You half expect him to threaten to belt either his wife or the Duff herself in the mouth if they keep giving him "back talk." Old crazy Kiwi and surly Sloane, do I smell a spin-off? Terry's father, an overly simple and intimidating figure in the film, seems filled with way too much anger.
Then there's Sloane, the misunderstood loner piano prodigy. There's the goofy Kiwi that plays techno and is just an exaggerated version of Ethan Embry.
Oh Hilary, why would someone drink? It's just awful. Not only does Terry catch Jay macking it with another girl, but he also stumbles to her dorm room late at night totally drunk. Despite the fact that James was a mad pimp in Amanda Bynes' "What A Girl Wants" (as, you guessed it, a guitar playing Brit), he does a complete 180 in "Raise Your Voice." If you thought Chad Michael Murray, the football super-stud from "A Cinderella Story" was bad, then you'll loathe this wanker. The main love interest Jay (Oliver James), the guitar-playing Brit, is a big step down in guy-pals for the Duff. The portrayal of her roommate Denise as a young black girl who needs a scholarship and is struggling to get by is slightly racist. However, despite its dramatic topical shift from Duff's previous work, "Raise Your Voice" remains trapped in simplistic ideology, and isn't half as sharp as "Lizzie McGuire."Īlong Terry's crazy ride at music school, she meets a horde of stereotypical students. The plot alone of "Raise Your Voice" sets it apart from earlier Duff outings like "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" and "A Cinderella Story." Duff seems to be attempting a crossover to a mainstream audience by dealing with issues like death and social interactions similar to starting college.
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