Jem and the Holograms

Name: Jem and the Holograms
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Released: October 23, 2015
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 42
Cast: Aubrey Peeples, Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko, Juliette Lewis, Molly Ringwald

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 23, 2015 | PG

Starring: Aubrey Peeples, Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko, Juliette Lewis, Molly Ringwald, Ryan Guzman, Stefanie Scott

Summary: As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden.

Director: Jon M. Chu

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Music

Rating: PG

Runtime: 118 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Oct 23, 2015

Jem and the Holograms is one of the weirdest big screen adaptations of a cheap TV cartoon that I've seen. That's praise. Read full review

Alonso Duralde

Oct 22, 2015

This new “Jem” might be pure cubic zirconium, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be part of a fun night out. Read full review

Leah Greenblatt

Oct 23, 2015

As silly and sometimes nonsensical as it is, the movie is surprisingly sweet and well-intentioned. Read full review

The Playlist Nick Schager

Oct 22, 2015

Jem has less in common with its neon-drenched ‘80s source material than with the real-life Internet-to-red-carpet trajectory of Justin Bieber — a similarly generic teen idol with moves dully modeled on superior artistic predecessors. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Oct 22, 2015

There are a few sweet moments early in Jem and the Holograms.... But then the movie’s lumbering, overstuffed, unfocused plot shows up, and whatever high hopes we might have had for this latest exploitation of 1980s nostalgia are slowly ground away. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Oct 22, 2015

Reduced to a teen girl empowerment vehicle that trots out every show business cliche about sacrificing your values for stardom, the film is a non-starter. Read full review

Eric Henderson

Oct 23, 2015

It's the screenwriting equivalent of Ryan Adams sucking the pop vitality out of Taylor Swift's deliriously produced tunes. Read full review

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shaenmo

Jun 21, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Beware of spoilers.

Rather than a rich girl discovering a fancy computer, the projections (not really holograms) are made by an adorable little robot. All of the girls are sisters, not friends, and they are looking for a way to keep from losing their house. Jem is made famous by a video that she meant to delete, but apparently everyone on YouTube loves it and she gets recruited by a famous record producer. Of course, if you remember the cartoon it is obvious who the bad guy is pretty fast. Of course everything works out in the end and it is left open for a sequel that will probably never happen.… Expand

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Tiber5

Jan 17, 2017

In revisiting the pop rock quest of a multiracial group of adopted sisters in suburban California, Chu has made a stylish and self-aware musical fantasy for the YouTube generation.

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SimpsonFans

Jan 17, 2017

In revisiting the pop rock quest of a multiracial group of adopted sisters in suburban California, Chu has made a stylish and self-aware musical fantasy for the YouTube generation.

0 of 3 users found this helpful03

Dreadsmite

Jun 16, 2016

If any questions are asked from viewers confused as to why this movie is such a negativity bomb, watch Nostalgia Critics review for this abominable garbage heap. It's bad, and he describes it in the best way I've heard so far. Not to mention this movie asked fans of the original Jem why theyIf any questions are asked from viewers confused as to why this movie is such a negativity bomb, watch Nostalgia Critics review for this abominable garbage heap. It's bad, and he describes it in the best way I've heard so far. Not to mention this movie asked fans of the original Jem why they liked the series, and they copy pasted their answers into the end of the movie to make it look like they were talking about this **** movie, and not the animated series. The people who made this movie are truly malicious and lowdown.… Expand

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robertoiglesias

Apr 22, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This film is so bad it's good, like when the girls are harmonizing that solves all of their problems, but it's very stupid, and using footage from fans and making it look like they're talking about this Jem is an awful move.

By the way for the last hour, all of the story takes place in 1 day. So Jerrica signing a solo contract, having a fallout with her sisters, going on stage, getting stressed out, going to her childhood home, breaking into Starlight Enterprises (even though her partner Rio is the son of the owner), finding the final piece to Synergy, seeing a hologram of her dad, finding the will of Rio's dad, Rio taking over Starlight, firing his mom, the girls becoming a band again, performing again, and Erica going to the Misfits (which is the one thing they actually got right) all happens in 1 F**KING DAY! So pathetic, yet so laughably and entertainingly bad… Expand

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Nightmare_L

Nov 26, 2015

Two generic recycled plots mashed together, unlikable and forgettable characters with no motivations and the worst soundtrack ever put on film is only half of the sins this almost unwatchable stinker commits. Instead of taking inspiration from the original and making something fun and cheesyTwo generic recycled plots mashed together, unlikable and forgettable characters with no motivations and the worst soundtrack ever put on film is only half of the sins this almost unwatchable stinker commits. Instead of taking inspiration from the original and making something fun and cheesy with over the top awesome stuff like motorcycles shaped like guitars and possessed supercomputers with holographic powers, this is just a painfully dull nothing of a film with no point or meaning to any of it. It's just another cynical cash grab trying to ride the awful John Green wave of young adult fiction and have NOTHING to do with the source material. Go watch the original show instead if you want to have any sort of fun or you value your ears… Expand

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TheM3meMaster

Oct 28, 2015

Why? Why in all of god would you reboot something that was amazing and make it trash? I mean for gods sake I could predict that it was going to be bad the moment I had seen the trailer, This makes me want to throw up. thanks for ruining Jem and the Holograms

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