An average movie

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this flick but, according to another listal member, it was actually seriously underrated, so I thought I might as well check it out after all. Well, even if it turned out to be a big flop when it was released, I thought it was not so bad at all. Indeed, Will Burton was a solid character, a believable awkward teenager thanks to a decent performance by Gaelan Connell (by the way, who was this guy? I had never heard of him before and, apparently, it makes sense as his career did start and end with this movie). I also liked the idea focusing on a kid who has a great knowledge of music and becomes a band manager instead of the usual lead-singer. Still, the whole thing didn't completely work though. First of all, why did they bring two girls in the mix? Eventually, it did create a rather awkward triangle resulting with Aly Michalka being switched with Vanessa Hudgens in the band because one had to come up on top eventually. And, of course, to make us believe that nobody at school would notice a cute girl like Hudgens was quite ridiculous. Eventually, I'm afraid the story in general was rather generic and predictable and the whole 'experiment' thing from Michalka's character was hardly a great narrative device. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, the whole thing was completely harmless and I think it might be worth a look, at least, if you really like the genre.

6/10