The movie can't seem to decide whether it wants to be a Disney movie or a teen indie flick with a good soundtrack.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 31, 2021

For the first time this year, a teen film actually appeals to teens.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 28, 2020

Equal parts John Hughes and Cameron Crowe with a little bit of Spike Jonze tossed in.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 2, 2020

...Bandslam remains under-appreciated...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 14, 2019

The surprise of the summer, and one of the year's overlooked gems.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 6, 2019

Surprisingly, it's Vanessa Hudgens who brings the film to life, creating an original and believable brooding teen.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 14, 2018

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 18, 2012

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

A message that never gets old: On stage or in high-school hallways, sometime it's the losers that turn out to be the real winners.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 29, 2011

Fun without too much camp.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 29, 2010

What keeps Bandslam afloat is the way its sweet moments find weird ways of stepping into convention.

| Nov 4, 2009

Though it wears out its welcome as it teeters rather than rocks toward the finish line, there is something inherently enticing in the old "let's put on a show" formula it utilizes.

| Aug 26, 2009

The music is the movie's best feature, but even that's not much...

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 20, 2009

The barely hyped Bandslam must settle for simply being the best American movie this summer.

| Aug 19, 2009

While it's pretty effervescent for the first hour, things really take a dire turn toward the end. The whole thing nearly becomes undone at that point.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 19, 2009

Though predictable, it at least tries to put on a fresh face to a tiresome old feelgood story.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 19, 2009

There is really just a lot to like here.

Full Review | Aug 17, 2009

These are characters that make mistakes, they redeem themselves, and they grow throughout the course of the film.

| Aug 17, 2009

Bandslam is a mix of the icky, the corny and the comic, but there's no denying that it's fun.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 17, 2009

A witty, touching, cleverly plotted film with excellent music and it made me feel for the first time in years that I'd like to be an American teenager.

| Aug 17, 2009