Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Stephanie
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Edwin
The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
annevejb
Once upon a time an aging second plus childhood type purchased Wizards Of Waverly Place, The Movie, and soon felt it sensible to stay well away from anything involving those three brats. But hints in bits of some episodes of the series, not the movie, made the aging one reconsider.Apologies for the word 'brats'. The movie of that name, that I found to be okay.This has the fem brat of WoWP,T Movie. But it is actually not so much brat as an okay and fairly sensitive story. There is also a fem lead of Camp Rock 2 in this and while she does a weak imitation of Robot Buffy, something that Gellar acted really well at around the age of early twenties, she is oh so much nicer in this than in Camp Rock 2.When I was considering purchasing this I mostly looked at the Amazon UK reviews that mention it as loved by kids, less so by the parents who actually purchased it. On that basis this appeared to get glowing reviews. I found that aging second plus childhood type could really get to like this movie.Further, from an armchair tourism angle. The feature is listed as being filmed in the Caribbean, mostly masquerading as USA, Louisiana.
lisafordeay
Every time I watch this movie I always think of Princess diaries cause you've got a girl who is a princess she runs away from her country and befriends a girl named Carter(Selena Gomez) and she learns what its like as an ordinary girl. The plot is easy enough to follow but the ending is a bit of a letdown. I saw it on Disney Channel so many times I think it was a nice film suitable for teenagers who are 12 up.Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez star in this fairytale all about friendship and being royal.The cast is OK Selena Gomez was alright and Demi Lovato was a real princess.The music is average and the whole story is a bit like Cinderella meets princess diaries in a way. If you have any one who loves fairy tales and who likes DCOM's then I suggest that you should see it.I'll give it a 6/10 as it was a decent flick with an OK message.
nourhan95
I admit I am a fan of some Disney movies and not a fan of Demi Lovato. I went to see this movie expecting to be disappointed in her. The only reason people even saw this movie was because it had Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato in it, for all they cared, the movie would have been named "Hong Kong Kung Fu Chury" & They still would have seen this. So for the same reasons people go to see "Snakes on a Plane", to see some actual snakes on a actual plane. This movie was made to serve the actresses and did no significance to the audience. Its basically them bouncing and popping around the camera. I came out disappointed in 3 totally different things. This film had 3 major flaws and Demi's acting ability or lack thereof was the least of this films worries and truthfully, though I don't think Demi can act her way out of a paper bag, her performance didn't help the film, I think she was the same as she was in her other Disney movies (Camp Rock, etc). However, this film lacks the 3 C's. Cohesion, Chemistry and Character development. Lets start with Cohesion.Cohesion: For those that don't know what cohesion means, its the glue that holds and strings things together, makes it flow seamlessly. If you have A-C cohesion would be "B". There were a lot of A's and C's no B's.This film left you wondering many times "how did we get here?" Lets put aside the fact that Demi is in a new country and doesn't know how to fit in. I found it very interesting how she got around so well with just having got there. There was no explanation for much of anything at all and at times it appeared that things were thrown in just to have an excuse to have a love interest, or for how quickly her co-star Selena Gomez started to befriend her. Did you at any point feel "this movie is dragging along?" Which brings me to...Chemistry: There was none AT ALL, it felt like a 1 night stand. No ones performance made me give a damn about their cause. Some say well Miley Cyrus didn't give an Oscar worthy performance in Hannah Montana the movie. Well she didn't have to be Daniel Day Lewis in the film because she and her co-stars had chemistry. Selena Gomez was raw and natural and her comedic timing and seriousness was on point half of the time. She was decent in the movie, but did not bond well with Demi. The rest of the co=stars were thrown in there for the sake of having stereotypical characters, basically they were cardboard fillers. which takes me to my final point..Character development: It is hard to have cohesiveness and chemistry if your characters are poorly developed. Yes this is only a Disney movie and don't lie and say its not. Some of the exact same dialogue, exact same scenarios, changing the country and training/learning tools does not really develop throughout the movie. But how you can not build the characters is beyond me. Again, Selena's dad was just in their for the sake of her having a father. He did a lot of non sensible things, what kind of parent would leave their 16 year old daughter alone for 3 days?. The story was just awful, and everything felt rushed. I am recommending not to see this because its flat out boring. Oh and Demi dialogue near the end after she was rescued, sounded like she was tired of filming and just wanted to get the lines over with. Now see HSM may not be excellent, but at least you cared about the character and the supporting cast. Remove the characters from this film and see what difference it makes. Meaning, if you take out Chad from HSM, you will feel something is missing. Remove the boys from this one and any cause could replace her, not saying they wasn't good at their role, it just wasn't memorable or necessary.I'll put it like this, when you walked away from the HSM and even to this day, you don't call Vanessa Hudgens, Vanessa Hudgens, you see her photo and you say "that's Gabriella" or with Miley Cyrus, you would say "Hannah Montana!". Their characters were believable. You walk from this and its Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato. Poor character development, poor story. The end.I'm giving this a 3 star because the only thing I liked about that movie was Selena Gomez's white dress from the premiere. I thought that was gorgeous. Which brings me to my next point that has been bugging me from the moment I saw Demi Lovato. Demi is u-g-l-y. Ugly. There, I said it.
Annie Morales
First of all, the ending was soooooooooo awful and I knew some of you wanted to know what happened with Ed and Carter and stuff like that. I was looking forward to that to but then I guess it was a big disappointment. But seriously, friendship is the main theme here and I think each best friend should watch this....I meant the lesson of the story. It's pretty good Carter spared Rosie and went with the General Guy and sacrificed herself for her best friend. And her dad, OMG, I hate it! The part when the rescued her....her dad should've said "I'm proud of you, Carter, you inherited my skills" or stuff like that that Carter was a brave person but of course she might've be in trouble but above all, it's a typical Disney movie except for the ending which is awful.