holyclyde
Lemonade Mouth is far from being a great movie, but as far as Disney Channel movies go, this is one of the better ones. I think the whole movie and its story are well put together but its corny dialogues and lazy resolutions make it seem like everything solves itself. Like pure magic. One minute they're all off beat and out of sync and the next they're performing like they've been doing it for years, with a crystal clear studio-version quality sound. It really feels like this could only happen in a movie and, honestly, I didn't mind it all that much. I don't think they were trying to do something bold here. Lemonade Mouth is just a feel good TV movie with not-so-bad acting and a not-so-bad message about going beyond what's expected of you. And it works. I think it would work best for children or pre-teens since they would probably overlook the corniness present in some parts of the movie but, as an adult, I enjoyed and it did make me feel good. It did its job. It worked.Lemonade Mouth is not a great movie but it provides an enjoyable feel-good experience that'll make you forget about how harsh the real world can be. An alright TV Movie and one of the better Disney Channel ones.
M MALIK
How many times they are going to try and fail but still they never learn specially Disney don't they get it that their success key is only animation and big budget Hollywood films with big stars not some bad TV shows or cheap films with local teenagers and kids the company is just after cash these days not good work let me just take you back to the past almost 60 years ago their films were best and still are specially in animation i am a really huge fan specially when they work with Pixar the results are outstanding but films like lemonade mouth 2011 are ruining Disney;s legacy if only Walt Disney was alive he would be so mad at these people.This lame excuse for a love story is simply boring and uninteresting for the viewer to watch its not like the cast is bad or story was not right but this topic is repeated so many times plus these people were trying way too hard to be serious end up failing even the title of the film is awful and does not match this movie was based on the novel and to be honest here someone's work got ruined just check out the novel and see how Disney killed it by adapting it on screenThe Plot:some 5 high school kids meet in a detention room thing go in their favor quickly as they are talented this leads to the creation of one huge band named lemonade mouth.The Cast:none of the members are impressive but Naomi Scott steals the show she looked amazing and have a good dialog timing wonder why she is not so famous.These guys make a band and lip syncing to pop songs mostly but are these songs any good totally not and somehow you feel the characters are way different and these cast members are extremely wrong choice for this film some mature actors could have been hired as for Disney they should concentrate on goof films instead of wasting money on forgettable projects it seems they are running out of ideas.Overall Lemonade Mouth 2011 is a film for those who like high school musical series or Hannah Montana it is just missing Miley Cyrus my rating is 2/10.
movieguy592
In a world populated by mega pop and rock franchise films such as High School Musical and Camp Rock series I wasn't sure what to expect when flipping through the guide on Netflix and found Lemonade Mouth. I was working on a few things for one of my own screenplays and needed something mindless to watch and I thought..."oh a Disney film, this should do it" as I remember from an add as a Disney Channel Original movie. So I started it up... Let me just say I wasn't able to get much done on my screenplays. This is one of Disney's better films in a while. No it's not High School Musical or Camp Rock, it's different than a lot of Disney films... It deals with questioning authority. Some might say that Disney's done that before but not in this tone and not to this extent. The focus of the movie and how the band came together has the undertone of being heard, standing up for what you believe in. This movie isn't perfect, but there's was something missing from this film... the majority of the cheesiness/corniness factor that you see in a lot of Disney films. This is one film that while scenes were awkward at times it was during situations that would more than likely be awkward in real life. Very well played by the actors. For those that said scenes were awkward - THAT WAS HOW THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED. Thing aren't always peachy. Lemonade Mouth was dealt with the real issues with realism. It was a welcome surprise. The one thing you may have to get used to is like in High School Musical and Camp Rock music and singing start with little warning like the traditional musical film. While the film attempts to connect the story from rag tag to the instantaneous singing and we are know how to play it's better if you just accept it, otherwise you'll find yourself back in reality when you should be just enjoying the music. There's a good pace and I found the songs are a lot more rock than other Disney Films and were quite enjoyable. All in all this movie I give 8/10. There were a few scenes in the beginning - the soccer scene and a couple others that weren't up to par, but they were kind of necessary. Disney (Channel) seems to be branching out and realizing that it's audience is not just limited to kids and preteens as those that grew up watching the Disney Channel are now in their teens/twenties and those older folks that remember when Disney Channel was still a premium pay channel like to relive their youth.Solid display of different from Disney, but in a good way. The film as a whole is entertaining and if this is the start of a Disney revolution for less cheesy films, the the future is bright for Walt Disney Enterprises.
vexen13
Alright, I understand this is a Disney movie but,even with that in consideration, i still wasn't impressed. Being a Musician myself, i was probably a little harder on this movie than a normal person would be if they watched it. So the music and lyrics in the movie, i felt to be a little generic. I know Disney movies aren't suppose to have the latest number one song,but from the movies they have put in the past there was always at least one catchy song that became a guilty pleasure of mine. The rapping was a little impressive, i'm not a fan of rap, but i do know what its about and can appreciate it, and i thought it was alright. The only thing that got awkward about it was when they made Hayley Kiyoko's character try and rap when she and Adam Hick's character were switching off Microphone when they were performing at their school. The acting wasn't the worst, but it wasn't the best. Some people were better than others but if you don't focus on it then you hardly notice. Dialog was a step back, i felt for a Disney film. For the past few years it seemed they were stepping it up with their DCOM's as far as dialog. They were starting to speak more in a way that actual teenagers or just people in general would speak. But in this film, i could almost predict what they were going to say.Some of the Scenes were a bit awkward, like when they first start playing together in the music room, or when they were in a holding cell just randomly playing around and SUDDENLY they make enough rhythms and beats to replace a whole drum kit. Another awkward part was when they were in the pizzeria and the bully in the movie just randomly jumps up on stage and takes the Mic. Also the weird scene where Charlie's Brother picks him up in his truck and gives him a talk about how he should do what he loves, now that wasn't the weird part but what was is how they also tie in the older brother failing college and how they're going to break the news that Charlie wants to be a drummer, and some how that it's OK to be failing college...They never really showed the characters passion for music. Most of the way through the movie they were always quitting and breaking up. The only one that seemed to have any real passion in the music was Stella. All in all, it was alright. It was still entertaining and a little funny here and there. I give it a 6.