Raise Your Voice (2004)
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15% of critics liked it
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74% of users liked it
(363,257 ratings)
A teenage girl learns that reaching for your dreams isn't always easy in this heartfelt drama with music. Terri Fletcher (Hilary Duff) is a small-town girl with a great love of music and a fine singing voice. Already one of the lead vocalists in her church choir, Terri has also appeared at local… More A teenage girl learns that reaching for your dreams isn't always easy in this heartfelt drama with music. Terri Fletcher (Hilary Duff) is a small-town girl with a great love of music and a fine singing voice. Already one of the lead vocalists in her church choir, Terri has also appeared at local nightspots with some help from her older brother. When he tragically dies in an auto accident, Terri becomes all the more determined to make the most of her talent, and she's elated when she's accepted as part of a summer study program at one of California's most prestigious music schools; however, Terri attends over the stern objections of her father. As she tries to hold together her relationship with her family, she finds herself falling for one of her fellow students, Jay (Oliver James), and competing for attention against dozens of kids whose talent rivals her own. Raise Your Voice also features Jason Ritter, Rebecca De Mornay, Rita Wilson, David Keith, and John Corbett. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sean McNamara, Sean Patrick Mcnamara
- Written By
- Sam Schreiber
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Drama
- In Theaters
- Oct 8, 2004 Wide
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
Critic Reviews
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
I like Hilary Duff, she's very charming, but she's stuck on this after school special level with these movies.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
This is for Duff's already committed audiences, which presumably consist of the young, the innocent and the commercially acquisitive.
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Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
All we can do is marvel at how the mighty -- Northern Exposure hottie John Corbett (as a weirdly flirty music teacher) and Risky Business babe Rebecca De Mornay (as Duff's frisky aunt) -- have fallen.
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Mike Clark, USA Today
Even the kindest reaction to Raise My Voice is likely to be 'shut your face.'
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Susan Walker, Toronto Star
The music in Raise Your Voice ... manages to bring home what the uninspired script doesn't: Something in you dies if you don't express your musical talent.
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Cast
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Hilary Duff
as Terri Fletcher
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Oliver James
as Jay Corgan
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David Keith
as Simon Fletcher
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Rita Wilson
as Francis Fletcher
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Rebecca De Mornay
as Aunt Nina
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John Corbett
as Mr. Torvald
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Jason Ritter
as Paul Fletcher
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Dana Davis
as Denise Glimore
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John L. Lewis
as Engelbert "Kiwi" Wilson
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Kat Dennings
as Sloane
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Lauren C. Mayhew
as Robin Childers
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Robert Trebor
as Mr. Wesson
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James Avery
as Mr. Gantry
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Gibby Brand
as Mr. Holcomb
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Marshall Manesh (II)
as Cabbie
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Mitch Rotter
as Folk Singer
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Fred Meyers
as Matthew
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T.J. Thyne
as Emcee
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Carly Reeves
as Kelly
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Steven "T7" Palmer
as Street Drummer
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Davida Williams
as Lauren
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Sean Patrick Mcnamara
as Doctor Mark Farley
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Seis Cuerdas
as Flamenco Guitars
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John Gipson
as Saxophone Player
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Adam Gontier
as Three Days Grace
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Neil Sanderson
as Three Days Grace
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Brad Walst
as Three Days Grace
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Bary Stock
as Three Days Grace
- Johnny K. Lewis
- Laura Mayhew



