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19 out of 23 people found the following review useful:
An unrealistic and horrible influence on today's children. SPOILERS, 4 April 2006

Author: kasicookies from Australia

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Having a curiosity in the entertainment that kids and teens are being given today, I happened to watch this film on TV a few days ago.

I could be biased and say that movies aren't what they use to be for kids, but this movie went beyond that. This film is a depressing example of how horribly some of today's youth is growing up. I would NOT recommend this film in anyway (unless for laughs at its stupidity).

The film starts off with our four 'rich girl' characters strutting down the street with arrogance beyond words. The arrogance, perhaps a normal thing for some teenagers. However, these girls do appear to be filthy rich of which very few kids could relate to leaving them to wonder why can't they be rich little kids too? The goal of these girls of course - To become famous pop-singers. An unrealistic dream for most but it seems to be a moral to the film: "to have a good life, you need to become famous".

The plot moral, not a great one. The characters little lessons, appalling.

'Raven' is so caught up in the 'becoming a pop-star' experience that she becomes completely self-absorbed. This is probably one of the few morals that are presented well. Don't become a self-absorbed idiot.

Moving on. Our second character fails entirely at bringing in any good ideals. After some time working on 'the cheetah girls' upcoming career she comes home to throw a tantrum about her mother not being there (rather, she's out with a boyfriend). The real-estate agent rings about her mother's interest in selling the house, the daughter picks up the phone, rudely yelling to the agent how this house is not for sale 'Because I say so' in pure teen angst. Now she decides to go out and abuse her mother's credit card for all the money it's worth because of this small episode.

Of course when mum comes home, she is not happy. But apparently it's all OK when the daughter cries out about how her mother should be there more for her. Perhaps if this were a REAL case of child-neglect, this may be OK. But this kid was just a selfish brat who needs to find better ways to get over minor issues.

I really hope kids won't think its OK to throw hissy fit next time they discover their parents had to go out.

The next character is perhaps the most insulting to the 'real world'. Raven makes an occasional comment to this character about how trashy their fashion looks (and yes, their fashion looks perfectly fine actually).

Later in the film we realise that our 'trashy' girl is actually an orphan living in a poor foster home. It's a good idea; however, this girl looks NOTHING like a real 'poor' girl. Perhaps a 'money isn't everything' moral would have fitted nicely here, but instead we're handed the perfect fix: Get your rich friends to buy your clothes.

The forth character I won't comment on as I can't remember anything significant about her.

The process of becoming pop-stars of course, is very unrealistic, aside the sell-out factor and the lip-syncing.

'The cheetah girls' are torn between following their original dream or selling-out just to get the exposure. Their friendship hangs on the line because of this as Raven refuses to compromise.

We are given a few inspiring quotes from other characters about which road Raven should take on this matter, then its all up to the wonderful climax to do the rest.

The climax. Toto has fallen in a hole and has got dirty (horrifying experience for a dog bearing a perly white coat) Poor Raven is so frantic, this is obviously the worst kind of tragedy that could happen in life. God forbid we learn anything realistic like the death of a family member or even of this poor little pooch. Perhaps in that case we'd even had the President of the United States turning up to comfort Raven, but no, it's just a dirty dog stuck in a hole, it only calls for the whole neighbourhood, police, fire fights and the local television news crew. Such a tragedy can only resolve in the reconciled friendship of 'the cheetah girls'.

And there we have it. Entertainment... maybe. Any benefits otherwise, I would personally hope NOT, as they're not the kind of things I would like to see in kids and teenagers these days.

Normally, If this film was aimed at a higher audience (ha) I wouldn't see as much of a problem with it. But this was a Disney film... you know, the ones that are meant to be inspiring to kids, or at least teach them some values in life? This just gave us an insight to Disney's own greedy mind.

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12 out of 16 people found the following review useful:
Began the fall of Disney channel..., 10 July 2007

Author: mussicmann42 from United States

Now, I don't comment on a lot of things. Especially not movies like this, but I'd like to say what I have to say.

This movie is terrible...horrible acting, cheesy storyline, it was also confusing to understand. It was like a mess of scenes jumbled together in movie format.

The songs are just...ugh...I don't even have a word for them. They don't really make sense, and obviously this movie is aimed at 6 year old girls.

Whatever happened to the OLD Disney? Like Zoog? Sister Sister, Boy Meets World, Even Stevens, and the older D.C.O.M.S such as Brink!, Halloweentown, Johnny Tsunami, Quints, and many others. They need to bring back the good shows, and quit showing terrible movies like this.

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17 out of 29 people found the following review useful:
Very unrealistic.., 16 August 2003
Author: theresaholeinmypants

I didnt like the plot at all. It was pulled off alright, though...the movie did have many flaws..I give it a 2/5. First thing, i dont like the plot because its about four greedy girls who want fame, each in their own way. Raven's character was just selfish throughout the whole thing..and then when you think you have the characters figured out..the other three girls go and sellout. Next, lots of acting flaws...mainly the LIP SYNCHING. It became extremely obvious when they werent actually singing..i mean, lip synching is bad enough..but they couldnt do it. Then, the 3LW girls acted alright, though they did overact a lot unnecessary facial expressions ALL THE TIME)..a common acting flaw..nothing major. Other than the plot, some amateur acting, and other mess ups (guitars not being plugged in [laughed out loud when i saw that]..piano and drum sounds coming out of nowhere during the singing scenes, clean dog in hole becomes dirty when pulled out and then one minute later hes all clean again..)...everything else is done alright. I'd recommend this to younger viewers..older viewers would probably laugh at how fake the movie is...i know i did.

NOTE: I gave the movie a 2 based on the acting and the production of the movie..not the plot..if i was to rate the plot, i would have said 0..

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8 out of 12 people found the following review useful:
There was nothing wrong with the movie, 9 November 2006

Author: horseluver543 from United States

OK first off, all the rude comments was unnecessary. Second,if you guys can figure out that it's Disney Channel then there's a problem, and third the movie was made for kids, if you were expecting something better (like a movie for teens or adults) then go to the movies and see something for a more mature audience!!! I thought the movie was pretty good, of course i don't expect that much from Disney Channel, but in my own opinion it wasn't all that bad. Sure some of the scenes were kind of dumb and didn't make that much sense, but like I said before it was intended for kids to watch, kids don't catch on like more mature audiences do. I personally think that the second one was much better and made a lot of sense. Besides that I thought that the storyline was good, well at least the part where the show how the girls have a real passion for something. If you love something so much and have a passion for it and dream of going big then you should do whatever it takes to get there, and thats what the movie is mostly about. Which is great because it shows the viewer that if you really love something you can achieve it.

The acting was OK, it could have been better. I thought that the singing was great (except for one of them, i don't like her voice and i still didn't in the second one). Since I love dancing I thought that the dancing was great too. Sabrina is very talented and shows even more of her talent in the second film. To me she was the most talented one.

All in all it thought was movie was pretty good, could have been better but its Disney Channel and meant for kids so if you don't like it then why bother watching it?? Think about that one...

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24 out of 44 people found the following review useful:
rocks, 15 August 2003
Author: nygurl1687 from Gansevoort, New York

This movie was the best movie Raven has done. It has a great message for teenage girls and guys who think they have a chance in the music business. The Cheetah Girls can sing and they can dance. That is the perfect thing that makes success.

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
Not as dreadful as some say; has decent message for girls, 30 September 2006

Author: mgraps from Middleton, WI

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Let's remember the audience here - pre-teen girls. While the ending "crisis" that causes the girls to get back together is incredibly unimaginative and completely absurd, the rest of the movie promotes self-confidence - certainly something all pre-teen girls can use.

Perhaps more importantly, the Cheetah Girls themselves aren't tiny little waifs. They look, gosh, normal, and aren't complaining about it. So many other movies and TV shows aimed at the young girl set have chronic weight issues, it's refreshing to see characters living their lives without constantly freaking about body type. That alone separates this movie from 98 percent of the others.

It entertains, it has decent lessons. There's a lot worse out there.

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4 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
To all those that rated this film lowly, get a grip,will you? Please just get a grip!, 1 January 2007

Author: Bradley Baum from London, England

This is another made-for-TV film and as such is a film that is not high on intellectual output but, if you just sit down and as with Charlies Angels 1 and 2 (the ones with Cameron Diaz, Bill Murray etc.) leave your brain at the door and just enjoy the film for what it is (which is a film about four mid to late teens trying to make it big as self-choreographed (by one of the group members) singers in the music industry) then you should have no problem liking or even loving the film.

The film centres on four teenagers (the characters' ages not the actresses) but around them is the usual thoroughfare that is seen in these types of films. There was the unscrupulous record boss that wanted to change them and their style. There was the mother/manager that against her better judgement allowed her daughter and the group to almost get done by him and there was the silly ending that brought the girls back together after one was even less willing to follow the boss's ideas even more than the other three and walked away from the group. The other three eventually decided she was right and also left but by then the group was no more until the silly ending that is. Knowing and accepting that it was following the usual plot lines for this type of film meant it could be enjoyed and yes the second one was better but this one was by no means as bad as others have made it out to be. 8 out of 10 for me.

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4 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
Pointless and extremely unrealistic, 29 July 2006

Author: schultzclan6 from United States

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Zero average is what almost every TV Disney film gets because 90% of them are stupid. Meet another horrible TV film, but instead of having just two main characters to burn down the film, they have four! That means twice the disaster, twice the stupidity, and twice the pointlessness.

Raven Symone horribly portrays a girl named Galleria, who holds a passionate but childish dream to one day become a singing star. I don't know why she would want to, because she certainly does not have the voice for it. Her mother is supposed to be strict but she really just lets Galleria do whatever she feels like.

The rest of the Cheetah Girls are acted out by adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, and Sabrina Bryan. Adrienne is supposed to be this really cool girl, but really she looks like what they call "dumb blondes". Kiely plays a girl named Aqua (who names their child Aqua) who thinks she's 2-cool-4-u, but she truns out to be a more boring version of Adrienne. Sabrina Bryan plays a girl with little money who loves to dance, and it turns out she is one of many foster children. I know how the foster care system works, and she would not live in just one home- she would have to be adopted. And the fact that nobody knew just shows how unrealistic this film is.

The Cheetah Girls sign a record deal with a man named Jackal, the latest record producer whose been playing top chart singles. Jackal looks like a hippie who wants to be ghetto and dope, but he acts more like a man on cocaine. He is the villain and secretly behind their backs turns them into toddler artists WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE. So, other Cheetah Girls kick out Raven and they all wail "boo-hoo" for some twenty minutes. They are reunited when her dog Toto gets lost in the sewer (which you would have to be an 85-year-old in a wheelchair with a pit bull to have this done). Raven must sing to the dog for it to get out, so she calls the Cheetah Girls and they all sing to the dog and it comes out. Raven apologizes and they put on a show for bystanders, which airs live on TV (in real life, this could not happen). Jackal sees this, gets mad and THE END.

This movie is put together as unrealistic as possible. They pieced together well, or else it would've been a 2.0 on IMDb. 5 year old girls should like this and little boys who play with Barbie dolls.

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4 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
Too Predictable, 28 April 2004
Author: Sandy from Alabama

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Too predictable. I mean, everytime there's a scene going on, you always know what's gonna happen! And it's kinda weird if Channelle is 25 years old how come she's in a "high-school movie"? I have nothing to say about Aquata. I like the songs. Too predictable cuz there's this part in the movie *SPOILERS* when they want to be in this music company of COURSE their mom would say no! You guys crazy?! And another spoiler, If you think that I like predictable movies, girl/boy, you better be plum out of your mind!Oh yeah, what about Raven and the white girl? So the characters were okay in acting and stuff.But I stand to my word. It's to P-R-E-D-I-C-T-A-B-L-E!!!!! And for the kids who didn't see this *whispers* It's a waste of time cuz it's too predictable! And oh yeah, One Star. Well, two stars. Over and out! Bye!

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8 out of 14 people found the following review useful:
oh no disney didnt!, 9 January 2004

Author: Emilie from Wisconsin

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After reading the comments on the daily board that people can write on daily talk mainly about the race issue on this movie. let me say that the movie has no racist problems in the movie at all. the fact that the movie stinks isnt because the girls were black, the storyline and the singing were pathetic and dumb. the actors were only acting what was given to them. it couldnt have been a good movie, regardless of the races involved, the movie was drowning of stupidity and the actors hopped on the ship. (**SPOILER**) what kind of name is galleria? it reminded me of a sexually transmitted disease. disney usually has pretty tacky movies, since they try to get new stars on the market, but it doesnt work for all potential stars. that cheetah movie theme spoke millions to me and really sold the "disney makes sappy movies that have learning and fun wrapped up into one" idea. so, when they brought the two girls from 3lw that really need help, since the last thing we heard about them was they have a song like 3 or 4 years old. they only wanted money to put on the table. did you notice that the third member of the band didnt participate? i wonder why..... Raven was cool from the beginning, but she shouldnt do movies or business with disney. i think that she could make it, unlike another fellow disney show blonde girl. and if she still hangs out with disney for some other reasons, then enough with the disney tv movies, and stick to the shows and movies. NO MORE TV MOVIES FROM DISNEY! (F F-)

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