Rotten
Every line, every twist and every note of music feels painstakingly focus-grouped.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Jem and the Holograms
Every generation needs a voice
2015 · 1h 59m · PG
Drama, Music
Directed by
Jon M. Chu
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Jem and the Holograms
Overview
As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden. Four aspiring musicians will take the world by storm when they see that the key to creating your own destiny lies in finding your own voice.
Director and cast
- Jon M. Chu Director
- Aubrey Shea as Jerrica Benton / Jem
- Stefanie Scott as Kimber Benton
- Hayley Kiyoko as Aja
- Aurora Perrineau as Shana
- Ryan Guzman as Rio Raymond
- Molly Ringwald as Aunt Bailey
- Juliette Lewis as Erica Raymond
- Isabella Kai as Young Jerrica
- Barnaby Carpenter as Emmett Benton
- Jason Kennedy as Jason Kennedy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
Rotten
For a movie about someone learning to come out of their shell, Jem and the Holograms is utterly confounding about what it even means to be authentic.
Alison Willmore, BuzzFeed News
Rotten
As silly and sometimes nonsensical as it is, the movie is surprisingly sweet and well-intentioned.
Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
What it lacks in humor it makes up for in sheer weirdness -- it's a master class in How Did This Get Made? It feels focus-grouped to within an inch of its life, but it's so strange that it's impossible to imagine what process led us here.
Molly Lambert, Grantland
Rotten
Not being part of the generation that watched the show, I can't vouch for its merits. But it's safe to say that it must be miles ahead of this wan, bloated screen version which forgoes the original's sci-fi and thriller aspects.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
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