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Musical drama about the youth battle dance culture in Long Beach, California, as competing groups prepare for an annual competition. Cast:Marques Houston, Christopher Michael Jones, Mekia Cox, Lynn WhitfieldDirector:C. Brian, Chris StokesRelease Date:June 1, 2012DVD Release:September 18, 2012From:CinedigmRating:PG-13Length:1 hr 46 min
Battlefield America played in key cities to weak reviews. • Jeffrey Gantz wrote in the Boston Globe, "...a competent heartwarmer about a self-absorbed business type... the film loses its edge as soon as the music stops.... The story line sticks to familiar TV-movie territory." • And Ernest Hardy wrote in the Village Voice and LA Weekly, "It's all boilerplate..." More Reviews Below...
Battlefield America Positive Reviews (9 Reviews, reviews below)
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: MODERATE(cg) "...it's on. Again.... hip-hop entrepreneur and director Christopher B. Stokes returns with even tinier kids stomping to heavy beats, each wearing a cartoon scowl."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 104 words, 05/25/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (4 Reviews)
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "Earnest emotions can't quite trump an awkward approach... You won't buy the story for a second, but the cast works hard to pull it all off anyway."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 126 words, 06/01/12
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...even the most forgiving viewers may feel like they've been underestimated... a hodgepodge of flimsy plotting, weak characterizations, unearned emotional shifts..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 239 words, 06/01/12
Ernest Hardy, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "...arrogant businessman Sean Lewis slowly learns what's important in life; the boys learn to love him; he gets the girl/woman. It's all boilerplate, so these are not spoilers."(See all of Ernest Hardy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 239 words, 05/30/12
KEY CITIES (2 Reviews)
Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe: MODERATE(cg) "...a competent heartwarmer about a self-absorbed business type... the film loses its edge as soon as the music stops.... The story line sticks to familiar TV-movie territory."(See all of Jeffrey Gantz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 584 words, 06/01/12
Roger Moore, Seattle Times: POOR(cg) "...watching stage-parented poseurs play at being punks, mugging for the camera and talking sass to every adult is not most people's idea of time well spent at the movies."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 465 words, 06/01/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (2 Reviews)
Ernest Hardy, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "...arrogant businessman Sean Lewis slowly learns what's important in life; the boys learn to love him; he gets the girl/woman. It's all boilerplate, so these are not spoilers."(See all of Ernest Hardy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 239 words, 05/30/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (1 Review)
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...even the most forgiving viewers may feel like they've been underestimated... a hodgepodge of flimsy plotting, weak characterizations, unearned emotional shifts..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 239 words, 06/01/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (3 Reviews)
Joe Leydon, Daily Variety: WEAK "...thoroughly generic... suggests a contraption assembled from spare parts with the aid of a how-to manual.... littered with energetic yet repetitious production numbers..."(See all of Joe Leydon's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 188 words, 06/07/12
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: POOR "...packs every cliché imaginable into its overstuffed and overlong 106 minutes.... strictly rote and so, unfortunately, are the copious hip-hop style dance sequences..."(See all of Frank Scheck's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 418 words, 06/01/12
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...even the most forgiving viewers may feel like they've been underestimated... a hodgepodge of flimsy plotting, weak characterizations, unearned emotional shifts..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 239 words, 06/01/12
11.2 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Battlefield America's reviews are separated by an average 11.2 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Battlefield America (9 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Battlefield America's reviews cover 12.9% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 2,602 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 289 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Battlefield America Coverage, Volume & Length (9 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 3 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Battlefield America's reviews on average broke 3 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Battlefield America's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Battlefield America (9 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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