Al Sapienza, Autumn Reeser, Yassmin Alers

A musical romantic comedy set at a mall and focused on the relationship between two young musicians and their respective personal and professional struggles.

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Directed by: Shawn Ku

Release Date: August 12, 2008

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  • August 18, 2009
    entertaining, some songs are sweet.
  • August 9, 2009
    I really want to see this as i love films that have singing and dancing in them and i'm a fan of Nina Dobrev so i look forward to seeing this. It's meant to premiere on MTV where i live shortly so i'll be able to review it better after then.
  • July 9, 2009
    A bit alike to movie High school musical.
  • June 25, 2009
    Blatent rip-off of High School Musical
  • April 10, 2009
    ...This movie has more transitions. Especially between acting and songs: people just talk talk talk, then suddenly started dancing and singing O_O...
    I also didn't really like the plot. I didn't think it was as focused as it could have been. The music was fine, except it was extr...( read more)emely obvious that Ali's voice was computer modified. You can tell easily that they are playing the music soundtrack in sync with the visual. It wasn't very well integrated...just like High School Musical *sigh* This really is from the same producer as HSM.
  • March 28, 2009
    Proves malls can have musicals
  • March 28, 2009
    it's tryin for a high school musical thing for older teens...it's ok but not my fave
  • March 28, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • March 27, 2009
    The dancing was whack, but the rating is for the plot and the amazing vocal ability of the actors.
  • March 24, 2009
    So my girlfriend and I watched this movie because she likes High School Musical. Let me say that even though I can't stand that one either I would GLADLY watch that one over this one EVERY time. This movie was atrocious. The singing is exactly how you expect it to be and the acti...( read more)ng even worse. The cinematography is average at best, the sound is off, and the costumes outrageous. The story hardly makes sense and the plot even less than that. Autumn Reeser is in it so I thought "Oh cool, The O.C. girl!" but no, she is terrible in this one. Not as bad as the main characters (and their lame friends) but still bad. The story follows a singing janitor in a mall where an aspiring piano playing singer/songwriter catches his eye. Of course they can't be together or give each other what the other needs to succeed so thus lies the conflict - love or success? With misleading editing, incoherent plot lines and terrible acting makes this movie a TOTAL bust. The reason for the extra half star is because the transitions from day to night are actually pretty cool. However, let this not distract you - it's terrible. Honestly. T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E! Replay Value: 1

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  • Tomo619
    September 6, 2008
    Did rock band pay for this movie to be made or something?
    Plus, did I miss the scene with basicly the entire WWE roster in it? sarcasm btw
  • aszand58
    August 12, 2008
    Aren't those the wrong characters? lol Oh by the way, the movie sucked, but Neil from So You Think You Can Dance is in it!!! He's my favorite thing about the movie...actually the only thing about the movie i like lol but ya stupid movie
  • felyisaflygyal
    August 9, 2008
    Hi American Mall is a Great Kids and Teen musical type of movie. If you like High School musical or Camp Rock's story line you will like this movie. This movie most Reminds me of Highschool musical 2 plot when Ashley Tisdales Character is at first successful of stealing Zac Efrons character from his girlfriend (Vannessa Hudgens character) in the movie. Tisdale is even able almost able to get Efron to perform with her on stage also stealing a song Kelsey made for Efron and Hudgens. It also reminds me of Camp Rock specifically when Demi Lovato at first cannot afford to go to rock camp just like American Malls character except in American Mall her single mom just doesnt believe she can make it in the music industry.

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