StarStruck (2010)

Jessica Olsen was expecting a normal trip to California with her family to visit her grandma. However, she agrees to join her older sister to find the famous pop star, Christopher Wilde.

Director:

Michael Grossman

Writers:

Barbara Johns (teleplay), Annie DeYoung (teleplay)

Stars:

Sterling Knight, Danielle Campbell, Maggie Castle

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sterling Knight	...	Christopher Wilde
Danielle Campbell	...	Jessica Olson
Maggie Castle	...	Sara Olson
Brandon Mychal Smith	...	Stubby
Chelsea Kane	...	Alexis (as Chelsea Staub)
Matt Winston	...	Alan Smith
Toni Trucks	...	Libby Lam
Abbie Cobb	...	AJ
Beth Littleford	...	Barbara Olson
Dan O'Connor	...	Dean Olson
Alice Hirson	...	Grandma Olson
Lauren Bowles	...	Sherry Wilde
Ron Pearson	...	Daniel Wilde
Hugh Dane	...	Howard
Sunkrish Bala	...	Dr. Sanjay Lad

Storyline

Jessica Olsen goes to Los Angeles with nothing more in mind that visiting her grandparents while her sister tries to meet Christopher Wilde. One night she meets Christopher Wilde. They go on an adventure around Los Angeles and start to like each other. When Jessica returns home, Christopher, on national TV, says he doesn't know her, and never met her.

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Plot Keywords:

pop star | paparazzi | grandmother | romantic montage | sunglasses | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Music | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-G

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the party scene where Christopher (Sterling Knight) brings Jessica (Danielle Campbell) to his house and he is singing the song hero, there is a shot where you can see her elbow in the corner of the screen. The actress actually had the flu so that's actually her stand in.

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Goofs

In the scene where Christopher and Jessica leave the beach in Jessica's grandmother's car "Petunia" and are followed by the paparazzi, they end up on a dirt track. After shaking off the paparazzi, there is a long shot of "Petunia" coming up a slope in the road and you can see the hubcap separate from the front right wheel and roll away behind the car. As the car passes the camera position, you see the wheel is missing the hubcap. In a following shot the car is still traveling the dirt track and the hubcap has miraculously returned.

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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Best Teen Movie Musicals (2019)

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Soundtracks

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Performed by Mitchel Musso

User Reviews

Has An Excellent Start

"Starstruck" (2010) is as good as most Disney movies and much better than some (insert "Princess Protection Program" here). Think "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!" (2004) minus that film's PG elements.

At its core it is another fairy tale as Kalamazoo teenager Jessica Olsen (nicely played by Danielle Campbell) visits Hollywood and accidentally meets mega-star teen heartthrob Christopher Wilde (Sterling Knight). Knight is joined by his "Sonny With A Chance" cast-mate Brandon Mychal Smith.

The secret of this type of fairy tale lies in how well they connect with viewers; if the movie can get viewers to strongly identify with the character as she gets a huge rush from suddenly becoming part of the celebrity world, the viewer will get hooked. Then the challenge is to keep them hooked for as long as possible. "Starstruck" hooks you and provides this vicarious rush well past the midway point, in large part because of the twist of having Jessica rather under-whelmed by the circumstances. But eventually the wheels fall off, or in this case sink into an unlikely mud hole. The illusion bursts and everyone crashes back to reality because it is impossible to suspend disbelief when the AMC Pacer (Petunia) sinks into the mire. From that point on it is just overwrought melodrama until the movie finally recovers and goes out on a very nice reconciliation sequence.

Chelsea Staub is again unsuccessful at playing a mean girl (remember the "Bratz" disaster). Too much natural likability, you would think they would have figured this out by now.

Maggie Castle does a good job as Jessica's older sister Sara, who throughout most of the film is far more into Chad than is Jessica. Abbie Cobb plays Sara's friend AJ. If imitation is really the sincerest form of flattery, then Kay Panabaker should feel real good these days; as Cobb joins Bridgit Mendler and Meaghan Jett Martin (who can successfully play a mean girl) as yet another of Disney's bleached out Panabaker wannabe clones.

Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 February 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

StarStruck

Filming Locations:

Palos Verdes, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1