benjaminweber There really isn't much to say about a film in which a hispanic character lives in a crowded house with a mariachi band, and the Asian who is good at maths being wooed by someone using martial arts techniques. So instead, here's the haiku I was inspired to write while watching this:Hate without ending My heart implodes with despair Death is eternal

TheLittleSongbird Despite my indifference towards the Bratz dolls and disliking what they stand for, and disliking just as much the 2005 CGI-animated show, seeing as there are good examples of musical, comedy and high school films so gave 'Bratz' the benefit of the doubt with an open mind. Plus Jon Voigt has shown that he can be good if the material is (i.e. 'Midnight Cowboy').Although expectations were not high to begin with, 'Bratz' managed to not only be exactly what was expected but be worse. It gets points for some nice bright colours which stops it from being one of the all-time worst films, but that is pretty much the only very faint praise. The 2005 show, as very bad as it was, at least tried to incorporate some unoriginal but important morals and relevant relatable issues. This film also does both, but they are not just ones done to death in every kind of visual media in existence but they are delivered also with the subtlety of a sledge-hammer and in no way feel meaningful.They are also further disadvantaged by the stereotyping, it's not just one or two aspects or characters that are stereotypical. Everything is stereotyped to the maximum, seeming like every one in existence, and in a way that make tea party saucers and very shallow water when swimming in the sea look deep in comparison. The un-subtlety is similarly applicable here as it is in the morals/issues 'Bratz' tries to show, the stereotypes are excessive in number, over-exaggerated and a few are not for the easily offended. Not in a while have more shallow and unlikeable characters graced any film by me seen by me recently, they all live up to their names as brats with personalities that never sparkle and instead make one depressed and they serve as unhealthy role models for the primary target audience.Other than the bright colours, there is a real straight-to-video/DVD look to 'Bratz'. It strives for glitz but ends up being pure garish tack with unexceptional at best amateurish at worst filming. The songs written for the film are repetitive and irritate fast, even the worst of the songs heard in the charts today are more tolerable than the songs here. They are also sung with variable sense of pitch, lacklustre energy and nasal, and at times shouty, poorly recorded voices that are far more unpleasant than the worst singing of Disney Channel stars. The choreography is lazy and danced with awkwardness.Calling the script stilted and shallow are insults to those words. It's truly cringe-worthy, forced and vapid, so poorly delivered and has no substance whatsoever. The story is non-existent thin and would strain to sustain even a half an hour television episode let alone a feature length film.And now we come to the acting, have not seen acting this appalling in quite some time. Everyone either looks like they are on autopilot or are so over the top that one feels ashamed for struggling to laugh out loud. There is no discernible chemistry between them either, with the titular characters it is hard to believe that they are friends with the way they interact and believe.Of the performances, Chelsea Staub as Meredith gives perhaps one of the worst performances ever. Similarly, once again (just when you think he couldn't get just as bad as his career-low-point, film and performance, in 'Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2'), Jon Voigt disgraces himself with an bumbling idiot role (that is actually meant to be an authority figure) overacted dreadfully, and no obviously prosthetic/false nose won't give you any dignity sadly Jon no matter how hard you try to hide behind it by looking barely recognisable.In conclusion, lots of brat-itude but no style or substance of any kind. 2/10 Bethany Cox

johnnydiva-90425 Like all middle-aged gay man, I have the musical & movie taste of a 14-year-old teenage girl. So, when I came across this selection on Netflix, I expected to see some low-budget, campy high school movie. Now I'm scared I've screwed up my algorithm & Netflix is going to start suggesting even worse awful movies to me after watching this one. I'm surprised this actually had a theatrical release. It seemed like something that should have gone straight to some fifth-rate cable network to be ran in the middle of the night when they had nothing else to air. Acting was subpar, even if the target demographic was tween/early teen. Plot (for lack of a better word) was eye-rolling predictable. It really deserved every Razzie for which it was nominated, but Lindsey Lohan beat them out in every category proving that even at the Rasberry Awards, it's all about big names & politics.

mechamortal20 I was kind of forced to watch this when my girlfriend played it on our TV and I must say, I'm kind of angry at this movie. Just like all the other high-school movies, this movie is crammed with clichés to the teeth. There's the typical overwhelmingly snobby girl villain who suffers from severe narcissistic personality disorder who rules the school, implementing a segregating social caste system within it. The unrealistically active and thriving high school with people partying all over campus as if class never starts for them, and kids who care if four girls are sitting together at a table. All of these movies always depict this type of high school activity, yet I've never been to school where one beautiful girl calls the shots for the entire school. The cliché of the popular girl trying to bring down the main character because she shows a sign of not giving a damn who she is. The glorification of being materialistic is too much, as this seems to be a trait of every female in the movie. None of these girls are really separable in terms of personality besides the "villain".