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Jonas Brothers - The Concert Experience (2009)

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Reviews Counted:70

Fresh:16

Rotten:54

Average Rating:4.2/10

Consensus: Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience should please the brothers' adoring followers, but for non-converts, this concert film is largely flat and unenlightening.

Runtime: 76 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

US Box Office: $19,024,826

Synopsis: Pop singing sensations the Jonas Brothers make their feature-film debut in this concert experience. From their beginnings on the Disney Channel to the enormous fame that came after the 2007 release... Pop singing sensations the Jonas Brothers make their feature-film debut in this concert experience. From their beginnings on the Disney Channel to the enormous fame that came after the 2007 release of their self-titled debut album, the New Jersey natives have followed a similar path to other tween pop idols like Miley Cyrus and Hilary Duff. But unlike those two, the real-life brothers have mostly appeared as themselves, not adopting on-screen personae like Cyrus’s Hannah Montana. For a band so young, they take their music seriously and hold their fans dear. While they’ve got producers working left and right to perfect their smooth look and sound, all three young men have a say in the band’s creative direction. Taking their musical act to the big screen, Kevin, Joe, and Nick delight their large pre-teen and teenage fan base with their cute looks, youthful energy, and musical optimism. The Disney film takes Jonas fans along with the band as they travel across the U.S. on their "Burning Up" tour, with guest spots by Taylor Swift and Demi Lovato. The film is packed not only with concert material, but also with backstage happenings as the band uses its pop sensibilities to try to make sense of love, newfound celebrity, and growing up. Filmed in July and August of 2008, the film focuses largely on two concert venues: Anaheim's Honda Center, and New York’s Madison Square Garden. Fan favorites are performed alongside one previously unreleased Jonas Brothers track, "Love Is On Its Way." [More]

Starring: Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato

Starring: Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift

Director: Bruce Hendricks

Director: Bruce Hendricks
Producer: Art Repola, Johnny Wright, Philip McIntyre, Kevin Jonas, Alan Sacks
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

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Call us cynical, but isn't there something just a tiny bit iffy about three sworn virgins performing a rock show in which the climax has them shooting gallons of white "party" foam over their adoring girl fans?

Full Review Source: Time Out Sydney | comment Comment
05/22/09
Sophie Harris
Sophie Harris
Time Out Sydney
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Fans of the Jonas Brothers, Pavlov and Freud should be equally satisfied for a 75-minute stint.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
12/17/09
William Goss
William Goss
Cinematical

...the film boasts a preaching-to-the-converted vibe that effectively holds newcomers at arm's length throughout.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
07/20/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

canned and created by committee

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
07/08/09
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Fascinating only for the opportunity to observe the mesmerizing effect of a well-rehearsed, mass seduction on an auditorium filled with willing, adoring girls.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
06/29/09
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

As sunglasses and guitar picks fly...and mics and pointing drumsticks thrust out of the screen, it's a sort of metaphor for the whole film (and the band it captures) to ponder which effects are "real" and which are manufactured in a computer. [Blu-ray]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
06/28/09
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

The music is unmemorable, the staging conventional, the connection between religious and sexual ecstasy very evident.

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06/02/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

This does pretty much what it says on the tin, though the interactive “3D” element does introduce a twist of sorts.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
06/02/09
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Charlotte O'Sullivan
This is London

Hate the songs. What a lot of hair they have. Don't ask me the names.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
05/29/09
Tim Robey
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph

The songs wash over in waves of such turgid mediocrity that by the end you’re praying for it to stop. Thankfully, after 76 minutes, it does – and all is well again.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
05/29/09
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

This personality vacuum is a real problem in a film that purports to depict a day in the life of young pop stars whom audiences can actually relate to.

Full Review Source: Film4 | comment Comment
05/29/09
Ali Catterall
Ali Catterall
Film4

The movie, sadly, perpetuates the corporate myth that they are musical tyros, boyband savants and the sweetest virgins in the business.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
05/29/09
Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher
Times [UK]
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It’s A Hard Day’s Night all over again, except nobody has bothered to write the brothers some funny dialogue.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
05/29/09
Edward Porter
Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)

This TV-special-sized feature comprises songs from the trio's recent Burning Up tour, along with gobbets of behind the scenes action.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
05/29/09
Andrew Pulver
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]
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It's a trite cash-in designed to empty pockets, lazily slapped together with concert footage and phoney fly-on-the-wall snippets.

Full Review Source: Digital Spy | comment Comment
05/29/09
Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds
Digital Spy

This may be three dimensional poison for Jonas-hating curmudgeons but it's unlikely that any of the band's fans will be asking for their money back.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment 1 Comment
05/29/09
Chris Prince
Chris Prince
Sky Movies

With their fresh-faced image, it’s hard not to snigger when they start spraying the audience with foam guns… Insert your own Freudian interpretation here.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
05/29/09
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
Total Film

Is it any good? That really all depends on whether you’re a fan of the Jonas Brothers.

Full Review Source: Heart 106.2 | comment Comment
05/29/09
Simon Thompson
Simon Thompson
Heart 106.2

The tunes are so bland it could be the same song on a loop, while the performances are spirited but nondescript.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
05/29/09
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

This toe-curling dip into the sickly-sweet musical world of the Jonas brothers is innocuous and dull.

Full Review Source: Sunday Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
05/29/09
Mark Adams
Mark Adams
Sunday Mirror [UK]
 
 
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