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Musical about five junior high school friends who compete in a national music video competition for a cash prize of one million dollars. Cast:Al Sapienza, Mario Macaluso, Kayla Jackson, Pilar Martin, Alanna PalomboDirector:Stewart RaffillRelease Date:July 16, 2010DVD Release:December 1, 2010From:Rocky Mountain PicturesRating:PGLength:1 hr 45 min
Standing Ovation played in regional release to poor reviews. • Roger Moore wrote in the Orlando Sentinel and other newspapers, "Friend, you don’t know off the wall until you’ve seen five twelve-year-old girl singer-dancers cover the Tina Turner/Phil Specter epic 'River Deep, Mountain High'... It’s a bubblegum mess..." • And Taylor Adams wrote in the Boston Globe, "...little more than a series of cliches..." More Reviews Below...
Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly: POOR(cg) "...endless mugging and sub-'High School Musical' numbers... feels slightly less like a movie than like the filmed record of a mutiny at a juvie talent agency."(See all of Adam Markovitz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 96 words, 07/16/10
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (0 Reviews)
Standing Ovation has not been reviewed in NY/LA/Chicago/Toronto
KEY CITIES (5 Reviews)
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: MODERATE(cg) "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."(See all of Carrie Rickey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 219 words, 07/16/10
Mick LaSalle, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: WEAK(cg) "...an innovative film in the sense that every minute or so it comes up with a different way of being annoying. Moreover, it often goes for a layered effect..."(See all of Mick LaSalle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 549 words, 07/16/10
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: WEAK(cg) "Friend, you don't know off the wall until you've seen five twelve-year-old girl singer-dancers cover the Tina Turner/Phil Specter epic 'River Deep, Mountain High'..."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 448 words, 07/16/10
Taylor Adams, Boston Globe: POOR(cg) "...processed cheese molded into a series of loosely related, sloppily choreographed, and inexplicably auto-tuned dance numbers.... little more than a series of cliches..."(See all of Taylor Adams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 304 words, 07/17/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (1 Review)
William Goss, Cinematical: POOR "Like attending a talent show or sitting through a beauty pageant without having your own kid to root for... the manic mood can't disguise the amateurish credentials..."(See all of William Goss's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 610 words, 07/18/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (0 Reviews)
Standing Ovation has not been reviewed by Highbrow Press
MOVIE INDUSTRY (1 Review)
Joe Leydon, Daily Variety: POOR "...deserves a resounding chorus of boos... annoyingly hyper and underwhelmingly dull... The performances range from barely adequate to nerve-grating..."(See all of Joe Leydon's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 432 words, 07/18/10
20.0 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Standing Ovation's reviews are separated by an average 20.0 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.
Standing Ovation (8 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Standing Ovation's reviews cover 10.1% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 3,173 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 397 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 5.1 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Standing Ovation's reviews on average broke 5.1 hours after 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 Standing Ovation's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Standing Ovation (8 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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