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Fame High

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In class and at home, students experience competition, heartbreak and triumph during two semesters at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.

Critics Reviews

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David DeWitt New York Times 06/07/2013
3.5/5
A not-so-eager-to-please effort that understands Alan Parker's original vision - of rejection, hard work and self-discovery - and depicts it with clear eyes. Go to Full Review
Steve Erickson Village Voice 06/04/2013
The dilemmas Fame High's four subjects face are real, and Kennedy gets plenty of drama from the prospect of failure and disappointment. Go to Full Review
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times 10/04/2012
4/5
Fame may be fleeing, but the kids in "Fame High" will stay with you. Go to Full Review
Sandie Angulo Chen Common Sense Media 05/17/2013
3/5
Arts docu shows how hard passionate teens work in school. Go to Full Review
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11/24/2015 It suffers from a lack of depth as it spends a lot of slow screen time on mundane conversations while never presenting a clear and detailed look at how the school functions. See more 09/19/2014 Ethan's review: bad editing and bad cinematography. See more 02/27/2014 Inspired by these kids yet feel sad for some of them. Some of these parents need to go back to parenting school. Your child first, meal ticket way on down the line. See more 01/12/2014 This movie reminded me of my high school experience. I guess I went to a performing arts school after all... See more 11/13/2013 A very open and unassuming documentary following the lives of several youngsters at a competitive LA art school. I felt for them very much, and this world is always curious to visit. The doc was made well, and I enjoyed it very much! See more 11/13/2013 There is enough drama is this earnest documentary about teens with big dreams, but ultimately the story loses focus, especially when it tries to make a case about arts education at the end in a half-hearted effort to insert political meaning into a teen-drama narrative. The documentary could have been many things - an honest look at teenagers, at the arts, at the very idea of fame. It tries to be all this (plus the political ideas) and ends up being none. The characters are so engaging, though, that one can forgive the structural flaws. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis In class and at home, students experience competition, heartbreak and triumph during two semesters at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
Director
Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Producer
Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Leilani Makuakane Potter
Production Co
Black Valley Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 5, 2012, Original
Runtime
1h 41m