A problem with I'll Be There is that there are too many clichés in it. The entire opening scene with Paul Kerr's drunken accident is made up of pure clichés, and really doesn't give you a very good first impression of the movie.But it's not a bad movie. It seems to be made partly to fictionalize Charlotte Church's real life, for reading her IMDb biography page, there seems to be a lot of details in the movie that are taken from her real life.The movie would have been much better served being a straight drama rather than a part-time comedy. The comedy aspects of it weren't effective, and almost embarrassingly unfunny. If the movie had ditched the comedy part and spent some time exploring the story in more depth, it could have been a lot better. And would have been a lot sweeter, too.7 out of 10.

A better than expected "star" vehicle for Charlotte Church's film debut. She inevitably gets some criticism for just being herself in normal life but in this film she is at least as good as most 16 year old actresses with possibly rather more training would be albeit it's true that to some extent she is playing herself. I've always thought Jemma Redgrave to be a wooden actress but she isn't too bad here and does a good job of looking extremely proud of her daughter by the end. The flashback when she plays herself at 18 stretches the imagination though.Joss Ackland is quite effective as the old rocker of a grandfather. He seems to be having a ball singing with the rock band and it is his own voice. I just about remembered he has sung in the past and played Juan Peron on the original album of Evita.Craig Ferguson is in mixed form as the rock star. Early on he is a caricature and doesn't act very well in the attempt but as the character calms down he gives a better performance.Overall a good family film - A predictable ending (It was obvious what Charlotte's closing song in the film would be from very early on - Anbd the title gave another clue) but none the worse for that.

I must admit I really enjoyed this film. Not because it had something profound to say, but simply because it is positive and has a very amusing, Scottish 'front man'. Craig, you're braw! You really can act the rock star from the smile to the stage appearance! I was also very impressed by Church - very natural. Maybe this film could help her go far? I watched the film with commentary since Ferguson was commentating and found it rather amusing to note that he really had had a motorbike accident (not in the way described in the film) and had broken a rib and hurt his arm. Although you don't think about it in ignorance, it does explain a few things when you know. A must-see for everyone who doesn't stick there nose up at happy film :)

It is sad that this beautiful film didn't do as well in the theater. I only heard about it because I saw a big poster at Wal-Mart, advertising the DVD release, and thought, "Charlotte Church in a movie? Cool!" Anthony Stewart Head seems to be trying to shed his "charming gentleman" persona from coffee commercials and _Buffy_ (though he played something of a bad guy on _VR5_).As a Romantic comedy, I think it's a fine film, _The Parent Trap_ without the annoying slapstick. But I agree with "Drumicon" that the singing seemed off. Charlotte has a beautiful voice, but she doesn't seem to know how to sing pop--even her Christmas album is too "slow." This is a love story not just about a man and a woman, but about family. This is also a romance in the proper sense, idealizing the sad realities of "the music industry."