Undiscovered
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: August 26, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
8
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
New York PostKyle Smith
It isn't a really good movie, but there's real talent in it. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
An enjoyably cheesy teen melodrama with a touch of indie edge. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
There is a good movie here--Strait actually sings the songs that stand on their own, and he's appealing, despite the rock movie cliches. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
It doesn't belong at a megaplex. It should be playing on a Clear Channel station. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
The trouble with Undiscovered isn't that it's actively annoying but it's so dramatically listless it seems determined to become Unremembered. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
The whole movie could be clipped by about 95 minutes and it would make a swell little video for Simpson's performance of the title cut from the soundtrack. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The music is surprisingly good and there's a skateboarding bulldog that you've just gotta see to believe. Read full review
40
VarietyRobert Koehler
As a cautionary drama on the price of fame, Undiscovered could not tread on more exhaustively discovered territory, and the result is a reel-by-reel trail of cliches. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
It isn't bad enough to be good. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyMark Olsen
Undiscovered is beaten on all counts by TV’s "Entourage" and "Unscripted" in its portrayal of the aspirational lifestyle and its end-of-the-rainbow spoils. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
On paper, the "rising stars" of Meiert Avis' low-flying romantic comedy Undiscovered are Steven Strait and Pell James, but the real star is Tyson the Skateboarding Dog. Read full review
38
Miami HeraldChristie Lemire
Too inert to be titillating, too generic to be engaging. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
An entirely dispensable, soapy caricature of a love story that comes complete with a jukebox full of music industry cliches plus Ashlee Simpson's big feature film debut. Read full review
30
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Tailored for the readership of Teen People magazine and about as thought-provoking as the average 500-word celebrity profile. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Though filled with romantic contrivances and overlong musical numbers, Undiscovered is curiously lifeless. Bland actors portray single-cell characters in a plot scarcely more diverting than Ms. Simpson's reality vehicle, "The Ashlee Simpson Show." Read full review
30
Village VoiceNona Willis-Aronowitz
A PG-13 dramedy set in L.A. about some attractive, way-too-earnest aspiring stars has the potential to be a delectable good-bad favorite, but Undiscovered is nowhere near the guilty pleasure it could have been. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The vapid teen talent show Undiscovered turns on a plot point so moronic that even the most dedicated bad-movie buffs have cause to stay away. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
Undiscovered promotes one of the stupidest visions of the entertainment industry since "American Idol" opened the celebrity gateway to the dregs of the karaoke generation. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
The movie plays more like a WB network teen drama than something audiences should be expected to pay to see. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
As Brier's comrade-in-lip-gloss, Ashlee Simpson, dressed to look like a teenybop girl version of Crispin Glover in "River's Edge," is the real deal -- in fake cred. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Some things are best left undiscovered. Read full review
0
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Indeed, I'd say Undiscovered belongs on the WB, but that would be gravely unfair to the channel, which looks like the BBC in comparison. Read full review
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