Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Ismael Gonzalez I'm sorry to say that this was such a bad movie, or sequel, or remake, or adaptation, I don't know how to call it. This is not even the shadow of the original. The original movie has distinctive characteristics. This one has no hope, no emotion, no real talent and, on top of that, a bad story with an awful ending. The start up was promising, however, the story-line immediately fell short. The inclusion of Debbie Allen was a nice touch as a key character from the original movie. The non-inclusion of Irene Cara was a no-no. You cannot think of the song Fame without thinking of Irene Cara. I'm sure that Megan Mullally and Kelsey Grammar are not happy... at all.

TheLittleSongbird While the 1980 film was not a masterpiece, with an abrupt ending, some rambling dialogue and an imbalance of development of characters, it was entertaining with great songs, spirited choreography, good performances and a story with themes that were relevant then and also are now. The 2009 Fame can be seen as a make-over and sadly it is not a good one. Kelsey Grammar and Charles S. Dutton give decent performances, the singing is quite good and tuneful and better than the material deserves and the finale is fun, but that's pretty much it. The film feels too much like a High School Musical film or something lifted from the Disney channel, which means dull lighting, sets with a overly-studio-bound look and at times awkward editing that looks like a bad music promo. Much preferred the soft-grained, grittier look of the 1980 film. The songs are not very memorable and nowhere near the standard of those from the 1980 film, which had three truly great songs while this film had no good original one and felt like various music commercials/promos cobbled together. Someone to Watch Over Me and the pre-existing classical music are fine but this criticism is more aimed for the songs written for the film. The script is all fluff and no depth, all gloss and no heart and is very shallow and scattershot structurally. The plot was little more than a throw-away in a painfully predictable way and little effort is made to show the grit and the atmosphere of being at a performing arts school that the 1980 film did brilliantly. The pacing was odd because the film did often feel too short and rushed but at the same time because of the vapidity and the stale feel of it all it was dull as well. The characters are mismatched and the film doesn't give anywhere near enough time to develop them or allow us to root for them, they're just cookie-cutter cut-outs ranging from bland to irritating. In fact the personalities are so flat they border on inter-changeable and without any distinction, maybe if there weren't as many and that the film was longer and this problem would have been halfway solved. The choreography is sometimes spirited but often lacks heart and originality, like with that Hot Lunch Jam re-creation which fell completely flat. Apart from Grammar and Dutton, the acting doesn't cut it, Megan Mullally looked medicated, Bebe Neuwirth has done a lot of stuff I've liked but she's over-bearing here and the younger cast's inexperience comes through loud and clear. To conclude, a rather lame make-over unfortunately but not without its moments. 3/10 Bethany Cox

mlystad1 Fame 2 is a remake of the original Fame (1980). The film is about students at a performing arts school. We follow the teenagers through the high school as they try pursue their dreams while dealing with school work, family problems and love. The film shows the downsides and upsides on being a young adults taking advantage of their talents. It shows positive and negative sides of the entertainment business, how the business take advantage of them, but also how they can get what they want as long as they work hard enough.The film is exactly like the original, boring. Fame 2 isn't your average chick flick, but you loose interest after a couple of minutes and a lot of the scenes are very predictable. There's a lack of humour and the film didn't do anything new with the storyline from the original film. However, the music acts and choreography in the dance scenes are very good and it show that the cast has put a lot of work into it. But this doesn't make up for the bad script or scenes, which is why you must be desperate to manage to watch the entire film.for more reviews go to: http://malinlystad.blogspot.com

leighabc123 Every actor, producer, singer, writer, and dancer for this movie should have been forced to watch the original movie "Fame" and every single episode of the television show "Fame" before doing this movie. It was nothing like the original Fame! I am mad that Debbie Allen only appeared in two scenes of the movie. It would have been cool for Debbie to walk in the class when that smart mouth dancer was yelling at the teacher. Naturi was the only one in the movie who really had any talent. Charles S. Dutton did not convince me that he was a drama teacher. And his angry student tried to be the new "Leroy" in this movie. Kelsey Grammar tried to be a good music teacher, but he was no Shrosky!