![]() ![]() The Jem and the Holograms remake is not faithful enough to the original. A humorous sendup would have been a lot more interesting, and unfortunately this version is completely humorless. I’m not saying a spoof of Jem and the Holograms was in order, but this slick production doesn’t feel at all like a loving homage, and more like a formulaic A-Star-Is-Born-meets- Hannah-Montana ripoff. The Brady Bunch Movie was presented as a spoof in which the dated and hopelessly naive Bradys have to survive in the edgy 1990s. Remember The Brady Bunch Movie? The secret sauce to its success was that it found so much humor in the process of updating the classic show. I think the Jem and the Holograms live-action movie’s biggest flaw is that it takes itself way too seriously. Together the four sisters have a garage band, but Erica is only interested in Jerrica/Jem as a solo act, leading to the story’s main conflict. Jerrica lives with her aunt Bailey (Molly Ringwald) who cares for Jerrica, Kimber, and their other two sisters, Shana (Aurora Perrineau) and Aja (Haley Kiyoko), who were adopted out of the foster care system. It’s great to see 1980s icon Molly Ringwald back on the big screen – and it’s somehow appropriate that it’s in a vehicle that got its start in the 1980s – but I hope to see her again soon in better movies. The video goes viral overnight, and Erica is foaming at the mouth to sign this mystery Internet star. The movie kicks off when garage band singer Jerrica Benton’s sister Kimber (Stefanie Scott) posts a video of Jerrica singing on Youtube as her alter ego Jem. She is an archetypal Hollywood executive on a power trip who loves to see others squirm. The one who does have fun is Juliette Lewis in the role of the selfish and shallow villain Erica Raymond, owner of Starlight Music. ![]() ![]() She’s a talented singer-actress, but unfortunately she doesn’t look like she’s having a lot of fun with the role. Aubrey Peeples as Jerrica/Jem in the new Jem and the Holograms movie 2015 (Photo: ) ![]()
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