Review of From Justin to Kelly (2003) by Steve R — 25 Mar 2014

Wow... This film really took me by surprise. I had such a great time watching this movie. Oh don't get me wrong, From Justin To Kelly is probably one of the worst movies ever made. But you know what? I laughed so hard and was fascinated about how bad it really is. The Acting, writing and musical numbers are just so bad that it just results in a hilarious piece of Crap. All I can say is... WOW!

Now it's going to be very hard describing this plot here because really I am not sure if there really is one. It's very clumsy with no execution whatsoever. So apparently Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini play... Justin and Kelly. They are having fun with their friends on Spring Break in Miami. Somehow they feel a "connection" (sure whatever) that pretty much is never fully realized because this evil Blonde gets in the way for no real reason. Yeah like I said, this movie has a plot that makes absolutely no sense. In fact, the romance makes no sense. Any time Justin and Kelly try to be romantic I would imiidately start laughing. It's obvious Kelly Clarkson doesn't want to be in this movie and it's clear Justin is no actor. I must also point out this feels like a Rip Off to a lot of Disney movies. There's a very fast romance, comic relief characters that could easily be talking animals and an evil woman who gets a villain song. Oh but it gets even better!

The acting in this movie is just awful, we are talking "The Room" type of awful. No emotion is believable from anyone in this movie. I think the only person who does a decent job is Anika Noni Rose and even then that's not saying much. Still, the acting gets a big laugh from me and really that's one of the reasons why I enjoyed this movie in a "So bad it's good" way.

Though I must say the musical numbers can get very tiring. Some of them last really long and the songs are not very good. Obviously, this movie was a promotional tool for American Idol so yeah talk about Buyer's remorse. Still, it's very fascinating how bad the musical and dance numbers are. I can't really describe it, this movie is the type of bad you only hear in fairy tales. And really that's what From Justin To Kelly is, a bad movie people like me dream about.

Honestly, I don't know what else to say about this movie. Strangely enough, I kind of recommend it. It's just one of those films that is so bad it needs to be watched. The acting is awful, the writing is horrendously awful, the musical numbers are laughable, the two leads have no chemistry and yet I had a great time watching possibly one of the worst movies ever made.