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Bandslam (2009)
Director: Todd Graff, Scott Porter
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From Time Out Chicago
There’s a hint of Cameron Crowe’s Say Anything and a dash of Some Kind of Wonderful in this surprisingly endearing tween flick about a music nerd (Connell) who finds a niche at his new school when a popular girl (Michalka) decides to make him the manager of her band. Why he can’t see that he belongs with Hudgens’s quirky Sa5m (“The 5 is silent”) is a mystery. The female leads are kinda plastic, but Connell is refreshingly normal, and Graff knows how to sell a fantasy of high school that has a little more heft than High School Musical.
Author: Hank Sartin
Time Out Chicago Issue 233: August 13–19, 2009
Cast & crew
Director: Todd Graff, Scott Porter
Cast: Alyson Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens, Gaelan Connell, Ryan Donowho, Charlie Saxton, Lisa Kudrow full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Rated: PG
Duration: 111 mins
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