Camp Rock (TV 2008)

At a music camp for gifted teens, a popular teen idol overhears a girl singing and sets out to find who the talented voice belongs to. What he doesn't know is that the girl is actually a camp kitchen worker with a fear of being heard.

Director:

Matthew Diamond

Writers:

Karin Gist, Regina Y. Hicks,

Stars:

Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas, Meaghan Martin

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Demi Lovato	...	Mitchie Torres
Joe Jonas	...	Shane Gray
Meaghan Martin	...	Tess Tyler (as Meaghan Jette Martin)
Maria Canals-Barrera	...	Connie Torres
Alyson Stoner	...	Caitlyn Geller
Julie Brown	...	Dee La Duke
Daniel Fathers	...	Brown Cesario
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle	...	Ella (as Anna Maria Perez de Taglé)
Jasmine Richards	...	Margaret 'Peggy' Dupree
Jordan Francis	...	Barron
Roshon Fegan	...	Sander
Kevin Jonas	...	Jason
Nick Jonas	...	Nate
Aaryn Doyle	...	Lola
Giovanni Spina	...	Andy

Storyline

"Camp Rock" centers on a teen girl who desperately wants to spend her summer at a prestigious rock camp, but can only attend if she works in the kitchen as one of the cooks. When she's overheard singing - but not seen -- by a teen pop star at the camp, he is completely taken and sets out to find the girl behind the beautiful voice. But first she must confront her fears, step out of the kitchen and into the spotlight.

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Plot Keywords:

camp | teen | cook | rock camp | singing | 

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Taglines:

This summer is gonna Rock!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Disney Channel

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 June 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rock Camp Rules

Filming Locations:

Camps White Pine & Towhee, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Disney Channel, Sudden Motion Productions, Alan Sacks Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

It's the first Disney Channel original movie to have access rights to other cable networks of the Disney company from ABC to ABC Family in airing the film's screen debut.

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Goofs

The only time Tess ever uses a microphone is at her performance at Final Jam and when she sings in "We Rock," but her voice comes out as if with a microphone when none is there.

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Quotes

Connie Torres: Okay, sweetie, lets get settled in.
Mitchie Torres: [she lays her stuff on her bed] Settled!
[a man walks in]
Brown Cessario: That's great! Brown Cesario. Camp director/founding memeber and bass guitar of the Wet Crows and you must be Connie Torres, our new cook.
Connie Torres: Thats me. And this is my daughter,
[the cabin door shuts]
Connie Torres: who is already gone.
Brown Cessario: Ah, no worries. She probably just wanted to get out there, get to it. You know what I mean? When the music calls, you got to answer.
Connie Torres: I can't wait for you to meet her though. She has got a ...
[...]

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Connections

Featured in 20/20: Episode dated 22 April 2011 (2011)

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Soundtracks

"What It Takes"
Performed by Aaryn Doyle
Written and Produced by Tim James and Antonina Armato

User Reviews

Bland and Predictable - Doesn't measure up to High School Musical

Insert sadface here. This rockin' was supposed to be so much more than it lead on, but it really failed to deliver. I'm quite sad to say that Camp Rock may not be a failure to Jonas Brothers fans and teenage girls, though compared to other Disney Channel Movies, it just does not deliver.

The story starts off with Michie Torres, a girl that desperately wants to attend a Rock and Roll camp, and subplots Joe Jonas being throw back into his old stomping grounds before he became the hotshot that he is in Connect 3.

Right in, they establish the characters of Michie as the shy girl, and the rather rude Shane Gray. It seems that cliché character development only kicks in after a few scenes, for little to no reason at all. The work done by the actors was relatively decent, with a few small exceptions. However, having to deal with a horrible script like Camp Rock, is a task in it's on. The film tries to create conflict with an enemy that nobody really cares about, or has any ill feelings for. The mark of good character development is to love your enemy. Perhaps Meaghan Jette Martin had a scene or two that was cut that really showed us that she had such feelings for her family.

Camp Rock has all your normal stereotypical Disney children in it. Your hero(in), the hero's sidekick, other friends introduced for comedic value, the hero's enemy, and the enemies cronies. Disney does not fail to deliver an overdone plot of being ashamed of your family and how lying is bad. Blah blah blah... Girl lies, gets out casted, expresses remorse and sticks up for herself. Haven't seen this stuff in a Disney movie before! Nope, not me! Lastly, the music. Though it is somewhat strange that a rock star would be a hip hop teacher at a rock and roll camp, I found that it worked for the most part. Most of the songs are forgettable at best until the finale, as many musicals are. Though, these select songs make this movie re watchable and marketable for Disney. It will probably launch *a* career...

I'm quite sure it's got to be just a big Jonas Brothers promotional video. I'm sure the funds raked in for this film will also be astronomical much like its musical counterpart, High School Musical.

All in all, the story is boring and forgettable, but some of the songs you'll be singing to your self after seeing the film once or twice (or perhaps 20 or so, if you know Disney Channel). Watch this once, definitely, to see if it's your cup of tea. But it didn't quite do it for me the way HSM did it for the rest of the world.