Rotten
I like Hilary Duff, she's very charming, but she's stuck on this after school special level with these movies.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Raise Your Voice
Don't Hold Back ...Don't Give Up.
2004 · 1h 43m · PG
Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Directed by
Sean McNamara
Overview
A coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for a summer session at a performing arts academy in Los Angeles. In the academy, she experiences a whole new way of life in the big city, far from the small town lifestyle she's used to.
Director and cast
- Sean McNamara Director
- Hilary Duff as Teresa 'Terri' Fletcher
- Oliver James as Jay Corgan
- David Keith as Simon Fletcher
- Johnny Lewis as Engelbert "Kiwi" Wilson
- Rita Wilson as Francis Fletcher
- Dana Davis as Denise Gilmore
- Lauren C. Mayhew as Robin Childers
- Kat Dennings as Sloane
- Jason Ritter as Paul Fletcher
- Rebecca De Mornay as Nina Fletcher
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
16%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This is for Duff's already committed audiences, which presumably consist of the young, the innocent and the commercially acquisitive.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
All we can do is marvel at how the mighty -- Northern Exposure hottie John Corbett (as a weirdly flirty music teacher) and Risky Business babe Rebecca De Mornay (as Duff's frisky aunt) -- have fallen.
Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
Rotten
Even the kindest reaction to Raise My Voice is likely to be 'shut your face.'
Mike Clark, USA Today
Fresh
The music in Raise Your Voice ... manages to bring home what the uninspired script doesn't: Something in you dies if you don't express your musical talent.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
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