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Overview

Genre :

Musical, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Release Date :

November 07, 2008 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

Director :

Darren Lynn Bousman

Starring :

Alexa Vega, Paris Hilton, Paul Sorvino, Anthony Head, Sarah Brightman, Sarah Power, Dean Armstrong, J. LaRose, Rebecca Marshall

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..weak on a couple of things a musical needs: music and lyrics..”

by Kyle Smith [New York Post]

“..unfunny, unscary, preposterous..”

by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

Review rate : C

“..Straight bloody, futuristic fun with a musical twist..”

by Skylaire Alfvegren [E! Online]

“..just plain awful and nearly unwatchable..”

by Mark Olsen [LA Times]

“..high-concept, tone-deaf musical..”

by Nathan Lee [NY Times]

Review rate : B
Reviewed by Sean O'Neal [Onion AV Club]

Reviewed by Mariko McDonald [Film Threat]

Review rate : D+
Reviewed by Sean Howe [Entertainment Weekly]

Reviewed by Bob Strauss [LA Daily News]

Reviewed by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]

Reviewed by John P. McCarthy [Boxoffice Magazine]

Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]

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