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PROM (2011)Movie Reviews
Comedy drama about several different students at a single high school, all preparing for their senior prom. Cast:Aimee Teegarden, Thomas McDonell, Siu Yin Chang, De'Vaughn NixonDirector:Joe NussbaumRelease Date:April 29, 2011DVD Release:August 30, 2011From:Walt Disney PicturesRating:PGLength:1 hr 43 min
Prom (2011) played to good not great reviews. • Thelma Adams wrote in Us Weekly, "The hijinks! The hookups! The heartbreak! The tween-friendly flick has breakout performances (particularly Thomas McDonell's) but struggles with tone." • And Roger Moore wrote in the Orlando Sentinel, "...a coming-of-age comedy of recycled 'types' re-used since the beginning of cinema..." More Reviews Below...
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...a safe, enjoyable and validating little diversion.... 'Prom' means well -- and it grows on you. And it's much less of a hassle than schlepping to the real thing."(See all of Christy Lemire's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 605 words, 04/28/11
Thelma Adams, Us Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "The hijinks! The hookups! The heartbreak! The tween-friendly flick has breakout performances (particularly Thomas McDonell's) but struggles with tone."(See all of Thelma Adams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 65 words, 04/28/11
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: VERY GOOD(cg) "...shrewdly wholesome and likable... At first, it seems a little innocuous, but this winning after-school trifle has a savvy heart that grows on you."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 400 words, 04/29/11
Claudia Puig, USA Today: WEAK(cg) "...by-the-playbook... The machinations leading up to the big night are hardly worth the fuss... Events are predictable, and characters seem like cardboard cutouts."(See all of Claudia Puig's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 388 words, 04/29/11
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Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "A bit clumsy... painfully unaware of what's best left unsaid... so anachronistically mushy and awkward, it earns extra credit simply for being so innocent."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 315 words, 04/29/11
Michael Phillips, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...may be the same old thing, and squeaky-clean to the point of mild-to-moderate aggravation, but it's not pushy.... There's someone for everyone..."(See all of Michael Phillips's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 337 words, 04/29/11
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: MODERATE(cg) "OK, so obviously I may not be the ideal audience. My high school in Astoria, Queens, didn't even have a prom. You want 'Prom,' you've got it."(See all of Lou Lumenick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 466 words, 04/29/11
Nell Minow, Chicago Sun-Times: MODERATE(cg) "Less engrossing than a Clearasil commercial and more synthetic than a Rebecca Black video... feels more like a series of Disney Channel sketches than stories."(See all of Nell Minow's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 652 words, 04/29/11
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "...a carousel of reassuringly familiar plot lines... material divorced from any recognizable social reality piles into the film, as into an overloaded rental limo."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 618 words, 04/27/11
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: MODERATE(cg) "...familiar territory... misses its chance to be more than a lightweight teen romance larded with songs from Katy Perry, Neon Trees and even McDonnell's band, Moon."(See all of Linda Barnard's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 655 words, 04/29/11
Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE(cg) "...to say it's really lame is to belabour the obvious. More interestingly, it's also kind of sweet in a contrived and fumbling first-kiss sort of way..."(See all of Rick Groen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 643 words, 04/29/11
Glenn Sumi, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...while it's clearly a slice of middle American wish fulfillment, it never feels condescending. I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes a tween classic."(See all of Glenn Sumi's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 234 words, 04/28/11
Tom Horgen, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...pure bubble gum, from its shiny wrapping to its mushy insides to its fleeting aftertaste. And sometimes, there's nothing wrong with chewing bubble gum."(See all of Tom Horgen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 399 words, 04/29/11
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: MODERATE(cg) "All the girls are pretty... All the bad boys are misunderstood.... at the end everyone forgets their differences and dances. Where do we sign up?"(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 451 words, 04/29/11
Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "...this is neither 'American Pie' nor 'Carrie.' It's Disney. It's rated PG. It showcases lots of dainty, closed-mouthed kissing - and it's nice."(See all of Amy Biancolli's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 405 words, 04/29/11
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...hits just the right note of drama mixed with cuteness.... though utterly predictable, it's likably crowded with tears, giggles and a lot of lip gloss. Kind of like high school..."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 223 words, 04/29/11
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (8 Reviews)
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "...a carousel of reassuringly familiar plot lines... material divorced from any recognizable social reality piles into the film, as into an overloaded rental limo."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 618 words, 04/27/11
Mack Rawden, Cinema Blend: MODERATE(cg) "...a pleasantly satisfying, yet underwhelming experience absent larger meanings and grandiose payoffs.... only achieves something slightly better than mediocrity."(See all of Mack Rawden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 659 words, 05/02/11
Betsy Sherman, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...turns what could have been a string of punch lines and lump-in-the-throat passages into an affecting group portrait."(See all of Betsy Sherman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 152 words, 05/05/11
Scott Tobias, AV Club: FAIR(cg) "...weirdly libido-less... the cast seems unable or unwilling to do anything but hit their marks, whip out blinding smiles, and wait for the slow-dance happy ending."(See all of Scott Tobias's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 344 words, 04/28/11
Michelle Orange, Movieline: VERY GOOD(cg) "...manages to move through all the expected paces without cloying the audience or compromising her characters... director Joe Nussbaum keeps the pace tight..."(See all of Michelle Orange's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 797 words, 04/28/11
Ed Gonzalez, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...clogged with rote incidents familiar from countless teen movies... the low-budget aesthetic choices give the whole thing a semblance of the real..."(See all of Ed Gonzalez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 482 words, 04/27/11
Glenn Sumi, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...while it's clearly a slice of middle American wish fulfillment, it never feels condescending. I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes a tween classic."(See all of Glenn Sumi's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 234 words, 04/28/11
Michael Phillips, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...may be the same old thing, and squeaky-clean to the point of mild-to-moderate aggravation, but it's not pushy.... There's someone for everyone..."(See all of Michael Phillips's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 337 words, 04/29/11
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: WEAK "...so scrubbed and sanitized and not worthy of paying attention to that it can barely be said to exist at all.... just too cheap and too lame to get lathered up about..."(See all of Andrew O'Hehir's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 854 words, 04/28/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Brian Lowry, Daily Variety: MODERATE "...several decades worth of high-school movie cliches in one tidy package... musters a few nice moments, perhaps, but nothing remotely approaching perfection..."(See all of Brian Lowry's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 760 words, 04/26/11
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "...breaks no new ground in the high school comedy genre, nor does it want to.... has a cheerful good nature and a solid cast of youngsters..."(See all of Kirk Honeycutt's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 676 words, 04/27/11
Michael Phillips, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...may be the same old thing, and squeaky-clean to the point of mild-to-moderate aggravation, but it's not pushy.... There's someone for everyone..."(See all of Michael Phillips's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 337 words, 04/29/11
13.3 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Prom (2011)'s reviews are separated by an average 13.3 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.
Prom (2011) (32 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Prom (2011)'s reviews cover 67.4% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 14,588 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 456 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 10.6 Hours Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Prom (2011)'s reviews on average broke 10.6 hours 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 Prom (2011)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Prom (2011) (32 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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