From Justin to Kelly (2003)

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Sure its goofy and corny at times with some bad dancing and singing...but it was filmed in ft lauderdale...and i was there, its about spring break and it had kelly clarkson...what more do you want? If your looking for the movie " Casablanca", this is not it...take it for what its worth...hot girls in bikinis during spring break!!

All these ultra-low reviews are ridiculous. What were these people expecting? A serious drama with superb acting? An action film? Actually 2003's "From Justin to KellY" is a fun musical/beach film in the manner of Elvis films and the 60's beach flicks. One look at the DVD and it's obvious.When viewing films of this ilk it's time to just kick back, turn your brain off and have a good time. On this level "From Justin to Kelly" works fabulously. It's pretty much just as good or better than any Elvis or beach movie you can think of. Filmed in the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area, the story deals with the romantic adventures of youths on Spring Break. Keeping with the traditions of the genre there's no raunch or moronic sex/bathroom humor; the film has an appealing innocence.Another highlight is that there are more gorgeous bikini-clad babes per minute than practically any movie out there (dudes too, if you're a woman).To be expected, the songs featured are all substance-less modern pop ditties. This type of music isn't my cup of tea but it fits the upbeat and fun vibe of the film.I'm hardly an American Idol aficionado but I admit that I do enjoy the show if I see it (my wife watches it); and Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini, the two stars of the film, are two of the more likable "idols" over the years. (I also confess to liking Katharine McPhee, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood, Chris Daughtry, Kelly Pickler and Clay Aiken). (I'm just joking about Aiken -- ha, ha!) To be expected, Kelly and Justin aren't the best actors but they're not bad either; it certainly doesn't prevent you from enjoying the film. They did a fine job all things considered.One can't bring up American Idol without mentioning the ever-present Kimberly Caldwell (from the channel station). She's an undeniably good-looking woman but she tends to grate on the nerves. The reason I bring her up is, if you've ever secretly fantasized about seeing her chopped in half, be sure to check out the goofy gorefest "Wrong Turn 2: Dead End" (2007) (I'd call it a horror film but it's way too silly and over-the-top to be horrifying). This film makes your fantasies come true -- literally! Side A of the DVD features the 81-minute fullscreen version of the film whereas Side B has the 90-minute extended widescreen cut, which has a couple of extra dance numbers. The DVD also features a commentary with the two stars & director, as well as 3 deleted scenes.If you're in the mood for an innocent beach flick turn your brain off and enjoy! GRADE: B

It has literally only been a few minutes since From Justin to Kelly ended and I am already having trouble remembering anything that goes on in this movie. There are...um...some guys, I guess, and um...some girls and, well, one of them is Kelly Clarksson, and they uh, go to the beach and there is singing, and also dancing, and I umm, I guess they fall in love, perhaps?Taking a look at the plot summary, we learn that Justin and his two friends go to Spring Break in Miami where they run into Kelly and her two friends. Despite a complete lack of chemistry (and acting ability) Kelly and Justin apparently fall in love, even though Justin is a party guy, and Kelly is a shy guy. Kelly's friend tries steel Justin away, drama ensues, Kelly confronts friend, drama ends, Kelly and Justin live happily forever after.Now, I understand that a musical movie like this will have a simplistic plot, the focus being on the relationship between the characters and the music but like I said, the relationship between the characters is pretty lackluster and you will be hard pressed to find someone singing along to the music. The only thing memorable about the movie is the awful, awful rendition "That's the Way I Like it" that is used as a finale.

This movie was great. It was way more entertaining than overrated trash as "Rambo" or "Conan the Barbarian". This movie was funny, cute and heartwarming. The characters were very likable, and all the cast made a great work (I never saw them in any other movie, but all the performances of this film were great) The songs were pretty good. I liked all of them. I don't see why there is too much hate for this film, it was pretty good and enjoyable. Just like some movies are way overrated, this film is quite underrated. It is is one of the best romantic films ever made, along with Twilight. It definitely deserves more recognition.