When this movie is good, it has all the depth and substance of a chewing gum commercial. When it's bad, it's still as shallow as a puddle of tears in the desert while also being dumb, clichéd and just plain lazy. When Undiscovered begins, it seems like it's going to be a story about the attractive underclass of Los Angeles, the models who want to be actors, musicians who want to be rock stars and the people who just want to have a good time. It's inconsequential but slightly engaging, with good chemistry among the pretty cast. Then all that modest charm is ground away by a boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl plot that is so halfhearted it basically commits narrative suicide.Luke Falcon (Steven Strait) is a struggling musician. Brier Tucket (Pell James) is a model. They have a cute encounter in New York City and then meet again a year later in LA, where Luke is an even more struggling club singer and Brier is trying to make the stereotypical leap from modeling to acting. Even though they're clearly attracted to each other, Brier doesn't want to get involved with Luke for reasons that are so self-evidently stupid that the movie barely references them. Instead, Brier and her new best friend Clea (Ashlee Simpson) conspire to boost Luke's music career by generating some underground "buzz" about it.That inexplicably works and Luke is picked up by graceless record executive Garrett Schweck (Fisher Stevens). He remakes Luke into an alt-rock singer who looks like a cross of Danzig and Jim Morrison. Luke starts hanging out with Josie (Shannyn Sossamon), a character that makes absolutely no sense within the confines of the story and whose accent veers from Brazilian to Eastern European to New Jersey. Eventually Luke's star crashes to Earth as inexplicably as it rose in the first place, at which point the film suddenly remembers the whole "Luke loves Brier" thing and wraps up with a conclusion so predictable it's actually mentioned in the writings of Nostradamus.Also hanging around the story are Brier's New York agent, Carrie (Carrie Fisher), and Luke's brother Euan (Kip Pardue), who's only notable by acting like a white Bootsie Collins and doing the world's slowest job of packing a suitcase. I have no idea why either of these characters are in this movie, but they're pleasant and inoffensive.As long as Undiscovered is focused on this group of characters just dicking around and not really doing anything, it's nicely watchable. Steven Strait is nothing but a sack of meat with a half-Fabio hairdo that gets pulled back into bun and not a douchebag ponytail, but Pell James is beautiful and inviting, even when Brier is a frustrating twit, and Ashlee Simpson and her old nose are quirkily cute. Put them together and they have a fun and youthful ease about them that's both relaxing and amusing.However, every single time Undiscovered attempts to tells its intended story, the result is disastrous. What isn't stupid is illogical and what isn't stupid and illogical manages to be both insultingly obvious and awkwardly manipulative. It's a bit astounding how bad the storytelling becomes by the end of the movie.Undiscovered is one of those films where you can tell that something went very wrong at some point in the process and decisions were made that ruined whatever potential the production ever had. In an alternate universe, all those movie turn out great. Unfortunately, this reality's flawed and disappointing version of Undiscovered is all we've got.

Undiscovered is not merely a love story. It is not merely a tale of coming of age and pursuing one's lifelong dreams. It's not merely a story of fate and what it has in store for us. Undiscovered is a beautiful blend of all three as it captures the lives of struggling young artists. Pell James, as beautiful model Bier Tucket, takes us on a journey laced with love, indecision, and the search for a comfortable identity. The richest and most provoking scene of the movie is the first meeting of Brier and Luke Falcon, played by Steven Strait. We gain a true and immediate sense of each young adult's fragility and instant yearning for each other in this display of their vulnerability and enchantment with one another. Their chemistry is undeniable. The viewer is relentlessly captivated by the plot and the desire to urge fate to bring these lovers together. With Carrie Fisher as young Brier's agent and role model, and up-and-coming musician Ashlee Simpson as Clea, Brier's best friend, the audience falls not only for Brier and Luke, but for their quirky, yet sweet and supportive, friends. A warning about the downfalls of fame and the need to seize the moment, the almost-doomed relationship between Brier and Luke reminds us that no matter where our lives take us, we must be sure we're holding hands with the right one.

"Far From Home" director Meiert Avis' romantic musical comedy "Undiscovered" is a sweetly sentimental fairy tale saga about the obstacle course that young lovers run in their relationships. Lurking within this deceptively lightweight movie is a message about fame versus creativity. People sell their souls for fame, but fame is only the foam, whereas creativity is the bedrock for everything in life. A confused but sympathetic model suffering from love trouble with her cheating rock star boyfriend and an aspiring songwriter collide entirely by accident when a New York subway train disgorges its passengers. She catches one of his gloves on the way onto the train while he stands transfixed on the platform watching her slip away on the departing train. Later, each winds up moving to glittering Los Angeles. He wants to break into the musical scene, while she wants to get into acting. Ostensibly, newcomer John Galt has penned a screenplay that consists of 98 minutes of PG-13 rated soap opera galore not only about the perils of love but also the mercurial music business. Initially, I thought "Undiscovered" little more than a potboiler about twentysomething love (which it is to a certain degree) until I caught it the second time around and discovered its deeper 'undiscovered' values. The cast is first-rate with Pell James and Steven Strait making this love story entirely tolerable because of their sincere, soft-spoken performance. Avis displays the right balance that keeps "Undiscovered" from curdling into syrupy sap.Slinky model Brier Tucket (Pell James of "Broken Flowers") is boarding the subway when she runs into two brothers, the younger one Luke Falcon (Steven Strait of "Covenant") and the older one Euan Falcon (Kip Pardue of "Driven") and she accidentally snags Luke's glove as they pass. Immediately, Luke realizes that he has allowed the best thing in his life get away from him. Luke gushes to Euan about her as the prettiest girl that he has ever seen, while Euan complains about his brother losing the gloves that he borrowed from him. Brier ponders if it was destiny that Luke and she met or was it simply random chance. She carries on endless conversations with Carrie (Carrie Fisher of "Star Wars") on the phone about Luke. Eventually, a couple of years afterward, Brier decides that she would like to take a stab at acting. Out in Los Angeles, Brier meets up with another aspiring actress/singer Clea (Ashlee Simpson) in her acting class who treats Luke like a brother and sometimes accompanies him on a song. Luke barely makes ends meet for a while, working at the local humane shelter and later at a yogurt shop. He enjoys himself the most singing and playing music at nightspots around L.A. and has a trained bulldog that rides a skateboard. Actually, the bulldog is the funniest things about this movie.The screenplay is all about girl meets guy, girl wants guy, but girl has been screwed over by a previous guy and she cannot handle getting screwed over again. Mind you, Luke is obsessed by Brier. Brier and her rock star boyfriend Mick (Stephen Moyer of HBO's "True Blood") conclude their long-distance love affair because he loves to cheat on her. Sadly, Brier is the worst for the wear and tear on the soul that she has been exposed to by the horny British rocker. When she meets Luke, she likes him, but she fears their fling will turn into another bittersweet bust. She need not have worried because Luke really doesn't want to be a rocker. Luke reminds Brier constantly about his aspirations and informs her at one point that he is a one-gal guy. Mick, however, has made Brier skeptical about men in general. Nevertheless, Luke intrigues her enough so that well-intentioned Clea and she, with Carrie's help, bolster his career. They turn Luke into him a sudden, overnight sensation that brings out the worst in the music business. Namely, Tantra records honcho Garrett Schweck (Fisher Stevens of "Reversal of Fortune") signs Luke to a contract. Actually, all the hoopla on the Internet that Clea and Brier generated along with their acting friends posing as music executives fooled the opportunistic Garrett into signing Luke. When Garrett discovers that he has been duped, he drops Luke like a hot potato and cancels his contract.Girls just want to have it their way is what this movie is about. The message is don't be a flash-in-the-pan rock star; go into publishing and survive for the long haul. Peter Weller gives "Undiscovered" its final quarter-hour boost in a walk-on part he plays Wick Treadway, as a high-profile record company owner, while Fisher Stevens excels as an unsavory album producer. This movie is light as a soap bubble but glistens with substance. Girls attending an all-night pajama party with their stuffed bears would love this semi-music video, while older individuals may find themselves trying to wipe the tears out of their eyes before anybody else catches them. I bought it at a cheap sale at Movie Gallery and couldn't believe how endearing—yes—endearing that it was. The last minute dash to LAX by Luke in his brother Euan's colorful retro-Volkswagen bus is surprisingly suspenseful, even though you know Brier and he will solve their problems and live happily ever after.Indeed, the atmospheric cinematography of Danny Hiele of "Shades" gives Avis' movie more depth than you'd imagine. The complications in this kind of chick flick drives guys crazy and that only a teenage girl without a boyfriend would enjoy since it has no grasp on reality. Kuma, Luke's Runyon Canyon Dog, steals every scene that he is in with his real 'live' skateboarding antics. Dyed-in-the-wool romantics should stock up on Kleenex.

So I figured I would watch this and be prepared to give it a nasty review...However, something came over me...I cried...I laughed...and I stood up and cheered at the end of the movie. It was simply the best film ever made! EVER! Ashlee Simpson!! Whoa! Blew me away, and the Academey should be ashamed of themselves! I will say this movie was the best film ever made in the history of cinema. It goes (1. Undiscovered 2. Casablanca 3. Rebel Without a Cause.) I mean--the script was so fresh and lively and you must see it to believe it. I wish I would've seen it in the theaters because if I knew it was going to be this good I would've had a camp set outside a week before the movie was suppose open so I can get tickets before anyone else! Best film of the year! Best film of the century! Best film ever...EVER!!!! A+!!!!!!