Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936750812
Format: AC-3
Label: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-08-19
Running Time: 90
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
MPN: 05603000

This summer is gonna ROCK! Get ready to sing and dance like never before with the electrifying Disney Channel Original Movie CAMP ROCK! Disney's exclusive DVD and Blu-ray disc explode with "Too Cool" bonus features including an extended never-before-seen ending and "How To Be A Rock Star" a sensational series full of tips and secrets from the CAMP ROCK cast to help make your real-life rock star dream come true! When Mitchie scores a job as a cook at Camp Rock her life takes an unpredictable twist and she learns just how important it is to be true to yourself. Join the platinum-selling Jonas Brothers and the hottest cast of performers at the coolest summer camp anywhere! Experience CAMP ROCK in a whole new way in this Extended Rock Star Edition packed with hit music hip dance moves and bonus features that will have your family singing dancing and rocking over and over again.System Requirements:Running Time: 90 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: TV-G UPC: 786936750812 Manufacturer No: 05603000

Customer Rating:
Summary: Usual Disney song and dance
Comment: This is a Disney Channel Original Movie, so don't go into it expecting anything too much in the way of a plot. The sitcom-type story is supported (and padded) by a full soundtrack of tween pop music and dancing, and touches on many of the issues facing the target age group, namely fitting in, peer pressure, un-cool and too-cool parents, jealousy, and last but not least, loving the Jonas Brothers.

Tween idol Joe Jonas plays the leading man, a young pop star who's been behaving badly, and gets sentenced to teaching dance classes at an upscale summer camp for musicians. The other Jonas brothers also play supporting roles, and perform a couple of songs at the camp.

Demi Lovato plays the female lead, a promising singer/songwriter whose mother takes a catering job at the camp so that she can afford the fees. There's also the rich girl, played by Meaghan Jette Martin, and her obligatory two henchgirls; the usual outcast who befriends the new girl (well played by Alyson Stoner), and the well intentioned Camp Director. Add some supporting singers and dancers, and a ready group of back-up dancers, and you have (drum roll) Camp Rock.

Short Attention Span Summary (SASS):

1. Girl goes to camp and meets boy
2. Girl messes up big time
3. This is a Disney movie, so after the song and dance, everyone lives happily ever after.

While I recognize the age-appropriate manner in which the movie addresses certain issues, the wrapping up happens far too quickly to be even remotely believable, but then, the target audience probably isn't paying too much attention to the story anyway.

I've seen girls doing the "I'm not worthy" bow in front of posters for this movie, so I'm guessing that it would be a good gift for any fan of the Jonas Brothers on your list.

Tween rating: 4.5 stars
Adult rating: 3 stars (given for the music and the family values)



Amanda Richards, August 30, 2008

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Pretty Okay Disney movie-love it for the songs
Comment: I am glad that both Camp Rock[Extended edition] and The Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus Best of Both World Concert 3D were released at the same time and they had some deal when you buy both. I bought both. On Camp Rock, the whole story line is okay and typical, there is always those group of girls who single out a girl who is sort of different from them. The girls on there weren't that great at acting,but I really enjoyed watching it for the music and songs by the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. The other characters who sang on there were also good. I would't mind watching it again and that's what I like about most Disney movies.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A vehicle for fans of Joe Jonas with some truth about the "work" of showbiz in its extras
Comment:
Camp Rock was so long anticipated for its Disney Channel premiere that, as far as the local kids were concerned, the world stopped turning that evening. Though it's sort of being sold as a Jonas movie, it's really a vehicle for up-and-coming young star Demi Lovato and "ouch he's sooooooo keee-uwww-te!" Joe Jonas. His brothers have marginal roles, reportedly due to Joe's insistence they be included. Demi has that Sally Field winsomeness down pat -- ABC should have no trouble recasting if they ever bring back The Flying Nun. (Seriously, which Saint can I pray to for that? I loved that show.)

The movie follows the garden-variety teen formula, where the nice girl learns to be true to her mom and her friends and herself and the mean girl is told off (with perhaps the greatest line in the history of teen movies: "B-T-W, your lip gloss is soooo not glossy anymore!")

Even though Camp Rock's DVD includes one disc; there are comparatively more extras, like songs, videos and the like. What really impressed me was, believe it or not, "How to Be a Rock Star," a series of mini-docs currently being promoted on the Disney Channel. What I like is that they balance material like Demi giving the impression that she's having a constant ball making the movie. That may be true, but it could also give young, impressionable kids the idea that it's a nonstop laugh-filled party to be a showbiz kid.

However, as the "Rock Star" segments continue, the more refreshingly straightforward they become, and the less public relations-driven they seem. Kids need to hear how much practice, school, dedication, discipline and hard, hard work all of the cast must commit to in order to make any kind of success.

It's a message rarely shown with any degree of emphasis on today's various entertainment magazine shows. Kids often see either the extreme of fun and glamour or the extreme of dysfunction. In between there are lots of people who earn what they get because they work hard. Someone actually says, "None of these kids has any of this handed to them."

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome movie!!!!
Comment: I loved this movie and have watched it about a million times! The Jonas Brothers are amazing and so was Demi Lovato! This is one of my favorite movies! The songs were great!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: The movie is great, but what's with full screen only?
Comment: Even as an adult (38) and father or two boys (5 & 8) I found myself enjoying the movie. The plot obviously isn't too deep but allows you to have fun throughout the movie.

Sadly the DVD version falls short in presentation. I find it a mistake to not offer a widescreen version of the film other than Blu-Ray. Seeing that there was only one option to purchase as a DVD, I had assumed that either both versions were on the disc or that it was just widescreen. It was a huge disappointment to find out that the movie is only 4x3.

Long story short. I wish I had read the details better on Amazon. In the end I would have not purchased this and just let the kids continue to watch the HD version we recorded on the DVR with commercials.

The movie itself is 4 stars. Unfortunately I knocked this rating down to 3 stars because of the forced 4x3 format on DVD.

Disney, what are you thinking?

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