Worst movie ever made

Rating: 1/10 (26 November 2007)

Absolutely unbearable. It was so unrealistic I couldn't stand it. Every time I started to like it a little, they pulled out something ridiculous and I started hating it again. The guitar playing, the cello playing, the piano, the organ - it was so badly done and obviously fake. The kid picks up a guitar for the first time, and in 5 minutes is playing like an expert? In the "dueling banjos" scene, his dad shows up out of nowhere, they don't bother to tune up, and instantly play something that would obviously take some rehearsal? The "instant Mozart" formula was preposterous. Come on, nobody teaches themselves to write musical notation in a day, much less write a symphony in 6 months with no training. This movie is an insult to real musicians. Robin Williams' abandoned theater where he kept a posse of little kids? Come on, even in New York he would have been thrown in jail. The only good part was that little girl who could really sing - at least I hope it was her and not somebody else dubbed in - who can tell. And other reviewers have said how great the music was - ugh if I hear that stupid 5 note theme again I'll puke. The repetitiveness of it was worse than "Coming Around Again" in Hearturn. Ecch.