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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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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: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/29/09
Ali Catterall
Ali Catterall
Channel 4 Film

The 3D cameras capturing the concert at New York's Madison Square Garden can't give their insipid guitar pop or their charisma-free presence the extra dimension they need.

Full Review Source: Scotsman | comment Comment
05/29/09
Alistair Harkness
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman

If you have no idea who these bland Disney charmers are or why they appear to be so popular, then this perfunctory concert film is unlikely to leave you any the wiser.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment Comment
05/29/09
Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter
Daily Express

I'm a fan of power-pop, and I was even an unapologetic Hanson listener when it was uncool to be one, so I wish I could be more enthusiastic about the actual music here.

Full Review Source: MSNBC | comment Comment
02/27/09
Alonso Duralde
Alonso Duralde
MSNBC

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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This is a concert, not in any way, shape or form, a film.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
03/02/09
Ben Mankiewicz
Ben Mankiewicz
At the Movies

The Jonas Brothers suck and they can all go to Hell!!!

Full Review Source: Tucson Weekly | comment 11 Comments
03/04/09
Bob Grimm
Bob Grimm
Tucson Weekly

Boy bands serve multiple functions for their audiences. They entertain, they sing the poetry of love, they offer a spectrum of masculine attributes. On the first two counts, the Jonas Brothers movie leaves something to be desired.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment 2 Comments
03/02/09
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer

This movie spends too much time on stage, and not enough off.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment 1 Comment
02/27/09
Catherine Dawson March
Catherine Dawson March
Globe and Mail

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

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

It's too bad the film offers none of the comedic sparkle they recently showed on Saturday Night Live and David Letterman's show. It's only slightly better than the surprisingly flat and one-dimensional Hannah Montana movie.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
02/27/09
Chris Riemenschneider
Chris Riemenschneider
Minneapolis Star Tribune

canned and created by committee

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

We learn nothing about who they are or where they come from -- they may not even have parents, for all we know, since the adult accompanying them is usually their bodyguard.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
02/25/09
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press

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]

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

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07/20/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

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

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)

Only for die-hard members of Team Jonas.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
02/27/09
Glenn Gamboa
Glenn Gamboa
Newsday
 
 
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