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Jem and the Holograms. Matt Zoller Seitz October 23, 2015. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Jem and the Holograms" is one of the weirdest big screen adaptations of a cheap TV cartoon that I've seen. That's praise. I don't know what I expected going into the movie, but it wasn't a coming-of-age drama that compensates for its near ...
Oct 23, 2015 · 22% 78 Reviews Tomatometer 40% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score Teenager Jerrica (Aubrey Peeples) is an extremely shy but talented singer-songwriter whose dreams of stardom come true when she forms...
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Jem and the Holograms Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Dominic Griffin Spectrum Culture. Jem is honest enough in its aims that the sacrilegious...
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By Terri Schwartz
Updated: Nov 24, 2018 7:03 pm
Posted: Oct 22, 2015 1:00 pm
Jem and the Holograms is a coming-of-age movie set in the age of YouTube. It's an inspirational story about how family, not fame, is what is important in life. It's an analysis of the positive ways musicians can affect their audiences. What it's not, though, is a Jem and the Holograms movie.
Sure, there are plenty of nods to the '80s cartoon: the characters' names, the star earrings, the hologram-producing Synergy (yes, Synergy is in the movie) and even, in one fan-service scene, Jerrica's (Aubrey Peeples) jealousy of Rio's (Ryan Guzman) affection for her Jem persona. But at its core, this movie is a coming-of-age movie with Jem and the Hologram packaging and not the other way around, and it's the worse for it.
This telling of Jem's story swaps out the TV show's magical technology for more recognizable ones: Jerrica rises to fame after her younger sister Kimber (Stefanie Scott) uploads a video of her singing as "Jem" to YouTube, and it goes viral overnight. This quickly draws the attention of Starlight Music head Erica Raymond (Juliette Lewis), who wants "Jem" as a mysterious solo act.
If Jem and the Holograms had been an original movie with a similar plot, it would have been the stronger for it, but taking a recognizable and beloved brand and reappropriating its iconic components to service a different story works against Chu's new movie. Jem and the Holograms' strengths lie in its attempt to analyze YouTube fame and the positiv...
Oct 22, 2015 · Review. Jem and the Holograms review – live-action reboot outshines shortcomings. A ‘throw everything against the wall’ quality and downright catchy songs lift this sunny adaptation of...
Oct 23, 2015 · Jem and the Holograms is a truly outrageous, yet totally aimless remake. Here's our review... By Natalie Zutter | October 23, 2015 | | 0. The 1980s animated series Jem and the...
Oct 22, 2015 · ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Review: Musical Cartoon Reboot Is Neither Truly Outrageous Nor Completely Off-Key. Alonso Duralde. This revival of the 1980s TV show is like stuffing your mouth...
