From Justin to Kelly
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: June 20, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
14
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
3
Negative:
13
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Los Angeles TimesGreg Braxton
Relentlessly inoffensive, innocuous and vacuous, From Justin to Kelly is nowhere near as bad as its pre-release publicity would suggest. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Full of gumption, Clarkson and Guarini soldier on, seemingy unaware that the perfectly adequate singing voices that brought them to the big screen are being drowned out, on a half-dozen same-sounding songs, by an overlayered backup group. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The music is lavishly overproduced pop pablum of the first order, and there's a deeply shallow irony in the fact the film's most memorable tune, KC and the Sunshine Band's 28-year-old "That's the Way I Like It," is easily twice the age of its target audience. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
They play cotton candy effigies of themselves named Kelly and Justin, and the best that can be said is that they don't embarrass themselves. Read full review
30
VarietyScott Foundas
The most resounding thuds in From Justin to Kelly, however, come from the musical numbers. Read full review
30
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
Bury this in the time capsule: a memento of the Clean South, 2003. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
A feather-light musical rushed into production to capitalize on American Idol-frenzy, is nothing more than an excuse to give the two leads several musical numbers, a la those Frankie Avalon-Annette Funicello "Beach Blanket Bingo" movies, and with just about the same amount of substance, too. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerKaren Heller
In this frothy beach movie, they make pop-music lite together but create an utterly unconvincing romantic couple, seeming more like siblings or best friends. From Ruben to Clay might work better. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
Arguably the most insipid movie released so far this century. Read full review
20
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
Aspires to be a "Beach Blanket Bingo" redux with a gangbang Grease finale, but it plays like junior high Neil LaBute filmed by an elementary school AV squad. Read full review
10
Film ThreatMichael Dequina
Just one of those films, a bottomless well of snark fodder that may come and go in theatres but will surely be spun innumerable times on DVD at parties in the years to come. Read full review
0
SalonHeather Havrilesky
One of the worst movies you'll ever see -- but it's still not worth seeing. Read full review
0
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It's like ''Grease: The Next Generation'' acted out by the food-court staff at SeaWorld. Read full review
0
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
They have the chemistry of step-siblings, so a movie that has them make out is, as the one of the few girls in the theater exclaimed, "so gross." Read full review
0
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
More than anything, From Justin To Kelly needs Simon Cowell, the fork-tongued Idol judge who gives the show its only sliver of tension. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
More than awful, more than dreadful, and easily the worst beach movie ever made. Read full review
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