This Disney Channel Original Movie surpassed my expectations by a lot (my expectations were moderately high). I am a Christian and was impressed with the movie's strong Christian values. Good acting, good screenplay, good directing, and everything is good. Especially the music. The music is awesome. Now you can see how this movie is so great. This is my #2 Christian movie (behind Letters to God and ahead of Courageous). There is a lot of character development between the characters, especially between all the 3 main characters. Now for the parental review. This film has a lot of educational value, teaching people about music and church. There are a lot of positive messages and role models, except Da Bling, the bully rapper. There is some fighting between characters. There is some flirting and almost-kissing scenes in this movie. There is no product placement in the movie, but this movie had a huge marketing campaign with multiple music videos and a soundtrack. This movie premiered on the same day as Rock of Ages, and that is an adult musical so this is a great alternative. Go watch it!

I think this is one of the best Disney Channel movies I've seen. It's (very loosely) based on "Cyrano de Bergerac" (that title should be italicized or underlined, but there is no option for that, so...) Of course, I liked "Cyrano" much more, but I'm a sucker for tragedy. Okay, anyway, I felt there were some really good messages in this movie, including positive Christian themes (though I doubt it would be offensive to the nonChristians, seeing as their good messages overall). There were a few things that bothered me, though. Roxy is more shallow than she appears, if you really think about it. She mistook Kris to be "Truth", because he was better looking than Cyrus. It's mentioned briefly at the very end, but isn't really thought about. Also, Kris really isn't that good of a friend. He pressures Cyrus into helping him, although eventually everything works out between them. Other than that, though, I really liked the movie, and I would definitely recommend it. ...But if you can handle tragedies, go read "Cyrano de Bergerac" after you watch this, if you haven't already.(If you couldn't tell, I'm a fangirl.)

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This is an AWESOME movie! I stayed up until 1 in the moring to watch this movie! And I barley watch disney movies but this one I really liked!

I saw this movie and it's pretty good. It's not the best movie, but it's still a good movie and has positive messages about being yourself and expressing yourself freely. OK for kids 9+. Educational: Based off a book, so kids might want to read it after seeing the movie. Violence: Nothing graphic, but there is a brief scuffle between 2 characters, and a girl slaps a boy for lying to her. Consumerism: There's a soundtrack available based on this movie.

this a movie for 11+ young kids shouldnt watch it not neccisarily cuz its a bad movie but it would be over their heads. there is a little "stuff" ( but very little). They talked about girls being hot. i also felt that even though Disney seemed to try to make it a little "religious" but i think it kinda makes fun of Christianity. however its a happy movie, the raps where fun and clean, and the words CHRIST, GOD, and JESUS are used openly.( thats a good thing in this country that says we are "free" to worship God.

Best for 11+ ages, who would better understand and relate to the movie.Children younger than this are unlikely to understand all the concepts of the movie and will more likely be disappointed. It is a very good film for those who grew up in a similar environment or are in a similar environment. It is wonderful to see such a film with majority brown skinned people. As an adult i loved it, but i didnt let my 7 year old watch it. and i wont not until he is older.

This movie was probably the best movie I have seen on Disney in a long time. I was really surprised to see how different it was to what Disney usually does. Honestly this movie should have been much more recnognized because it was the best. The raps were so good. Clean, but with edge . This movie is a definate must see

This is one of the best movies that has ever came out on TV. Im wondering why this was not in theaters. Thats how good it is.