Starstruck 2010 movie#

Across from her, 20-year-old Sterling Knight is more polished but none too likable.

Starstruck 2010 movie#

There isn't a believable emotion in her performance and the movie suffers for it. You don't want to put down a 14-year-old girl who looks and sounds as young as she does, but fault lies in the casting that placed photogenicism above talent. Leading lady Danielle Campbell is a distractingly weak actress.

The boldest it gets is putting TMZ-type media in the crosshairs, a message it's hard to sympathize with while recognizing the integral part that tabloid photojournalism plays in Disney's ongoing manufacturing of multi-platform young stars. Like everything else the Disney Channel seems to put out lately, StarStruck is a tween girl's fantasy in which fame can be flirted with and improbable love can bloom, all the while learning lessons. It's both ends of the romcom arc and you can bet there are some wacky disguises and hijinks to boot. sightseeing, on which they alternate between developing feelings and not being able to stand one another. While the self-centered Sara is busy catching rays, Jessica and Christopher reunite for a day of L.A. He helps her get home and then she helps him avoid getting photographed.Īpparently, the paparazzi travel in ominous black vans and neither their pursuits nor Christopher's fear of them ever subsides. It is Jessica who runs into Wilde, unimpressed by his fame and wealth. That clues you into which one is destined to connect with him, in case you don't know going in and their introductory scene deliberately throws you off.

Older sister Sara (Maggie Castle) is a diehard Christopher Wilde fan determined to meet him younger sister Jessica (Danielle Campbell) isn't. Wilde is about to break into movies, but landing a breakthrough role requires staying out of the tabloids, something his paparazzi-tipping girlfriend Alexis (Chelsea Staub, 'Jonas') makes tough.īecause Disney likes to balance superstardom with normalcy, the flip side of the movie deals with the Olsons, two teen sisters from Kalamazoo, Michigan who take a Los Angeles vacation with their parents to visit their grandmother. The requisite young music star here is Christopher Wilde (Sterling Knight, 'Sonny With a Chance'), a rich, effeminate teen with many gold records and a huge fan following. Somewhere between the 120th and 130th Disney Channel Original Movie made (semi-qualifying productions give the list some leeway), StarStruck immediately channels many of the same themes as vehicles of Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. Each of those properties has generated franchises, complete with sequels, platinum soundtracks, expansions, and every tie-in item you could think of.įranchises are all the rage under the present Disney administration (chaired by the Disney Channel president behind the aforementioned), so it's no surprise that the company would look at current draws as a way to build another potential cable tween mini-empire. What do they all have in common? Pop music. Two single-sided discs (DVD-9 & CD) / Black Keepcase in Holographic Cardboard SlipcoverĪlso available as Standalone Extended Edition DVD ($26.99 SRP)īuy StarStruck from : Extended Edition DVD & Soundtrack CD Īmong Disney Channel's biggest 21st century hits are 'Hannah Montana', High School Musical, Camp Rock, and The Cheetah Girls. Subtitles: English for Hearing Impaired, French, SpanishĬlosed Captioned Extras Not Captioned or SubtitledĭVD Release Date: J/ Suggested Retail Price: $29.99 Songs: 'StarStruck', 'Shades', 'Hero', 'Something About the Sunshine', 'What You Mean to Me', 'Party Up', 'Got to Believe'ġ.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 (English, French, Spanish) Original Air Date: Febru/ Running Time: 84 Minutes (Extended Cut) / Rating: TV-G

'Stubby' Stubbins), Chelsea Staub (Alexis Bender), Beth Littleford (Barbara Olson), Dan O'Connor (Dean Olson), Lauren Bowles (Sherry Wilde), Ron Pearson (Daniel Wilde), Matt Winston (Alan Smith), Toni Trucks (Libby Lam), Alice Hirson (Grandma Olson), Abbie Cobb (AJ), Hugh Dane (Howard), Sunkrish Bala (Dr. Director: Michael Grossman / Writers: Barbara Johns (story & teleplay), Annie DeYoung (teleplay)Ĭast: Sterling Knight (Christopher Wilde), Danielle Campbell (Jessica Olson), Maggie Castle (Sara Olson), Brandon Mychal Smith (Albert J.