gabrielat I love this movie. The scenes, actors, actresses, the plot- Everything! What I really like in the movie is: When her father falls and she finds out and then she rescue's him. And I like when she goes under the wire and the girl says "I pretend-". I also like when you see them do the you could say "Gun/Weapon Dancing". Plus when you see her packing at the end and when you see her room at Military School. I just love the plot as I said, the story and how good they act especially "Hilary Duff" staring Cadet Kelly. I love it! The BEST BEST BEST movie!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!! Even the small things are great!!! I also like when she got stuck on the roof. It was a LITTLE funny. I also love the costumes. The costumes were great!!! It shows a lot. The short way of telling the story is: Her mother gets a boy friend and they/her father send her to Military school. She has to leave her best friend. She hates it at first. And there is this Mean girl. Then she makes a friend. Fashion Style is not there. Finally she gets the picture of no fashion. The mean girl turn out to be a friend in a special friend. Her father comes and she rescue's him. That's it. But it would be hard to tell the whole story. That movie is great!!!

Seth Nelson In the final months of the Disney Channel we forefathers once loved, this DCOM was the very last good thing to come from the station before it got the "Dumb Nick" treatment that was suffered by many a few years back. This movie was from early 2002 and it is called "Cadet Kelly," which starred two long lost, old Disney Channel stars: Hilary Duff of "Lizzie McGuire," and Christy Carlson Romano of "Even Stevens," two wonderful DCOSs (Disney Channel Original Shows).So, Kelly attended an art school in New York, and since her mother was about to get a new husband who was interested in working at a military school, Kelly ended up having to leave the city and attend it!!!!! It was very hard for her, especially when her Captain (or whatever it's called) was very mean and kept on calling her a "maggot!!!!!" Kelly got into trouble for painting the Captain's hair and as punishment, she had to take part in an activity, twirling guns and stuff!!!!! She had learned to love it and her school ended up winning 2nd.What's funny about this is that Kelly went to military school only because it's her new father's job, not because she got in trouble. Anyways, this is a great movie, and it sure was nice to enjoy Disney Channel while it lasted!!!!!Thanks for five years (1997-2002) of greatness, Disney!!!!!10/10

departed07 I had the privilege of watching "Cadet Kelly" on the Disney channel and I got to say that this film is awesome. We all know Hilary Duff is known for playing ditsy bimbos in recent films, but in this film its different; Hilary plays Kelly, a person who doesn't care for anything around her except herself and is known for causing disasters. Her mom is about to be married to Joe (Gary Cole) a soldier who runs a cadet school and with that in mind, Kelly has to be a student at the George Washington Academy. The film has the premise of "Legally Blonde" and "Private Benjamin" were the blonde is an embarrassment, but in the end they succeed. This may be a Disney original, but this is a film that also teaches discipline and that Kelly must take responsibility. Overall, this is a good movie. With good acting and a storyline, I would recommend this film to my friends anytime.Good Job, Hilary Duff and the actors in this film!

ktmarley2002 Although not really an unspeakably terrible movie, Cadet Kelly is hardly worth watching. Hilary Duff does a good job as Kelly Collins, and so does Gary Cole as General Joe Maxwell. Shawn Ashmore isn't bad as Cadet Major Brad Rigby, but Christy Carlson Romano is just plain annoying (as opposed to impressive) as Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone.Now don't get me wrong. I really like Christy Carlson Romano. She's a beautiful and talented actress, and also one of my favorites. But there are certain types of characters I don't like to see her portrayed as (I also believe these parts to be where Christy's talent fails her). That includes constant wet blankets, characters who don't accept people's differences, really mean characters, and especially villains. Captain Stone seems to fall under all four of those categories.Then again, the part wasn't entirely fun for Christy. She didn't like being mean to Hilary, and I don't blame her (Christy, that is). In fact, when it comes to that particular part of Christy's role, I can't help but be sympathetic, in two senses of the word.1) I share her feelings.2) I feel sorry for her.When it comes to bad attitude in Christy's characters, low-level is fine with me, and medium-level is acceptable, but high-level isn't.Not only does Christy make a lousy villain, the conflict is also pretty bad. I mean, it's a new cadet's life being made miserable (deliberately, I might add) by her own instructor. That kind of conflict, from my point of view, should never be used.Also, I don't like the movie's plot.I understand that Kelly and Jennifer become very good friends by the end of the movie, but for me that's not quite good enough. Hilary and Christy, from my point of view, are better off playing characters who are very good friends to start with and remain as such throughout the movie.