Bratz (film)
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Directed by | Sean McNamara |
Written by | Susan Estelle Jansen Adam De La Peña David Eilenberg |
Produced by | Isaac Larian Avi Arad Steven Paul |
Starring | Nathalia Ramos Skyler Shaye Logan Browning Janel Parrish Chelsea Staub Anneliese van der Pol Jon Voight |
Cinematography | Christian Sebaldt |
Edited by | Jeff Canavan |
Music by | John Coda |
Distributed by | Lionsgate Crystal Sky Pictures |
Release dates | August 3, 2007 |
Language | English |
Bratz: The Movie (or simply Bratz) is a live action feature film based on cartoon characters and dolls of the same name that was released to theaters on August 3, 2007. It earned $4.3 million in U.S. ticket sales in its opening weekend.
Rating
The film is rated PG by the MPAA for thematic elements.
Production
The film was announced on May 15 2006, when MGA Entertainment, Avi Arad Productions, and Crystal Sky Pictures teamed up. Under the deal, Crystal Sky Pictures will finance the film, Avi Arad and MGA will executive produce. John Doolittle and Susie Singer Carter penned the screenplay.[1][2]
The shooting of the film was completed on March 24 2007, and was released to theatres for its first-run showing on Friday, August 3, 2007.
Paula Abdul was dropped from the production before the completion of the film due to unknown reasons. She was originally enlisted to provide wardrobe designs, choreograph the film, executive produce, as well as hold a role in the film. This was revealed on Hey Paula, her own reality show on her personal life. It has been speculated her erratic behavior may have been a reason behind her involvement in the film being cut.[3][4]
Cast
- Skyler Shaye as Cloe
- Janel Parrish as Jade
- Logan Browning as Sasha
- Nathalia Ramos as Yasmin
- Chelsea Staub as Meredith
- Anneliese van der Pol as Avery
- Emily Rose Everhard as Cherish
- Malese Jow as Quinn
- Stephen Lunsford as Cameron
- Daniel Booko as Brad
- Jerad Anderson as Jonas
- Ian Nelson as Dylan
- Jon Voight as Principal Berkman
- Tami-Adrian George as Allison, Sasha's Mom
- Kadeem Hardison as Sasha's Dad
- Kim Morgan Greene as Katie, Cloe's Mom
- Constance Hsu as Julie, Jade's Mom
- Kelly Crean as Mrs Funk
- Lainie Kazan as Bubbie
Reception
The vast majority of reviews for the film have been extremely negative. Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune called the film "the most horrifying of 2007", remarking that, while the film seems to promote "releasing what's inside" and "letting your spirit soar high" it's all about clothes and outer beauty. He also said that Jon Voight's talent is wasted: "the actor--a good actor; remember?--looks as dazed as he did after being horked up by the snake in Anaconda." Ty Burr of The Boston Globe advised parents to rent Midnight Cowboy, saying it would be "less damaging on their [the kids'] psyches than this soulless mallrat of a movie." A review by A.V. Club said in reference to the film "This is why the terrorists hate us."[5]
The film currently holds a 9% critics approval rating and a 20% users approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and currently ranks at #81 on IMDB's "Bottom 100".
As of August 5, 2007 (the end of its opening weekend), the film has managed to rank at #11 and gather a U.S. gross of $910,000.[6]
Differences Between the Film verses the TV Series, direct-to-DVD movies & doll line
Warning: May contain spoilers.
- Kirstie Tweevil, Kaycee Tweevil, and Burdine Maxwell are absent in the film along with the magazines Bratz and Your Thing.
- Byron Powell, London Milton, and the other irregular characters on the TV series and/or diract to dvd movies do not appear in the film.
- Stiles High School, which is the name of the high school in the TV series & diract to dvd movies is not mentioned even as a "cross-town rival." in the film.
- The parents of the Bratz girls are only mentioned in the TV series & sometimes in the diract to dvd movies, while they are seen in the film.
- The idea of cliques is absent in the TV series & diract to dvd movies, while it forms a main part of the story in the film.
- Cloe's eyes are green as opposed to her signature blue.
- There was some fan backlash at the casting of Ramos as Yasmin due to the fact that her skin tone is the same shade as Jade and Cloe's skin in the film unlike the TV series, diract to dvd movies and doll line, as well as the loss of her signature mole located under her left eye.[citation needed]
- In the film Cameron has brown hair while in the tv series, diract to dvd movies and dolls have him with blonde hair.Also Cameron's love of skateboarding which is shown in Bratz: Rock Angelz, Bratz Babyz: The Movie and some episodes of the tv series is absent from the film.
- In the film Dylan is deaf & has a regular skin tone while in the tv series, diract to dvd movies and dolls his skin tone is tan & he doesn't have a hearing problem.
- In the film its implied that Dylan and Yasmin are a possible couple while in the tv series and diract to dvd movies its implied that Eitan is Yasmin's possible romance intrest.
- In the film Sasha's intrest is cheerleading while in the tv series and diract to dvd movies its music and danceing.Also in the tv series and diract to dvd movies Sasha is a control freak while the film doesn't show that.
- In the film Cloe's intrest is soccer while in the diract to dvd movies its skateboarding.The tv series & diract to dvd movies don't show that Cloe's family has money problems.Also Cloe being a drama queen is downplayed a bit in the film.
- In the film Yasmin's intrest is singing & journalism.In the tv series and diract to dvd movies its yoga.There is also no mention of Yasmin haveing a younger brother in the tv series and diract to dvd movies.
- In the film Jade's intrest is math, science and makeing clothes while in the tv series & diract to dvd movies its knowing the best fashions and hang outs.
Taglines
- High school will never be the same.
- Out of the box
- For fashion, for friendship, for real
- Get ready, get glam, get real
- High school is about to get a makeover.
Soundtrack
References
- ^ "New Motion Picture Based on the Billion Dollar Toy Franchise" (PDF). MGA Entertainment. May 19 2006.
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(help) - ^ "'Bratz' all dolled up" (PDF). Crystal Sky. May 19 2006.
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(help) - ^ http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_21293465.shtml
- ^ http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/paula-abdul-no-scandal-behind-crazy-hey-paula-and-idol-behavior-5525.php
- ^ http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/bratz_the_movie
- ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/
External links
- Official Website
- Bratz: The Movie at Rotten Tomatoes
- Bratz: The Movie, CountingDown.com
- Preview at Cinema Blend.com
- Trailer at Apple
- Interview with the cast
- The girls of Bratz on JewReview!