Waste of Time Movie

Raise Your Voice - as generic and stereotypical as it gets

Admittedly, there are those who immediately shy away from teen-ish movies or chick flicks. But I’m not one of them. Given a good plot, fresh ideas and witty dialogue, these types of movies can be the most entertaining. Unfortunatly, Raise Your Voice shows off the complete opposite. The plot is about a young girl who goes to a prestigous music academy secretly and against her father’s wishes. Given that, you can already guess what the flow of this movie will be. She struggles to fulfill a dream against parents’ wishes (with a cute boy thrown somehwere in there) who will eventually turn a new leaf. realize her talent and eventually supporting her. …. Been there, done that. Predicitability that forces one to stop watching by one-fourth of the movie. It’s one of those things that try to be inspiring, full of life lessons and religious connotations, but falls flat in its face. Hilary Duff’s terrible acting (and singing) does not help either. Her character demanded more skills and more ability to portray emotions. The dialogue was not well delivered and her facial expressions were lacking. Her crying was so forced that it was annoying and her happy scenes seemed as if she were smiling for a picture. What’s worse, for a movie that had music as an important element, anyone would have soptted the lip synching and air gutar-ing.