I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This movie is such a classic. Obviously not sophisticated but that's not the point of the movie. Just a solid feel good classic. Hilary Duff is great.

I'm amazed at the "love it" comments, vs the "anti-Duff" comments. RT rates it at 15%, and it probably would be that if another actress was the lead. The mood of the movie was wrong, and even Duff couldn't quite bring it out its pit, or maybe casting Duff was wrong if they wanted a in the pit movie (which I don't think was their intention). Lots of people criticise Duff for this movie, when the problem is the casting and directing of it. They appear to have hired Duff to lighten up the movie, but she can only do so much, and the task was probably beyond any actress. It really needed a lot of work done to it before being made into a final product.

Whoa, this movie received mainly poor reviews from critics and did not live up to box office expectations garnering just $13,573,284....Now that's bad... But none of those critics saw the potential of this movie.... OK, the plot is a somewhat common in the world of movie industry. OK maybe many people expected more out of this. But think outside of the box for a moment. Watch the movie but first of all, take your egoistic-critic-character out when you do. Now, that's it.You would never see anything beyond what you think of it. Pay attention to the movie's moral lesson. Look at it closely. Then rate it...I, myself, have seen many movies that received really high reviews from critics but when I watched it, it doesn't really add up to the fact of its high ratings.I love this movie... Period... See it for yourselves but remember to throw away your... aw, you know it already so whats the point it saying it..

Well, Raise Your Voice is about a small town girl with a huge dream. Though her father won't let her, Terri wants to go to a prestigious summer music school, and only the best singers and musicians can get in. Terri is later accepted. She goes behind her father's back, and pretends to be at her aunts house. Some find this plot stupid. It the lie that confuses things in the movie. The lie is supposed to make the movie. The lie is why Terri goes to the music school. It's also about a father/daughter relationship, and how rocky it can seem and how much a father can care. You just need to talk and he'll understand. Terri is supposed to find herself in this movie. She wants to get over her brothers death, but it keeps coming back to her. She has to accept the fact that the accident wasn't her fault and that others are there for her. Terri finds friends and then finds herself at the end of the movie. This is one awesome movie. In my opinion, one of the best.