Raise Your Voice (2004)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Sean McNamara

Writers (WGA):

Mitch Rotter (story)
Sam Schreiber (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 October 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Music | Romance

Tagline:

Don't give up. Don't hold back. (Australia DVD)

Plot:

A girl from a small town heads to the big city of Los Angeles to spend the summer at a performing arts high school.

Plot Keywords:

Small Town | Stage Fright | Music School | Scholarship | Kitchen Scene

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Hilary Duff	...	Teresa 'Terri' Fletcher
Oliver James	...	Jay Corgan
David Keith	...	Simon Fletcher
Dana Davis	...	Denise Gilmore
Johnny Lewis	...	Engelbert 'Kiwi' Wilson
Rita Wilson	...	Francis Fletcher
Lauren C. Mayhew	...	Robin Childers
Kat Dennings	...	Sloane
Jason Ritter	...	Paul Fletcher
Rebecca De Mornay	...	Aunt Nina
John Corbett	...	Mr. Torvald
Carly Reeves	...	Kelly
James Avery	...	Mr. Gantry
Robert Trebor	...	Mr. Wesson
Steven T. Palmer	...	Street Drummer (as Steven '17' Palmer)

Also Known As:

Heart of Summer (Australia) (working title)
Untitled Christian Music Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements and language.

Runtime:

USA:103 min | Argentina:103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-7 | Netherlands:MG6 | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

Company:

Brookwell-McNamara Entertainment

Trivia:

Originally pitched as a "Christian Music Project" with Jaci Velasquez and Rachael Lampa suggested for the lead, and Kirk Franklin for the music teacher.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Sloan is practicing on a digital piano and her teacher is encouraging her, she is playing everything at the right time but none of the notes she plays are even close to what the audience is hearing.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mr. Holcomb: Have a very pleasant Summer everyone. Miss Fletcher, rehearsal tomorrow at four.

Movie Connections:

References Final Destination 2 (2003)

Soundtrack:

The Way You Do the Things You Do

Craptacular

I feel bad for Hillary Duff, but I suppose this is her own fault. There are scenes in the movie that, out of the serious context, would have made for a great parody of teen movies. There are times when Hillary Duff is asked to sing scales and her voice is replaced with a professional's. I don't understand how we are supposed to buy this as her voice! I feel used by this movie. Has it gotten to the point where Hollywood is peddling the ridiculous onto us and laughing as we pay up? More than a few times it is clear that the kids are not playing the instruments. I feel bad for Hillary Duff because she had to accept that she is unable to sing without extensive studio work. Anybody can sing well if the pitch is digitally altered and drowned in a sea of backup singers.