Standing Ovation (2010)

6% of critics liked it
(16 reviews)
37% of users liked it
(22,380 ratings)

Five Atlantic City junior high students form a dance troupe to compete for a million-dollar prize in a national television music-video contest. Brittany (Kayla Jackson), Blaze (Pilar Martin), Maya (Na'jee Wilson), Cameron (Kayla Raparelli), and Tatiana (Alexis Biesiada) are best friends. Together… More Five Atlantic City junior high students form a dance troupe to compete for a million-dollar prize in a national television music-video contest. Brittany (Kayla Jackson), Blaze (Pilar Martin), Maya (Na'jee Wilson), Cameron (Kayla Raparelli), and Tatiana (Alexis Biesiada) are best friends. Together they form "The 5 Ovations," a dance troupe that has what it takes to make the big time. But they're not the only ones intent on becoming dance superstars, because their rivals "The Wiggies" have a flashy image and a reputation for using underhanded tactics to come out on top. Glamorous and wealthy, ambitious sisters Ziggy (London Clark), Zoey (Jeana Zettler), Zita (Ashley Cutrona), Twiggy (Devon Jordon), and Angel (Erika Corvette) are led by their scheming father, Mr. Wiggs (Sal Dupree), whose sole priority is to win the competition at any cost. With the stage lit up and audience anticipation at an all-time high, the 5 Ovations step into the spotlight and prepare to dazzle. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed By: Stewart Raffill
Written By: Stewart Raffill
Genres: Musical & Performing Arts

In Theaters: Jul 16, 2010 Wide
On DVD: Dec 1, 2010
Studio: Rocky Mountain Pictures

Critic Reviews

Taylor Adams, Boston Globe
Parents and anyone beyond adolescence will find it an intolerable attempt to cash in by imitating films they've seen before.
Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly
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.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Despite its absurdly optimistic title, Standing Ovation deserves a resounding chorus of boos, and maybe a few well-aimed tomatoes.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Standing Ovation is an innovative film in the sense that every minute or so it comes up with a different way of being annoying.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
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.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
It's a bubblegum mess, lacking structure, coherence,and any sense of drama. But it manages moments of daft fun, sometimes in spite of itself.
Renee Schonfeld, Common Sense Media
Tween musical competition with mean behavior, name-calling.
Jackie K. Cooper, jackiekcooper.com
The cast is energetic but the talent is amateurish and the script is dead on arrival.
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine
This lame musical advertises itself as 'the most rockin' movie of the summer'. Replace 'rockin'' with 'rotten' and they would just about have it right.
William Goss, Cinematical
Leaves one wistful for the cable-level adequacy of Disney Channel's High School Musical films.
Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
Here's an oddball low-budget movie aimed at tweens that has a couple of things going for it.
Teddy Durgin, Screen It!
'Standing Ovation' isn't a movie. It's an endurance test for anyone over the age of 13. (Parental Review also available)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press
I had never heard of the people in Standing Ovation before I saw it, and I hope never to hear of any of them again.
Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
It's an amateurish, poorly assembled and incompetently performed collection of musical comedy cliches.
Gary Thompson, Philadelphia Daily News
Standing Ovation will have its work cut out for it at the viciously competitive box office, but the film may serve as a springboard for the eager and able talent on display.
Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
It's amateurish, woefully acted by a majority of the cast, and features music even Miley Cyrus would be embarrassed to sing, but it's certainly kooky. Compellingly so at times.