A single mother with four children is fired from her job. As she was struggling to make ends meet, she decides that the best thing to do would be to return to school and finish her degree. Financially, she thinks they can swing it. However, the kids get the mail one day and realize they have a $5,000 bill from the IRS, a gift from their runaway father. Keeping this news quiet from their mother, the foursome try to raise money for the payment. They babysit, walk dogs, mow lawns, and run a lemonade stand but only gain about $100. Then, on the radio, they hear that a hip-hop contest will be held soon and the winner will net, you guessed it, $5,000. Can these kids, with the help of a faded star (MC Hammer), win the darn thing? This is a sweet family movie. The kids are very cute, especially the littlest one, and their aspirations to help their mother are very commendable. That said, it really is a stretch to believe these children could actually win a hip-hop musical event against a bevy of skilled and practiced musicians. But, hey, its only a movie. Hammer is quite nice as the faded star who opens his heart to the kids and Melissa Joan Hart stops by now and then to lend her support as a caring cabbie. No, this is not Oscar-caliber cinema. However, if your kids love music, this film will entertain them for a couple of hours. Connecting kids to a movie with good messages about trying hard and caring for others will never grow old.

Phoned work sick - watched this in bed and it was so awful I would have went back to work if I could have gotten out of bed. The dog ran off with the remote so I was stuck.I'm positive Hammer was grooming the eldest daughter to become his beeeatch.Horrendous to watch - made me vomit more than what I was doing anyway. So there you have it - this would be the film that they play in the waiting room of Hell before you go in. Or maybe your stuck in the film for all eternity with the Hart kids. Just remember to take a gun with you....

Those who say that this movie is bad obviously prefer such movies as Fightclub or I don't know....Rollerball. This movie I agree is not a blockbuster big screen smash but it IS a good movie. It has a good storyline of a mothers children trying to help their mother out by winning a hip-hop contest to get 5,000 dollars so she can stay in school. The acting WAS good much to others critique, and all I can say to them is.....let's see you do better! All in all I say if you see it showing on Showtime or any of the such...give it a try...you'll be surprised

This family movie is like an episode of full house, except Its cornier and more annoying. The kid characters come off as annoying little brats instead of cute or funny kids. I watched this movie because melissa joan hart was in it,but even she can't save this extremely corny and annoying kiddie movie. I give this movie *1/2 out of ****