this fim gets recognized and the cast get proper recognition for their hard work.
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The movie is a flop. Its more about taking down the bad guys rather than focusing on the dancing and music. Scenes are all over the place and placed in any slot, It has a bad script that never seems to go anywhere, Actors that might as-well never read a script in they're life and it teaches your children no morals but standing up to street gangsters. And no, Teens absolutely hate this movie. When I showed some little kids this movie they thought it wad boring, because nothing ever happens.
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I want everyone to listen to me-this movie is complete dog s*** (pardon my language, but this is the nicest thing I could think of to say about this mess) The writing is painful, the direction makes me want to vomit. And the **** God, the acting. I am easy on kids, but this was inexcusable. It seems like Stewart Rafill came up with the worst actors he could find, and put them on screen, to sing pop songs that make Justin Bieber look like Michael Jackson. I am reading the positive reviews for this film by metacritic users, and I think to myself, it's not the critics bashing this movie because they're adults, or they don't get the humor. THE HUMOR ****! Throughout the film, I was just angry. I almost want a DVD of this garbage so I can light it on fire. There is no reason for this film to exist. For all those people that are giving this movie good reviews, listen to me-go check yourself into a mental health clinic, watch The Godfather, something, because your perspective of films being good is messed up. there is something wrong with your brain, or your being paid by the studio. This movie makes me sad. Why do movies this terrible exist? And for you idiots/employees of the studio that think that I'm just some critic that doesn't understand what a good film is, I want you to listen to me. I do write reviews on the internet. **** is my address. And one more thing-I'm thirteen years old. So I am thirteen and know that this ****. Any adults or younger children that like this-I will never be your friend. Because you are stupid. This movie is just so ungodly awful that I want you to see it just so you can see how low filmmaking has gone. 0/10 (the rating I gave it here, and on my blog)
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Production Company
Kenilworth Film Productions,
Sound Imagination & Imagination Video
Release Date Jul 16, 2010
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline Dance - Sing - Dream
