Prom
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: April 29, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
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10
Mixed:
11
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondApr 27, 2011
A highly entertaining original movie that's funny, touching and real. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanApr 27, 2011
Will Miss Perfect fall for the Leader of the Pack? It helps that he's played by Thomas McDonell, who's not only a dead ringer for the young Johnny Depp but also has a comparable charisma. Read full review
70
NPRElla TaylorApr 29, 2011
A good-hearted, perfectly watchable bonbon. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerApr 28, 2011
There are new tweeners every year. To them, the characters and plot devices in this perfectly competent film might well seem fresh. Read full review
70
MovielineMichelle OrangeApr 28, 2011
Prom has sweetness, nonthreatening conflict, and enough personality to distance it from the chilling anodyne of Disney's television vehicles. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttApr 27, 2011
The movie has a cheerful good nature and a solid cast of youngsters - including Aimee Teegarden and Thomas McDonell - but any resemblance between this and real high school is, of course, purely coincidental. Read full review
63
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottApr 29, 2011
A predictable but painless pastiche of high school drama clichés that will give its intended tween audience a lot to squeal about -- and leave their parents reminiscing quietly about how good films from '80s icon John Hughes were. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchTom HorgenApr 29, 2011
A fairy-tale teenage romantic comedy that makes "The Breakfast Club" look edgy. And that's just fine, because this Disney product does straight-laced fairly well. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsApr 28, 2011
The cast's newcomers mix and mingle with ease with the hardened alums of Disney and Nickelodeon TV series. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversApr 28, 2011
Prom has its modest delights, chiefly its young cast. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian LowryApr 27, 2011
An adorable cast ought to provide some appeal for tweens and tykes, though interest should gradually dwindle the closer one gets to actual prom-going age. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichApr 26, 2011
Fortunately, Teegarden and McDonell make up for the hand-me-down plotting with a sweet, unaffected chemistry. Read full review
60
Village VoiceNick PinkertonApr 26, 2011
Katie Wech's script is a carousel of reassuringly familiar plot lines, kept smoothly revolving. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliApr 29, 2011
Some movies are in-between and inoffensive and harm absolutely no one. Prom is one of those. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickApr 29, 2011
So strenuously inoffensive it makes Disney's "High School Musical" look almost racy by comparison. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenApr 29, 2011
More interestingly, it's also kind of sweet in a contrived and fumbling first-kiss sort of way. Read full review
50
Washington PostSandie Angulo ChenApr 28, 2011
Nor will you find much excitement, tension or resemblance to actual teen culture in this whitewash of the quintessential rite of passage. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy BurrApr 28, 2011
That Prom plays as pleasantly and inoffensively as it does is due to the performances, particularly McDonell as the rebellious Jesse. Read full review
50
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreApr 27, 2011
Disney's Prom is to real high school what "High School Musical" was to "West Side Story" – all fluff, no edge. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasApr 28, 2011
It's the sort of film Robert Altman might have made if he cut his teeth working for The Disney Channel. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierApr 29, 2011
A movie that's so anachronistically mushy and awkward, it earns extra credit simply for being so innocent. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia PuigApr 28, 2011
Here's a by-the-playbook movie if ever there was one. Read full review
30
SalonAndrew O'HehirApr 29, 2011
A would-be tween-oriented hit so scrubbed and sanitized and not worthy of paying attention to that it can barely be said to exist at all. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesApr 28, 2011
These are boys and girls on their very best behavior, which doesn't sound like any prom you or I remember. Read full review
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