Synopsis
As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden. Four aspiring musicians will take the world by storm when they see that the key to creating your own destiny lies in finding your own voice.
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Cast
- Aubrey SheaJerrica Benton / Jem
- Stefanie ScottKimber Benton
- Hayley KiyokoAja
- Aurora PerrineauShana
- Ryan GuzmanRio Raymond
- Molly RingwaldAunt Bailey
- Juliette LewisErica Raymond
- Isabella KaiYoung Jerrica
- Barnaby CarpenterEmmett Benton
- Jason KennedyJason Kennedy
Recommendations
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Los Angeles Times
In revisiting the pop rock quest of a multiracial group of adopted sisters in suburban California, Chu has made a stylish and self-aware musical fantasy for the YouTube generation. - 68
TheWrap
This new “Jem” might be pure cubic zirconium, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be part of a fun night out. - 60
The Guardian
This movie sure means well, and it’s just entertaining enough to (slightly) slip off the shackles of the great cultural conformity factory it ultimately represents. - 50
The Playlist
Jem has less in common with its neon-drenched ‘80s source material than with the real-life Internet-to-red-carpet trajectory of Justin Bieber — a similarly generic teen idol with moves dully modeled on superior artistic predecessors. - 50
Village Voice
Chu and screenwriter Ryan Landels's take on fame is more fascinating than most of the film's drab, slow drama. - 50
New York Post
Fans of the cartoon should stick around for Lewis’ after-credits sequence, which introduces a dastardly rival band. It’s the movie’s best scene, setting up a sequel we’ll never see. - 40
Variety
Against all odds, “Nashville” series regular Peeples keeps the film watchable, delivering a capable star turn with enough flashes of soul to belie the script’s artifice and credible pop vocals to boot. - 40
The New York Times
There are a few sweet moments early in Jem and the Holograms.... But then 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.
