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Jonas Brothers - The Concert Experience (2009)

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Reviews Counted:69

Fresh:16

Rotten:53

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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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

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

The lack of depth or personality makes Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience a tedious, empty viewing experience for anyone unlucky enough to be dragged to see it.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
05/28/09
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

It's a big old pile of baboon cack.

Full Review Source: News of the World | comment Comment
05/28/09
Robbie Collin
Robbie Collin
News of the World

The Jonas Brothers are a contemporary phenomenon -- a boyish trio who dazzle fangirl tweens.

Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | comment 2 Comments
03/19/09
Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

It's a Pavlovian thing. See swarthy (and shirtless!) teen heartthrob Joe Jonas standing backstage in 3-D: scream.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
03/13/09
Josh Freedom duLac
Josh Freedom duLac
Washington Post
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They are all part of a great American tradition. Hate them if you want to, but you might as well hate gated communities,The Real World, and the war on terror while you're at it.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/05/09
Josh Rosenblatt
Josh Rosenblatt
Austin Chronicle

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

Full Review Source: Tucson Weekly | comment 10 Comments
03/04/09
Bob Grimm
Bob Grimm
Tucson Weekly

76 minutes of squeaky clean processed-cheese-food product rock' music interspersed with spurious 'documentary' footage.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
03/04/09
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

For its intended 'tween audience, it's high-decible and shreik-inducing, but it's not recommended for anyone over the age of 30.

Full Review Source: SSG Syndicate | comment 3 Comments
03/04/09
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
SSG Syndicate

Those squeaky clean Jonas Brothers have made a squeaky clean movie that is all songs - no plot, no acting

Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com | comment 1 Comment
03/03/09
Jackie K. Cooper
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com

I had all four posters on my bedroom closet: Davy, Mickey, Peter and Mike.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
03/03/09
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

The Disney-created automatons have none of the charisma that Miley Cyrus showed in her 3-D concert film, and the lame 3-D effects make this flick priced for rip-offs at $15.

Full Review Source: Tulsa World | comment Comment
03/02/09
Michael Smith
Michael Smith
Tulsa World

If you aren't a teenage girl or can't channel your inner groupie for 76 minutes, you have no business at Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
03/02/09
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Applying criticism to Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience is like trying to lasso a bull with dental floss. It's not going to stop the bull and no one's really going to notice.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
03/02/09
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

It's no mystery that the target audience for this G-rated bubblegum fantasy is tweens, parents of tweens and the occasional pervert. They'll be so pleased. Anything for the rest of humanity? Not so much.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
03/02/09
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

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 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

It serves its purpose.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment 1 Comment
03/02/09
Ben Lyons
Ben Lyons
At the Movies

Thanks to 3D, you feel like you can almost reach out and touch the Jonas Brothers, grab them by the neck, and strangle the everlasting life out of them.

Full Review Source: MovieJuice! | comment 2 Comments
03/02/09
Mark Ramsey
Mark Ramsey
MovieJuice!
 
 
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