| From Justin to Kelly | | Cast : | Kelly Clarkson, Justin Guarini | | Director : | Robert Iscove | | Studio : | Twentieth Century Fox Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | June 20, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | August 26, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 15, 2005 | | Summary | Good singing, bad acting | Content
 | In the words of Kelly Clarkson, "You could have given them the script to The Shawshank Redemption, and it would have failed." A movie starring two reality show contestants is not exactly going to bring in millions at the box office...and it didn't. Kelly and Justin were on American Idol because they could sing, NOT ACT. I am a HUGE Kelly Clarkson fan, but that doesn't mean I think she can act...I love her singing. I do enjoy watching the movie because of Kelly (basically I'll watch anything she's in) and I do like the singing.
I feel the best musical number in the movie was "Madness" - the tune is fun and catchy. Most of the other ones are ok, but not great. I didn't like Kelly's version of "Vacation" however, but Anytime is GREAT!(well, until Justin started singing with her) I'm so glad they put it on her 1st album.
If you're in the mood to watch a movie that doesn't require much concentration, this is a movie for you. It's not at deep as some movies out there, but it's a decent movie to watch. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 15, 2005 | | Summary | Oh my god...why'd I do this to myself? | Content
| Last week, I was in the mood for some self-esteem. I needed a movie to watch that made me feel better about myself. Of the movies I watched, From Justin to Kelly was the one that made me feel better as a person, but also felt ashamed to be a part of the human race- of which they are a part of also. Why was this movie made? If it's because of the American Idol fame, that's not good enough. Nobody should have to watch this movie against their will. But if you absolutely have to see how bad From Justin to Kelly is, by all means, brace yourself and watch it. For this movie, is worse than people say it is. When it was over, I was stunned at how much people left out in their notes about it.
I'll try to give you a plot summary as best as I can, because there really isn't much of a plot. We start out with 3 guys and 3 girls. The 3 guys are composed of Justin- the goody good, a Stiffler reject who's got "hot bods" on his mind, and a computer geek who's along with them to meet a girl he's friends with online. Aside from that, I don't see why they're even friends with him, as he never adds anything to their conversations, or acts comfortably around them. As for the 3 girls, there's Kelly, the goody good, a hussy (for lack of better term) who has nothing but "hot bods" on her mind, and their friend who's only around for the sake of racial diversity in the movie. As mean as that sounds, that's the stone cold truth. Just like techno boy, she adds nothing to their conversations. So the groups go on spring break, and have fun for a while, but Justin bumps into Kelly, and they have a slight connection. Kelly's "friend" the hussy is jealous of this, and constantly cuts off their dates for eachother via text messaging. Yes, EVIL text messages like "i dont wan 2 meet u" are what stop the two from seeing eachother for an entire hour of movie time. This is the whole premise...but with constant song and dance numbers. If Justin makes Kelly mad, she'll sing about it. If he lies to her, she'll sing about it. If the hussy wants something her way, she'll sing about it in her high nasal voice (which rivals that of A Simple Plan's singer's voice). And these text messages are magical. They automatically go to the next page of the message without you having to push a button. But enough of that. The hussy also wants Justin for herself because god forbid one guy out of a slew at spring break isn't interested in her. Will Justin go for Kelly over her? Of course they do. You can tell how this movie's going to end before you're even 15 minutes into it. This is the bottom of the barrel for movies, and musicals. It's easily the worst thing I've seen this year, easily dispatching Elektra, Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead. If you're a typical teeny bopper that voted for Justin and/or Kelly from 15 different phones, you might like this. If you're comatose, this movie will make you wake up, turn it off, then go back to sleep. Avoid it like Paris Hilton.
I don't want to waste much time with the rest of this review, but for my standards, I have to. The picture quality is about vhs quality. There's grain and blurry scenes all over the place, and some scenes are actually out of focus. The audio's loud...but wiht some fuzz whenever someone screams or hits a really high note. I don't get why this is the case, as it was supposed to have decent production values, running off of American Idol's success.
The special features are all a joke, and while they tried to throw something on here (which usually nets any dvd I review an extra star or two), they aren't anything more than behind the scenes featurettes along with a sappy commentary track. It's with Justin, Kelly and the director. All they do is laugh along with the movie and point out their favorite scenes. I'm wondering who they were joking, laughing at some of the worst attempts at humor in movie history. Kelly constantly snorts when she laughs here to the point where it makes you want to stab out your ears with a rusty cactus. The director sucks up to Justin and Kelly with each passing minute. There is -nothing- good I can say about this commentary. It's even worse than Rob Zombie's from House of 1000 Corpses. We also get 3 whole deleted scenes which don't add anything to the movie. Then again, nothing could. One's an alternate ending of one of the characters changing their dating preferences as far as gender goes. Next are two featurettes, a "video scrapbook" and one focusing on the dancing in the movie. Useless. These aren't anything you couldn't see on a behind the scenes look on E! or something. Then there's a gag reel that runs for a minute. It's just the actors (and I use that term loosely) laughing during their lines. Finally is one more featurette going on about the singing in the movie. Why this couldn't have been included with the dancing featurette is beyond me.
There's nothing good about this disc. From the horrid cover with Justin's beady-eyed, no eyebrowed, poodle-looking face and Kelly's pig-nose to the never ending songs that actually made my girlfriend cringe. Honest to god CRINGE. This movie made her mad just watching it. And she never even finished it! No, I had to sit through the last fourth of the movie and the special features just to get a review out. This movie could very well ruin relationships. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | Kelly CAN act | Content
| Kelly and Justin CAN act. This is a good movie; I really don't see why it flopped. It was a good storyline for a teen movie. I watch this a lot. Kelly should do another movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 22, 2005 | | Summary | ANYTIME YOU NEED LOVE... | Content
| This movie had some seriously bad acting. There wasn't a single person in this movie that could act. But I still love this movie because, Yeah the storyline is a little bit corny, but I loved the singing. They were all great singers in this movie. If your the kind of person that can get past bad acting, then you should rent this movie. If you love musicals you'll love this movie! |
| Rating | | | Date | June 09, 2005 | | Summary | Not The Best | Content
| Before people think that Kelly was stupid for doing this i got something to say. She didnt WANT to do it. They FORCED her to. She tried everything to get outta it.
Okey Dokey, back to the movie.
I wasnt a fan of Kelly's when I saw the movie. And seeing it didnt MAKE me a 'fan'. Thats another story. I love Kelly, but this movie isnt that great...at all. Its more of a GUILTY pleasure, like several other viewers have said. Ive seen it twice, and will probably buy it, just to add to my Kelly Collection. The movie is an average storyline, with people breaking out dance moves to songs that come from no where every now and then. If you see this movie with NO expectations, you will probably find it somewhat entertaining. Like Napoleon Dynamite...anyways, this movie is in my top 20, mainly because its very laughable and easygoing. unlike most of the stuff Hollywood puts out there these days |
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