This movie reminds me of the Ocean Eleven movies of the past few years. The remakes, not the originals. In the sense that it is a very obvious promotional vehicle for select celebrities, primarily Cher and Christina Aguilera, but a few others you will recognize.
But regardless of that, it’s a very entertaining movie overall. All be it very shallow, in that the storey line is incredibly shallow. Many scenes with Cher appear to be quite purposely adlibbed, one can only guess she either refused to memorize lines or the director though it was cute. It wasn’t cute, it made me wince a bit. And there is a very awkward scene to promote a song, that is sung by her, and it interrupts the flow of the storey completely. There was no purpose to her singing a song at that point, and there can be no doubt it was rammed into the middle of the movie after the fact. I’m sure even the writer of this movie would have worked it in better if it had been planned.
Christina Aguilera is quite good in this show. I was impressed. Cher was Cher, she brings the same strong character (herself) to all her roles, they really don’t differ. Though I felt she wasn’t acting in this movie at all, she simply played herself as the character, the wise-cracking, arrogant, over confident, pretty singer. And I felt she played it weak actually, making me imagine that she simply showed up to do her lines and get it over with. Her character has no “heart” at all.
Cher is fun and fills any stage with her presence, but Christina Aguilera steals the show, both in the storey line and in the making of this movie. Needless to say, the movie is full of pretty people and sets that glues is loosely together.
6.5/10