Fame High
| Release Date: October 5, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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90
The New York TimesDavid DeWittJun 6, 2013
Fame High, a timely plug for arts education, does what its subjects hope to do: it opens our hearts and entertains with truth. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranJun 4, 2013
It's not only this idealism that makes the subjects of Fame High so compelling, it's also their honesty, their willingness to open a window into their lives at that pivotal moment when they're taking their first tentative steps toward becoming their own person personally and professionally. Read full review
70
Village Voice Steve EricksonJun 4, 2013
The dilemmas Fame High's four subjects face are real, and Kennedy gets plenty of drama from the prospect of failure and disappointment. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJun 4, 2013
An ordinary look at four extraordinary kids, Scott Hamilton Kennedy's Fame High sticks firmly to convention but will please viewers who can't help but want the doc's sympathetic teens to escape the heartbreak most would-be artists face. Read full review
40
VarietyRob NelsonJun 4, 2013
Director Scott Hamilton Kennedy (“The Garden”) favors formulaic uplift over investigation, failing to offer a p.o.v. on whether young creative people should be driven as mercilessly as these. Lackluster videography further dulls the pic, which culminates in frustratingly fleeting glimpses of the students’ year-end performances. Read full review
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