Rotten
Parents and anyone beyond adolescence will find it an intolerable attempt to cash in by imitating films they've seen before.
Taylor Adams, Boston Globe
Standing Ovation
Dance - Sing - Dream
2010 · 1h 47m · PG
Comedy, Family, Music
Directed by
Stewart Raffill
Overview
A group of young girls is competing in a nation teen music video competition.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
6%
Tomatometer
Rotten
For us grinchy adults out there without children to sedate, the whole thing feels slightly less like a movie than like the filmed record of a mutiny at a juvie talent agency.
Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
Despite its absurdly optimistic title, Standing Ovation deserves a resounding chorus of boos, and maybe a few well-aimed tomatoes.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Rotten
Standing Ovation is an innovative film in the sense that every minute or so it comes up with a different way of being annoying.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
A glittery string of backstage conventions. Backstabbing! Pushy parents! Precocious stars! Blind ambition! But if you're a tween (and don't watch Glee), the cliches will be new to you.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
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