Jem and the Holograms (2015) - Quotes

Quotes about the film: [[Leah Greenblatt; http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/23/jem-and-the-holograms-ew-review ''Jem and the Holograms'': EW review] *], "," Entertainment Weekly (23 October 2015).

Quotes about the film: [[Generation X|Gen Xers; [cartoon; [Jem (TV series)|Jem; [daughters; [experience; [safe; [kids; [hours; [United States dollars|$12] Regardless, there probably isn't a lot here for the greying ] who grew up with the ] ] in their living rooms, unless they have tween ] they really want to share this ] with.  They're ] to leave the ] on their own, though, if they want to save two ] and ]

Quotes about the film: [[Patrick Dunn; http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/movies/2015/10/23/movie-review-jem-holograms/74451926/ 'Jem and the Holograms' is anything but a gem] *], "," The Detroit News (23 October 2015).

Quotes about the film: [[loved; [movie; [Millennials|millennial; [robot; [rock music|rock] Hardcore fans won't find much of the Jem they ] under the ]'s achingly hip ] trappings, while young newcomers will be left wondering what a ] has to do with a ] band.

Quotes about the film: [[robot; [awkward; [Jem (TV series)|original TV series; [computer; [holograms; [movie; [sci-fi; [flamboyance; [teen; [companionship; [music; [social media] Wait, what?  A ]?  The diminutive droid, named S1N3RGY, is perhaps the most ] remnant of the film's source material.  …  Here, S1N3RGY feels like a wildly incongruous afterthought in a ] that mostly dumps the TV show's singular ]-tinged ] to create a cloying contemporary ] flick about finding ] through ] and ].

Quotes about the film: [[film; [1980s|'80s; [cartoon; [Jem (TV series)|Jem; [rock music|rock] The ] adapts the hit ] ] and toy line ]," in the sense that there is still a main character named Jerrica Benton (Aubrey Peeples) who lives a double life as the titular ] star.

Quotes about the film: [[Julia Cooper; http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/jem-and-the-holograms-girl-power-film-for-millennials-is-missing-nostalgia/article26932032/ Jem and the Holograms: Girl power film for millennials is missing nostalgia] *], "," The Globe and Mail (23 October 2015).

Quotes about the film: [[Christy Marx; [Jem (TV series)|Jem; [movie; [real; [fictional; [writing; [skills] ], the creator of the original ] series, has a cameo as a journalist, when what the ] could have used was her ]—not ]—] ].

Quotes about the film: [[Jen (TV series)|Jem and the Holograms; [tension; [drama; [sugar; [1980s|eighties; [aspartame] Whereas Hasbro’s cartoon ] was spunky, brash and over the top, this live-action version of Jem and her sisters dispenses with the camp and goes straight for corny.  There’s hardly ], barely any ] and the ] high you might expect from an ] redux is replaced by a dull ] buzz.

Quotes about the film: [[Jon M. Chu|Chu; [computer; [cute; [robot; [pet; [Justin Bieber; [fame; [millennials; [Jem (TV series)|original series] ] has turned the intuitive ] Synergy into a ] ] ] and Jem into ].  He has his female lead mimic Bieber's real-life viral rise to ] in a movie that is clearly for ], not for the cult fans of the ].

Quotes about the film: [[Frank Scheck; http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/jem-holograms-film-review-833871 'Jem and the Holograms': Film Review] *], "," The Hollywood Reporter (22 October 2015).

Quotes about the film: [[William Shatner|Shatner; [generation; [Jem (TV series)|the show; [safe; [say; [sci-fi; [teen; [girl; [empowerment; [show business; [cliche; [sacrificing; [values; [stardom; [film; [target audience] ] and the show's devoted fans would be well advised to steer clear of the final product.  Not being part of the ] that watched ], I can't vouch for its merits.  But it's ] to ] that it must be miles ahead of this wan, bloated screen version which forgoes the original's ] and thriller aspects.  Reduced to a ] ] ] vehicle that trots out every ] ] about ] your ] for ], the ] is a non-starter that is unlikely to attract the intended ].

Quotes about the film: [[Jem (TV series)|original series; [outraged; [mystified] Fans of the ] will be ], while newcomers will be ].

Quotes about the film: [[Neil Genzlinger; http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/movies/review-jem-and-the-holograms-are-shadows-of-their-former-selves.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Review: 'Jem and the Holograms' Are Shadows of Their Former Selves; [The New York Times] *], "," ] (22 October 2015).

Quotes about the film: [[movie; [effort; [ideas; [sin; [girl-power; [cartoon; [rock music|rock; [businesswoman; [YouTube; [kid; [fat-shamed; [parents; [listen; [anxious; [sexual; [videos; [thanking; [voice; [concerns; [songs; [sell] The ] doesn't put enough ] into any of these subplots; it seems to be merely tossing ] into the pot that it thinks might appeal to 9-year-olds.  Its biggest ], though, is to miss the ] allure of the ], in which Jerrica, in addition to being a ] star, was also a ].  Instead, it grabs for the ] generation by making Jem a heroine for every ] who has ever been ], had ] who don't ], has been ] about ] identity and so on.  Homemade-looking ], ] Jem for giving ] to their ] through her bland ], keep cropping up to try to ] this conceit.

Quotes about the film: [[Alonso Duralde; http://www.thewrap.com/jem-and-the-holograms-review-aubrey-peeples-ryan-guzman-molly-ringwald/ 'Jem and the Holograms' Review: Musical Cartoon Reboot Is Neither Truly Outrageous Nor Completely Off-Key] *], "," The Wrap (22 October 2015).

Quotes about the film: [[Jem (TV series)|Jem; [mad; [computer; [Josie and the Pussycats (film)|Josie and the Pussycats; [musical; [imagined] If you're a hard-core "]" fan who's still ] that Synergy is no longer a super-] and that the rival band The Misfits are nowhere to be found (stick around after the credits, I'm just saying), you won't be won over by this reimagining of the material.  But if you never had much investment in the Holograms, and aren't expecting any singles as great as "Three Small Words" from "]," you may find this bubblegum ] more of a toe-tapper than you might have ].

Quotes about the film: [[Geoff Berkshire; http://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/jem-and-the-holograms-film-review-1201623589/ 'Jem and the Holograms' Review: '80s] *], "," Variety (22 October 2015).

Quotes about the film: [[film; [embarrassed; [Jem (TV series)|its roots; [drama; [years] And yet the ] seems inexplicably ] by ], instead serving up half-baked and self-consciously contemporary ] that no one in the sure-to-be minimal theatrical audience will remember quite so fondly some 30 ] on.

Quotes about the film: [[Linda Barnard; http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2015/10/22/nothing-outrageous-about-dull-jem-review.html Nothing outrageous about dull Jem: review] *], "," Toronto Star (22 October 2015).

Quotes about the film: [[outrageous; [robotic; [sidekick; [1980s; [toy; [cartoon] Jem has lost her ]ness and gained a ] ] in an overlong, low-budget big-screen reboot of the ] ]-selling ] series.

Quotes about the film: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idQXPSF4F-E Jem and the Holograms movie trailer is Truly F*****g Outrageous! #JemTheMovie RANT] *lovelyti2002, "," YouTube (14 May 2015).

Quotes about the film: [[seen; [outraged; [truly; [pissed|pissivity; [know; [word] Oh, when I ] that damn trailer, I was ]; I was ], truly, fucking outraged.  That trailer had me outraged to the highest level of ].  I don't ] if that's a ], but we're gonna use that word today, okay?

Quotes about the film: [[William Shatner; https://twitter.com/williamshatner/status/598349386913972224 Twitter] *], posted on (12 May 2015).

Quotes about the film: I watched the Jem trailer.  No star earrings?  Where are the misfits?

Tagline: [[Generation; [Voice] Every ] Needs a ]

Jerrica Benton:   This is us?

Erica Raymond: [[Photoshop]   No, it's ].

Aunt Bailey: [''from the trailer''; [voices; [father; [words]   There are some ] that are too special to keep hidden.  Those are your ]'s ].

Kimber Benton: [''from the trailer''; [Internet; [famous]   Oh my God, you're ] famous.  That's, like, the second best thing to being actually ].

Jerrica Benton: [''from the trailer''; [secret identity; [real]   Everyone has a ].  Which one's the ] you?

Jerrica Benton: [''from the trailer''; [living; [sister; [wish]   I, Jerrica Benton, am ] the most unexceptional life.  My ] Kimber and I live with our Aunt Bailey and her two foster kids.  At some point, we all ] we could just become someone else.