Why does everybody hate this movie?

Ok enough profanities before I wash out your mouth with soap. But here we go: about #4 the movie was called Cadet kelly and while not one of her best still one of the best movies I ever saw. #5 she is the best singer I ever heard. what is this twichy thing i keep hearing about I saw nothing of the sort either time when i saw the movie.

Wow...your telling somebody else to learn grammar when you can't even spell "grammer"...
If you thought the movie was a bitchy movie then why did you watch it???

By the way..I think Hilary Duff is a great actress and she has a great voice!!

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I actually liked this movie a lot.... call me crazy. but I thought it was very good.

feelin' awfully emo

Okay, for what the movie was, a fluffy teen movie, it was alright. I mean, sub-par compared to other films, obviously, but it wasnt the worse film I've seen. To sit and watch it on a rainy day with my little sister didn't kill me, and it even had me giggling at some points. It was, all in all, a cute movie aimed at my 10 year old sister.

To momluvshilary, I don't believe anyone is debating Hilary Duff's personality. I'm sure she's nice, and she's an okay role-model (my little sister loves her), and, yes, she has more money than the rest of us, but that's not exactly a measure of a person's talent. I mean, the music and movie industries are all about who you know and how pretty you are. If you ask any choral instructor or voice teacher, they ill tell you that Hilary's voice is weak and that she doesn't breath properly as a singer. It just a technical truth.

Personally, I don't like Hilary's music or her acting in the majority of things she's starred in. The same way I don't like Britney Spears' music, or Jennifer Aniston's movies. I have nothing against them, they they just aren't my cup of tea. Why do people get so defensive over opinions like this? No one is saying YOU can't like it.

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I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVED THAT MOVIE!

And you all hate Hilary Duff because everything you wanted to be: she's rich, she's famous, she's beautiful, she has a good voice, she's in many films, she's all over on the media

I despise this movie.
I have watched it once and never watched it again.
Hilary duff cant sing to save her life.
It always turns out perfect in the end.
It goes on and on
She has some serious issues.
Everytime she sees a light she starts spazzing out cuz it reminds her of her dead brother.
If she spazzes out every time she sees a light why is she there is first place.
If you listen to her voice when she sings it realy high and squeaky.
but then when she goes to the concert her voice sounds perfect cuz she is lyp singing.
I just think this is the stupidest movie in the world.

For once I'd like to see someone defending this movie with some other argument besides "ur so mean, hilary rox! ure 2 stupid". I believe the original poster asked why people disliked this movie, and I believe a fair share of the people who have replied here have done so in a coherent and thorough manner. I think I'll add in my $0.02. While I don't hate this movie, I do believe it's highly overrated:

First of all, get over it, the movie is incredibly cliche. Yes C-L-I-C-H-E. The fact that it borrows elements from a variety of "teeny bopper" films does nothing to deter the obvious. I could atleast name a dozen movies with a plot too similar to "Raise your Voice". So, reason #1 the movie is overrated: The plot has been exhausted and beaten to death, overdone and too cliche.

On to the acting and singing. Look, I have nothing against Duff; I actually enjoyed Lizzie McGuire (and I was around 17 when it finished its run). But you fans have to give it up. Hilary can't sing worth a damn. No, she's not the worst ever..but she doesn't have the talent or authentic skill to back up the sort of performance her character was supposed to pull off. On with Ms. Duff; her acting is very one-dimensional, she portrays the same type of character in almost every film she makes. Her performance is somewhat bland and unappealing; it's entertaining for a while, but it's too much sugar and not enough substance. I guess that summed up reason #2 why the film is overrated.

Didn't the boyfriend's drinking problem bother anyone else? Yes, I think it was made quite clear that the guy had a *problem*. But the issue was neither cleared up or resolved. If they were only to address it for dramatic purposes and not bring any sort of resolution to it at all..then why use that plot device in the first place?

I suppose I delved into the biggest issues to do with this film. Anything else that escapes me at the moment was probably too little a matter anyway. But it goes without saying that there are minor details which make Raise your Voice even less appealing and more appalling.

P.S: This movie just fails miserably in trying to encompass too much. It borrows from so many other plots and fails to deliver in any of them 100%/
-->If you want to see a movie about a younger sister who deals with her older brother's death, just watch: "Looking for David's Heart".
-->If you want to watch a movie about a small town girl chasing her stardom dreams and falling in love (God, there's too many to name), I think one of the originals was "Two Tickets to Broadway" with Janet Leigh. For a cheaper version go see Crossroads, or heaven forbid Glitter. [For extra points, if you want to see a relatively "small" town girl making it Big..and with the added bonus of stage fright (much like Duff's character) watch Coyote Ugly.]
-->If you were moved by the relationship between student and teacher, then there's like 200 films to see..but all right, teeny bopper-ish..Mona Lisa Smile?
-->If you feel like seeing a movie about a girl who struggles to build her future and go against the odds to make it to a school, I recommend the TV movie "Homeless to Harvard".
--> If you want to see a movie which highly stereotypes every teen character in it and makes their performances and lives to be highly cliche and predictable..watch ANY Molly Ringwald movie from the 80s.
-->If what got you hooked where all the "Star" cameos..then you might as well watch "Mars Attacks!". Worst movie ever, but boy does it have an A List of protagonists.