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By Rebecca Keegan (25) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 21 Oct 2015

In revisiting the pop rock quest of a multiracial group of adopted sisters in suburban California, Chu has made a stylish and self-aware musical…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 21 Oct 2015

This new “Jem” might be pure cubic zirconium, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be part of a fun night out…

Review of Jem and the Holograms (2015)

By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for The Guardian (2,969) on 21 Oct 2015

This movie sure means well, and it’s just entertaining enough to (slightly) slip off the shackles of the great cultural conformity factory…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 21 Oct 2015

Fans of the cartoon should stick around for Lewis’ after-credits sequence, which introduces a dastardly rival band…

Review of Jem and the Holograms (2015)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 21 Oct 2015

Intercutting the story's action with eclectic performance clips from YouTube delivers the film's most intriguing point…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 Oct 2015

Chu and screenwriter Ryan Landels's take on fame is more fascinating than most of the film's drab, slow drama…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 Oct 2015

Jem has less in common with its neon-drenched ‘80s source material than with the real-life Internet-to-red-carpet trajectory of Justin Bieber…

Review of Jem and the Holograms (2015)

By Neil Genzlinger (512) for New York Times (5,786) on 21 Oct 2015

There are a few sweet moments early in Jem and the Holograms…

Review of Jem and the Holograms (2015)

By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Variety (12,700) on 21 Oct 2015

Against all odds, “Nashville” series regular Peeples keeps the film watchable, delivering a capable star turn with enough flashes of soul…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 21 Oct 2015

Its one saving grace is that Chu’s direction is so wildly inconsistent that it manages to produce a handful of genuinely gorgeous images…

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By Bill Gibron (1,013) for Film Racket (579) on 21 Oct 2015

This new live action attempt at Jem and the Holograms only goes to prove that, sometimes, revisionism is just another way of ruining a viable…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 21 Oct 2015

No action, no adventure, no warring bands, no production value: this micro budget Jem isn't really Jem at all…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 21 Oct 2015

I never saw the cartoon this is based on, but surely it was at least FUN, right…

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By Blake Goble (229) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 21 Oct 2015

Jem and the Holograms seems pleased enough with itself, to the point that audiences may be amused by it as well…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 21 Oct 2015

It's funny how Jem And The Holograms speaks volumes about individuality, yet, at its core, comes across as generically lackluster as any Disney…

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By Terri Schwartz (21) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 21 Oct 2015

Ryan Landels' script has its weak moments, but the acting of the four lead sisters is so sincere that it's hard to fault Jem and the Holograms…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 21 Oct 2015

[T]here's a little bit of music. There's a lot more of the other stuff…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for NPR (1,713) on 21 Oct 2015

Jem and the Holograms is Mac and Me to Josie and the Pussycats' E.T…

Review of Jem and the Holograms (2015)

By Kristel Jax (1) for National Post (1,405) on 21 Oct 2015

2015's Jem feels as if it was made by a studio and producers obsessed with mini-millenial ticket buyers, whom they believe will relate only…

Review of Jem and the Holograms (2015)

By Linda Barnard (586) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 21 Oct 2015

Jem has lost her outrageousness and gained a robotic sidekick in an overlong, low-budget big-screen reboot of the 1980s toy-selling cartoon series…

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