
Small-town girl Jerrica lives an unexceptional life until she takes on a secret identity inspired by her music. She becomes Jem: the bold, stunning and absolutely fearless singer that catapults from an underground video sensation to global superstar overnight. But when it seems that she may lose touch with the things that really matter the most, Jerrica and her band of three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey, discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden... (Full plot summary below)
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Small-town girl Jerrica lives an unexceptional life until she takes on a secret identity inspired by her music. She becomes Jem: the bold, stunning and absolutely fearless singer that catapults from an underground video sensation to global superstar overnight. But when it seems that she may lose touch with the things that really matter the most, Jerrica and her band of three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey, discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden.
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| SF WeeklySherilyn ConnellyThough there are some light sci-fi elements, the story remains largely grounded and based in the real world, focusing on the characters rather than the spectacle. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckReduced to a teen girl empowerment vehicle that trots out every show business cliche about sacrificing your values for stardom, the film is a non-starter. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJem and the Holograms is one of the weirdest big screen adaptations of a cheap TV cartoon that I've seen. That's praise. |
| Daily Journal (Kankakee, IL)Pamela Powell"Jem and the Holograms" is a high energy, lyrical story that hits all the high notes creating a harmonic theme of positivity, creativity, and acceptance. |
| Los Angeles TimesRebecca KeeganIn revisiting the pop rock quest of a multiracial group of adopted sisters in suburban California, Chu has made a stylish and self-aware musical fantasy for the YouTube generation. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfAvoiding a true directorial challenge, Chu plays it dispiritingly safe, trying to make a cartoon about a cartoon that wants little to do with the original cartoon. |
| io9.comCharlie Jane AndersThis movie outsources its biggest moments of narrative intensity to random YouTube vids, which is a filmic choice so incomprehensible, I'm tempted to intrepret it as some kind of grand statement of Dada anti-meaning. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderI never saw the cartoon this is based on, but surely it was at least FUN, right? |
| Fresh FictionCourtney HowardIt's incredibly true to the show's iconography and narrative themes of female empowerment |
| IGN MoviesTerri SchwartzRyan 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 for its big heart. |