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Jem and the Holograms

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Jem and the Holograms

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Released Oct 23, 2015

1h 58m

Musical

Drama

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Teenager Jerrica (Aubrey Peeples) is an extremely shy but talented singer-songwriter whose dreams of stardom come true when she forms the group Jem and the Holograms. Other members include her younger sister Kimber (Stefanie Scott) on keyboards, drummer Shana (Aurora Perrineau) and bassist Aja (Hayley Kiyoko). With help from Rio (Ryan Guzman), the son of the CEO (Juliette Lewis) of Starlight Music, the four young band members find their own voice while taking the world by storm.

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Critics Consensus

Jem and the Holograms ignores its source material's goofy charm in favor of bland by-the-numbers drama.

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Glenn Heath Jr.

Little White Lies

A highly flawed, occasionally dumb, but fascinating blast of neon, revisionist girl power, and social media wanderlust.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 11, 2016

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Tom Huddleston

Time Out

Every line, every twist and every note of music feels painstakingly focus-grouped.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 9, 2016

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Alison Willmore

BuzzFeed News

For a movie about someone learning to come out of their shell, Jem and the Holograms is utterly confounding about what it even means to be authentic.

Nov 9, 2015

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Dominic Griffin

Spectrum Culture

Jem is honest enough in its aims that the sacrilegious divergence from the original material can almost be forgiven.

Rated: 2.75/5

Jul 17, 2019

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Amanda Greever

The Daily Times (Tennessee)

The names are the same, but that's about it.

Feb 5, 2019

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Johnny Gayzmonic

Fanboys of the Universe

This may not be the film adaptation of the cartoon that the fans wanted...but even so, it is still very true to the heart of what made Jem so special.

Rated: 6/10

Oct 31, 2018

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Jonathan O

What in the hell am I watching!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/25/24

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Jocelyn P

As a lifelong fan of the Jem and the holograms franchise, I was beyond disappointed in this movie. An insult to the original show and a complete waste of my time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/25/23

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Rachel H

It's my absolute favorite movie. And the soundtrack has stayed in my Playlist since it came out

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/27/23

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Helaina h

Surprised this didn't do better at the box office. I watched the original while I was babysitting my neighbor way back when, and I liked its silver screen edition. The songs are catchy, the cast is likable and I hope Aubrey Peeples gets another shot at showing off her singing. Hey, Netflix…..why don't you pick this up as a series?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/01/23

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Cyrus K

This did so bad critically and financially that they pulled this movie from theaters after 2 weeks.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/07/23

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red t

Lots of Problems. The acting is not good overall. At best its generic and at worst its boring, stale dialogue with no real chemistry amongst the actors. Most of the time the acting just comes off as boring more than anything. I really never liked a single character. The music isn't that good half the time it doesn't even tie into the story. The singing itself is ok at best and forgettable at worst. The music in general outside of the song numbers in the movie are not good feeling very out of place and unneeded much of the time. The cinematography is atrocious with constant shaky cam that feel completely unneeded and makes it hard to focus on a scene because of the constant fast editing. That is on top of bad internet, video call, Robot POV shots that don't look good even if you take the shaky cam out. The whole thing looks like a amateur filmed this and doesn't feel like a professional made movie at all. The editing is very bad also with random YouTube videos put in that have nothing to do with the plot and the awkward camera shots constantly changing feel very disorienting. The pacing itself is ok at best as I never felt the movie got boring or a scene went on too long. The plot itself is riddled with plot holes such as why did her Dad know she would ever find the piece at the cub in a random guitar or why didn't Jerrica just tell her sisters about the contract before signing when there within shouting distance just to name a few). The only things I can say about that is positive is it felt like it had a plot (A very badly written one) and it moved at a ok pace. This is a very fundamentally flawed bad movie. It's far from the worst thing ever but its not worth your time.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Jon M. Chu

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Jerrica

Stefanie Scott

Kimber

Aurora Perrineau

Shana

Hayley Kiyoko

Aja

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Jem and the Holograms: Official Clip - Youngblood

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Jem and the Holograms: Official Clip - You're Not Alone

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Jem and the Holograms: Official Clip - Never Fear the Unknown

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Jem and the Holograms: Official Clip - We Got Heart

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Jem and the Holograms: Official Clip - Rio's Ready

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Jem and the Holograms: Official Clip - Going Solo

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Jem and the Holograms: Official Clip - Dad's Final Message

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Jem and the Holograms: Official Clip - Rules For the Red Carpet

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Jem and the Holograms: Official Clip - I'm Still Here

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Jem and the Holograms: Official Clip - The Way I Was

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Synopsis

Teenager Jerrica (Aubrey Peeples) is an extremely shy but talented singer-songwriter whose dreams of stardom come true when she forms the group Jem and the Holograms. Other members include her younger sister Kimber (Stefanie Scott) on keyboards, drummer Shana (Aurora Perrineau) and bassist Aja (Hayley Kiyoko). With help from Rio (Ryan Guzman), the son of the CEO (Juliette Lewis) of Starlight Music, the four young band members find their own voice while taking the world by storm.

Director: Jon M. Chu
Producer: Jason Blum, Jon M. Chu, Scooter Braun, Brian Goldner, Stephen Davis, Bennett Schneir
Screenwriter: Ryan Landels
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Blumhouse, SB Projects, Chu Studios
Rating: PG (Reckless Behavior|Brief Suggestive Content|Some Language|Thematic Material)
Genre: Musical, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 23, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 6, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.0M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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