A Week Away

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A Week Away

2021

1h 37m

Musical

Romance

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Troubled teen Will Hawkins (Kevin Quinn) has a run-in with the law that puts him at an important crossroad: go to juvenile detention or attend a Christian summer camp. At first a fish-out-of-water, Will opens his heart, discovers love with a camp regular (Bailee Madison), and sense of belonging in the last place he expected to find it.

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While it may be light on its feet and charming to a fault, A Week Away won't linger in audience's minds for much long after.

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Kate Erbland

IndieWire

It's hammy, it's predictable, it's a little silly, but what YA musical isn't?

Rated: C

Mar 30, 2021

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Amy Nicholson

New York Times

This is a film as tidy, transparent and kid-friendly as a square of Jell-O salad, and so squishily eager-to-please that it doesn't engage with its religious themes so much as tuck them into song lyrics to hover in the narrative like grapes.

Rated: C-

Mar 27, 2021

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Guy Lodge

Variety

This innocuous but character-free tuner shamelessly copies and crosses the formulae of "High School Musical" and "Camp Rock" down to the last, sequel-prompting detail.

Mar 26, 2021

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Rebecca Johnson

Film Focus Online

A Week Away may not be as memorable as the teen musicals that came out of the Disney era due to its pretty niche religious undertone that may not be digestible by all, as well as its corny romances and predictable character disagreements.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 6, 2023

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Nicolas Soto

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

A Week Away is an enjoyable film that didn’t find a way to incorporate a balanced tone to make the premise stand out more. Combining elements from Christian beliefs with the campiness from films like High School Musical is what makes the premise unique

Rated: 8/10

Jan 21, 2023

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Hosea Rupprecht

Catholic News Service

While director Roman White's film, scripted by Kali Bailey and Alan Powell, doesn't get any points for originality, its portrayal of young people trying to find their way in the world with the guidance of caring grown-ups will resonate with its target...

Aug 12, 2021

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Robin W

We just watched the series based on this movie streaming on Angel. Meaningful. Impactful. It's a musical - it's a series. Realistic. Excellent filming and acting. A scarred, jaded kid from the Foster system is dragged into going to a Christian camp for a week. From fake Christians to true Apostles. Redemption is a choice - the path there is unique to each of us. A journey worth taking. Amazing finale. Many thanks to Angel for providing a sample of the product for this review. Opinions are 100% my own. #AWeekAwaySeriesMIN #MomentumInfluencers #Angel #BooksYouCanFeelGoodAbout

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Robin W

Just watched the series streaming on Angel that's based on this movie. It's really good. Meaningful. Impactful. It's a musical - it's a series. Realistic. Excellent filming and acting. A scarred, jaded kid from the Foster system is dragged into going to a Christian camp for a week. Lots of varied and important lessons to be learned - by example in scenarios shown. From fake Christians to true Apostles. Redemption is a choice - the path there is unique to each of us. It's a journey worth taking. Amazing finale. Great voices. We highly recommend watching. Many thanks to Angel for providing a sample of the product for this review. Opinions are 100% my own. #AWeekAwaySeriesMIN #MomentumInfluencers #Angel #BooksYouCanFeelGoodAbout

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Isabella O

I’ve been watching this movie since it came out and everything from the soundtrack, to the comedic parts, to the storyline comforts me in every way. I will always come back to this movie, it is so comforting!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/24/25

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Lucas O

I liked the movie and I think is a fun idea of Christian camp. It is diffrent and I enjoyed even the songs even I am not religious. Although I couldn't make a conection with the charecters. !Spoiler alert! > (Will lost his parents - How, what happened, there should be some flashback of what happened, little will finding out his parents are gone and social worker taking him to the system. Avery lost her mother too and I honestly felt more conection with her as there was more background but it could have done better.) But we all need to take this as a movie that has been writen for 10-12 year old children and as that I think is enjoyable, fun and really a movie where you don't have to think and just relax..

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/25/24

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Morgan K

10000/10000 my family loves it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/01/24

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Jude M

Oh why… okay so it was just a cringy love story. Sure it was about going to camp but they didn’t even say Jesus’s name. I can’t recommend this movie with the weird dancing and lip syncing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/31/24

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Synopsis

Troubled teen Will Hawkins (Kevin Quinn) has a run-in with the law that puts him at an important crossroad: go to juvenile detention or attend a Christian summer camp. At first a fish-out-of-water, Will opens his heart, discovers love with a camp regular (Bailee Madison), and sense of belonging in the last place he expected to find it.

Director: Roman White
Producer: Steve Barnett, Alan Powell, Gabe Vasquez
Screenwriter: Alan Powell, Kali Bailey
Production Co: Rove Productions, Monarch Media
Genre: Musical, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 26, 2021
Runtime: 1h 37m

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