Spectacular!
Spectacular!
| 16 February 2009 (USA)
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A high school choir is fading in popularity, as it continues to lose most of its' members one by one. A wannabe rock singer is convinced to join the choir, in hopes of winning the upcoming competition and cash prize.

Reviews
neffkaine

Okay so lets start at the beginning that Victoria Justice and Avon Jogia are in this movie and you think "Hay maybe they will be funny and sing well." No the songs are bad in the beginning and they just keep going down.But lets start with the charters. Five year old's on crack could have prouder a better set of charters the lead who is playing a "Rocker" is stereo typical along with Avon s character and basically every one else in this film so they could have basically left out about 98% of the people and still had a alright movie. then you have to deal with the repetitive story line you watch ten minuets of this move and you can call every thing that will happen. ow they will fall in love and Shes going to dump him after they win and of course he will leave his dreams and go back to a Dumb concert at the last minute to try to win it for them(witch they don't). but there was one spot that actually surprised me when there teacher reveled he was a rock star that quit his old band and became a public school teacher (Ya right). This show is a mutant offspring of Victorious and Glee Plus throw in HSM. I love Victoria and Avon and Victorious and Glee are great shows but this movie was just really bad with no moments that actually made you wont to continue to watch it. I counted to watch just to hear Victoria Sing two auto tuned songs and apparently see Avon beat box in the end game. but after all that what disappointing me the most about this movie is that it is 90 something minutes long. Most people could easily seal up whats happening in about 30 tops. if you don't agree watch the movie again and just barley try to look for these things and you'll find them. this "Movie" is nothing short of the worst Nick movie ever. It probably could have been better from Victoria's charter's point of view or maybe anyone Else. In the end the movie provides little satisfactions on there short jornney with no twists or turns that you cant figure out. THIS MOVIE SUCKS!

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ANightToRemember

I was "eh" on this film until I bought the soundtrack for 12 bucks at a local Wal-Mart, and I was surprised to find that the songs were actually not just great, but Spectacular! (Yes, that was cheesy, quiet now). They are actually rock songs you would accidentally find on limewire and fall in love with. They're just plain better.Nikko (Funk) is a wannabe rock star with his eyes set on the future, but when he is dumped by his band, he meets up with Courtney (Sursok) who invites him to be in their show choir, Spectacular! to win a music competition. But the rival choir, Ta-Da!, has other plans to win the music competition, with Royce (Curtis) and Tammi (Justice) in the lead of the show, and they plan to win for another year. Nikko completely changes what the band once was, but will that be good enough to win? Okay, I won't lie, the situations were not exactly original, but it was pulled off in such an original way. And the acting in this film is incredibly impressive for people this young. Props to Simon Curtis and Tammin Sursok, who I believe made the film. And Nolan Funk's rock voice was what made the film a hit for me. The only thing a bit disappointing was Victoria Justice, who plays her part well, but has about 10 minutes of screen time in this 90 minute movie, and she doesn't really seem like that "bad girl" that Sharpay Evans was in HSM.The direction is, at most, basic. The editing is decent, and the placing of the songs is great, however, "Everything Can Change" has got to be one of the most boring finales ever done. They just stand there in the studio and sing. I figured it'd be some "You Can't Stop The Beat" or "Hot Honey Rag", and explosive incredible finale! But it wasn't.All in all, it was a great, entertaining film, and I will be the first in line for the DVD, because it's one heck of a TV movie.

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bkoganbing

Shot in Canada with a mostly Canadian cast, Spectacular! is Nickelodeon's effort to compete with Disney for the High School Musical market. It remains to be seen whether any of the characters come up to the iconic level that the principals of the High School Musical franchise enjoy.Music class has certainly improved since I was in high school way back in the early part of the Sixties. Nolan Gerard Funk is a would be rock singer whose band gives him the gate and sends his career sputtering into stall. Britney Irvin likes his voice and likes him and wants him to join her jazz choir which do all kinds of choreography and glitz in their work. They're in competition and she thinks his presence could put them over. Of course when young Funk gets several opportunities to advance his own career and get back with his old girl friend, Tammin Sursok, what choices will he make? The only difference between this and the first High School Musical film was that Zac Efron had to choose between singing and sports, basketball to be specific. Here it's simply different musical venues, but the conflicts in the young teen mind are the same.In producing Spectacular!, Nickolodeon will of course be accused of stealing the playbook from Disney's High School Musical which in point of fact they have. There's nothing terribly Spectacular in this film, but its nice enough and the cast is talented enough to put it across.Now let's see if they become the icons that the High School Musical characters have become.

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Lily-32

So I already knew I was going in with high expectations. I can't help myself when I get excited for something. And while this movie didn't meet those expectations, I still enjoyed it and will enjoy it again through future viewings. The story seems a bit empty and disjointed and the resolution leaves something to be desired but you can tell what they're trying to accomplish with this little flick.I gave it a higher rating probably than the actual quality deserves simply because I could watch and enjoy without worrying about the content found all over TV elsewhere. It was actually more tame than I was expecting from a Nickelodeon movie - they tend to push the limits Disney Channel doesn't - but they held back this time and it worked.It's not the best movie ever made and if you HAVE to compare it to HSM - which you shouldn't, but many will - then maybe it's not quite up to that par. But it's enjoyable in it's own right.And anyone who was every in show choir - as I was once upon a long ago - then maybe you'll get a nice little trip down memory lane.

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