Jem and the Holograms: reviews

What the critics say average 3.6 from 5 outlets

• 6.0 The WrapAlonso Duralde Even though I wish the songs themselves were stronger there?s an energy and a vibrancy to the movie that its young target audience will appreciate. Read
• 4.0 New York TimesNeil Genzlinger The movie?s lumbering, overstuffed, unfocused plot shows up, and whatever high hopes we might have had for this latest exploitation of 1980s nostalgia are slowly ground away. Read
• 3.0 VarietyGeoff Berkshire Considerably less fun than any paper-thin ?Star Is Born? ripoff has any right to be, this low-budget collaboration between ?Step Up? sequel director Jon M. Chu, horror producer Jason Blum and Justin Bieber manager Scooter Braun exists only because of nostalgia for the animated source material. Read
• 3.0 The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck Reduced to a teen girl empowerment vehicle that trots out every show business cliche about sacrificing your values for stardom, the film is a non-starter that is unlikely to attract the intended target audience. Read
• 2.0 The A.V. ClubIgnatiy Vishnevetsky Made on the cheap, the live-action adaptation of the popular ?80s cartoon Jem And The Holograms often resembles a mockbuster of itself, perhaps titled Jam And The Horoglams and distributed directly to gas stations. Read