PLOT SUMMARY
When financial woes threaten their church’s future, a group of teens, led by one talented performer, enters a song and dance competition in hopes of winning a heavenly cash prize.
This is a film by Faith Films a spin off of Asylum Films. Apparently they attended a seminar for marketing to a Christian audience. The seminar host suggested that the perfect movie would be a Christian version of High School Musical. So they got $8,400 dollars together and made this!
Cast
Nobody’s name is ever memorable so we just give them all names when we first meet them based on their role in the movie or what made them famous.
- “Lewis” – Chris Chatman as Zachary
- “Bedroom Eyes” – Candise Lakota as Savannah
- “High Maintenance” -Krystle Conner as Aundrea
- “Douche” – Unknown actor
Live Blog
Loading the DVD graces the screen with some 3D graphics last seen in the 1980s. Menu gets tunes reminds Mrs Duck of the clean rap with Will Smith on Family Guy, Mr Duck thinks it sounds vaguely like a some from the Film Driven. Have to say the song is better than anything was expecting, then again his film cost less than $10,000 to make so I have low expectations.
Waffle eaten, wine at the ready we hit play… Opening scenes has a guy dancing and rapping to the choir competition. We have our first some “clearly mimed, badly danced” says Mrs bear. Mr Duck thinks white girl in the front row is giving an un-religious look at our hero.
The White (uncool) choir get up and are shit, not X factor shit but poor. Mrs Duck wonders if it is a social commentary that the multi cultural choir was good and the all white one suck badly?
The competition sign is spray painted. Rap battles using “man hole” as a challenge. Lewis is having dinner with his family they said grace, anyway he won, his mom has news. Mom lost her job at the hospital. She taking it in her stride, family are great standing by until he finds there moving. Mrs Duck just pointed out Lewis’ could be his film moms child his brother however is truely a brother from another mother.
Lewis is telling his friend that he’s moving 45 mins away, she looks like she’s gonna break into song, yeah we have some tunes, reminds me of the Blues Brother scene with aritha Franklin just with teenagers on a roof.
Is he the only person at school says Mrs Duck, yeah because they shot this film at the weekend says Mr Duck. This is Lewis new school, he’s getting partnered up. He’s amazingly partnered up with a girl with a cross, she’s into him whole they do cooking, she was the girl looking at him at the choir competition I’m going to call her “Bedroom Eyes”. Think Ghost just with cooking, oh no the dynamic is now “off” I think this is the not friends but will end up dating.
He’s now sharing a textbook and talking about some religious stuff. Mrs Duck thinks Lewis is getting some hostility. Geek dude says he thinks Lewis is spying on them. I guess the aunt married into the family as she’s so obviously not related.
The audio balance levels in this film are a little off, when Lewis starts singing his “my upset” song the balance goes through the roof. Also the U.S. Army extended his dad’s tour when he had 2 weeks left of his tour. His song is all good keep fighting, keep walking etc cliche town.
Mrs Duck thinks there are a lot of rooftop scenes.
Choir planning without Lewis now he’s moved. Mrs Duck said there wasn’t much church in this film, we’ve how had church leader dad, choir leader daughter, Lewis Lewis mates etc. Plus some advice on praying for father to daughter. Heartfelt stuff.
Dad is teaching daughter newmonics to remember stuff, is scene is way to long. Mrs Duck keeps mentioning the school is empty, (Mr Duck rolls his eyes like Mrs Duck does when he mentions a DeLorean).
The cooking class is in the geography room it looks like. Sigh more information on the bible, some douche keeps talking, teacher cuts him off. Lewis gets asked to clean the choir room for detention. It’s a conspiracy of biblical proportions says Mrs Duck.
Douche Nerd is acting like a douche, the choir start to sing really badly. Lewis walks out slowly makes joke about the choir needing a miracle, his old friends too busy practising to hang. Lewis doings some body popping in the toilets, watch out you might bump into George Micheal. Mrs Duck thinks its a footloose moment.
Original choir getting upset it doesn’t flow without Lewis. The new choir are really staid and also shit sounding. I think Lewis is joining in with the new choir, he’s just chilling in the room and everyone but Douche wants his help.
Another song, do you own thing by Lewis, he is singing his way into making the new choir have some style. Very dubbed but suddenly everyone has rhythm. He’s a walking miracle people!
Lewis been dumped by his old friends for helping the new crew out.
Douchbag is worried that Lewis is a bad thing. Douche and Bedroom eyes have a sing off about Lewis.
Lewis is getting some shit for his teacher if you don’t get a B you get kicked out of choir.
Mrs Duck shouts LOOK BACKGROUND ACTORS THERE WERE TWO OF THEM!
Bedroom eyes is upset at her dad for shrinking her shirt, she’s being a *****
Bedrooms eyes’ dad is doing too much preaching to her she says, glad someone said it.
Bedroom eyes is flirting with Lewis helping him study in peer to peer tutoring… He’s getting it. A little bit of flirting and he stuck his foot in it making a joke about her not having problems. Her mom died.
“She so wants to fuck him in unchristian like ways” says Mrs duck. Can’t disagree she isn’t called bedroom eyes for no reason.
Old choir is closing down they don’t have enough cash, they said we have the end of the month. They high maintainance has walked out. Lewis is unaware.
Bedroom eyes HUGGED Lewis. That’s like super risky for this film. Lewis took bedroom eyes to the rooftops where he sang with high maintenance . Speak of the devil she just appears…
She accuses Lewis of walking out in his church and his choir, she also intimates he has new “friends” now and looks at bedroom eyes.
They are passing a note in church between choir members perhaps both choirs could compete together? Lewis has a plan… The choir starts of boring and old school waiting for the funk to drop. Sadly funk dropped.
High maintenance gets pissy but after douche says her voice would be an asset she joins. It’s like high maintenance and douche are peas in a pod. Rehearsal isn’t going well the two schools are chalk and cheese. Lewis isn’t here to short shit out. It starting to go downhill.
Lewis arrives and starts to make everyone get sorted out using a song. Bedroom eyes is looking upset as he sings to high maintenance. He is laying down a funky beat singing “things are better with you” etc all good wholesome stuff. Everyone is having fun now.
Oh no the church of the gospel youth choir, they have won the last 3 years! Getting some funky clichéd old school black choir coming on stage.
Oh oh, a complaint coming from the other choir… also Bedroom eyes is looking a little sick and heads for some air. She comes back in after chewing some gum and looks at Lewis with her eyes.
They have been told they can’t compete, they seem to give up easily but they have some crap plan. They quote the bible to get back in. The judges think about it and….
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Judges let them to perform but they cannot win the prize. They seem to be pretty ok about this even though they can’t save the Church with the prize money. That other choir aren’t very Christian, getting them banned and all.
They start singing, OMG Lewis’ dad arrives with a cane in full uniform!!!! He sings with a smile a long with high maintenance in a duet, it now breaks into the entire choir now. They start dancing and singing with style. Dancing etc like in blues brothers, all dubbed but dancing isn’t horribly timed. Everyone bursts into applause.
Can’t believe the people in the audience, they are applauding that the other choir won, oh but wait the other choir have changed their minds and gave the prize money and the title to the combined choir! The church is saved!
Bedroom eyes kissed Lewis (no tongues and under a second) and the credits roll.
Fin
Final Score
Three/Five Bibles – The faith part was laid on a little too think at times and the PG rating was a little obvious at times. Overall could have been a lot worse, I was happier watching this than High School Musical. For under $10k pretty decent stuff.
Review Summary
I feel like I have been forced into a large vat of cheese and have been forced to eat my way out. -Mrs Duck
If you absolutely positively have to watch a religious based musical accept no substitute. I never watched high school musical but you can tell this is the superior film. – Mr Duck
take me to the asylum 