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Momentum Pictures
Posted: November 2nd, 2007.
Director Sean McNamara (RAISE YOUR VOICE) tackles teenage cliques, the power of friendship, and the importanceof individuality with characters based on the Bratz dolls. Sasha (Logan Browning), Jade (Janel Parrish), Yasmin(Nathalia Ramos), and Cloe (Skyler Shaye) are four free-spirited teens who are thick as thieves as they starttheir first year at Carry Nation High School.
But soon, everything changes. Principal Dimly’s (Jon Voight) daughter, Meredith Baxter Dimly (Chelsea Staub),rules the school with an iron fist, ensuring that all the students stay where they belong in their respectivecliques. Although these four best friends try to buck the school’s trend and remain close, their academic andextracurricular interests pull them in different directions until they realise that staying friends, beingtrue to themselves, and following their dreams are more important than anything else.
This candy-coloured high school world is clearly the stuff of fantasy. Teenage fashion hasn’t been this funkyand fabulous since CLUELESS. And what would a movie about teenage girls be without cute, sensitive, teenage boyslike Dylan (Ian Nelson), Cameron (Stephen Lunsford), and Dexter (Chet Hanks), not to mention a spectacularMTV-style Super Sweet Sixteen party and some show-stopping musical numbers?
Amidst the fun and fluff, BRATZmanages to convey some important messages about self-esteem, diversity, and loyalty. Staub is deliciously evilas the narcissistic student body president who is determined to keep the Bratz in their place and maintain herempire. Veteran actor Jon Voight’s dim-witted Dimly is wrapped around his daughter’s finger. Lainie Kazan playsYasmin’s grandmother, and Kadeem Hardison (Dwayne Wayne from A DIFFERENT WORLD) is Sasha’s father.
Extras include: Deleted scenes, Commentary (Sean McNamara – Director), Music Videos, 12 Behind The Scenesfeaturettes including ‘Discovering The Bratz’, ‘A Passion for Fashion’ and ‘The Music of Bratz’.
Bratz: The Movie is out on November 26th on DVD and retails for £19.99.
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News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2007.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.