Camp Rock
Disney | Disney Channel | Release Date: June 20, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago Sun-TimesMisha Davenport
Season 1 Review: There's nothing objectionable about the messages of the piece: always be true to yourself and treat everyone with dignity and respect. But teens and adults may find it a little saccharine. Read full review
88
New York PostAdam Buckman
Season 1 Review: It's really a great movie, like a modern-day version of an old Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney picture in which the kids put on a show that improves the lives of all who see it. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: It takes nothing away from this genuinely talented group of kids to express even greater admiration for the promotion and marketing. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: What matters is how well it's done, and Disney does a lot of things right. It's multicultural. Parents are portrayed as people. The intrapersonal dramas are small enough so viewers will understand them. Read full review
80
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: This is a hit, and has been carefully crafted by Disney to become one. The formula may be as old as pop culture itself, but (again) who really cares? Read full review
80
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: Camp Rock is glossy, all right, and should provide a glow for Walt Disney Co. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: It’s all very sweet and tuneful, and took me back to my days as a Hayley Mills groupie. Read full review
70
SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: This being Disney product, these issues are dealt with in primary colors, uplifting tones, and production levels that aim for exact competence—a workaday professionalism that's never too slick to alienate anyone. Read full review
70
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: The band has a refreshing scruffiness but except for Joe gets too little screen time to leaven the formula slickness. Read full review
60
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
Season 1 Review: If only the endeavor felt more worthy, and less prefabricated at some offshore factory where workers in mouse ears plug in the parts: the underconfident girl with a surprisingly pretty voice, the semi-bad boy with a sensitive side, the meticulously choreographed musical numbers, the heartfelt Disney lessons about self-love and self-expression. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Like "High School Musical," it's a painfully simple but efficient fairy tale for a generation that never heard of Frankie and Annette, blending music with teen angst about fitting in--all built around a likable protagonist, multiethnic cast and hot pop trio. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Season 1 Review: Camp Rock is so rigidly formulaic, so unremarkable, that by the time the cast sings its finale, ''We Rock,'' it's hard to agree. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: Camp Rock isn't particularly good, but it's good at what it does. The product may be "inauthentic," if such a thing is even possible, but the way it will connect with a lot of little girls and more than a few little boys is real enough. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Simultaneously overdone and underproduced, the movie jerks its way from point to point without bothering to explain the characters' behavior or inject any life into its musical numbers. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
Season 1 Review: The movie has some bright spots, but so much of it revolves around the resident diva of the title camp that it’s hard to focus on the good stuff; you’re too annoyed at having this lazily imagined character shoved down your throat for the zillionth time. Read full review
40
Washington PostJennifer Frey
Season 1 Review: Alas, although she's likable enough, Lovato just doesn't have the same sparkle as a Miley Cyrus--or an Ashley Tisdale, for that matter. And though her music is in the same dance-inspiring, easy-to-memorize mode as that of the "HSM" franchise, it's not as catchy. Read full review
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