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Standing Ovation

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Inspired by a music-video contest with a million-dollar prize, five young classmates form a music group called "The 5 Ovations." Despite their limited resources, these street-smart teens have the skill and passion to create awesome song-and-dance numbers, and have a real shot at victory. Standing in their way, however, are "The Wiggies," five rich and unscrupulous sisters who will stop at nothing to win the contest.

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Taylor Adams Boston Globe Jul 19, 2010
0.5/4
Parents and anyone beyond adolescence will find it an intolerable attempt to cash in by imitating films they've seen before. Go to Full Review Adam Markovitz Entertainment Weekly Jul 19, 2010
D-
For us grinchy adults out there without children to sedate, the whole thing feels slightly less like a movie than like the filmed record of a mutiny at a juvie talent agency. Go to Full Review Joe Leydon Variety Jul 19, 2010
Despite its absurdly optimistic title, Standing Ovation deserves a resounding chorus of boos, and maybe a few well-aimed tomatoes. Go to Full Review Victoria Luxford The National (UAE) Oct 18, 2013
1/5
A slight, poorly thought-out take on Disney's plethora of music franchises Go to Full Review Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media May 4, 2012
1/5
Tween musical competition with mean behavior, name-calling. Go to Full Review Jackie K. Cooper jackiekcooper.com Jul 27, 2010
3/10
The cast is energetic but the talent is amateurish and the script is dead on arrival. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Athena I @RT72704018 Nov 16, 2025 Give my girls credit they ate down See more Mackenzie T @RT04854190 Nov 15, 2024 the genuinely best most heartfelt movie of all time. a MUST see for all ages. i still listen to the songs from it and i wish they did a remake or a sequel with a higher budget. See more Feb 11, 2022 This is one of the greatest cinematic masterpieces of all time. I was 4 years old when I stumbled across this movie. I still know all of the songs and choreography by heart. 100% a must watch, especially if you have kids!!! See more Jul 30, 2020 All I could want from a movie. A standing ovation for the soul. The singing, the dancing, don't even get me started on the standing, the ovation. I was sitting the entire time but I felt like I was standing. Truly a cinematic marvel. I can't believe this is the first avengers movie and no one knows about it. See more May 17, 2020 pretty sure this is a movie someone just made for their daughter and her friends to be in See more Apr 6, 2020 This movie was really bad nothing makes sense the acting was horrible the music was ok It wasn't catchy and was basically a cliche stereotypical movie I got bored and the plot was moving in different directions there are some songs that just have one word repeated and some of the actors look too old for there part See more Read all reviews
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Stewart Raffill

Director

Al Sapienza

Solly DeGrand

Mario Macaluso

Kenny Rich

Michael Pericoloso

Mikey P.

Jeana Zettler

Zoey Wiggs

Krystal Tini

Choreographer

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Standing Ovation

Standing Ovation (2010) Standing Ovation (2010) (L-R) Kayla Jackson as Brittany, Na'Jee Wilson as Maya, Pilar Martin as Blaze, Alexis Biesiada as Tatiana and Kayla Rapparelli as Cameron in "Standing Ovation." (Right) Pilar Martin as Blaze in "Standing Ovation." Na'Jee Wilson as Maya in "Standing Ovation." View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Inspired by a music-video contest with a million-dollar prize, five young classmates form a music group called "The 5 Ovations." Despite their limited resources, these street-smart teens have the skill and passion to create awesome song-and-dance numbers, and have a real shot at victory. Standing in their way, however, are "The Wiggies," five rich and unscrupulous sisters who will stop at nothing to win the contest.
Director
Stewart Raffill
Producer
Diane Kirman
Screenwriter
Stewart Raffill
Distributor
Rocky Mountain Pictures
Production Co
Kenilworth Film Productions
Rating
PG (Some Rude Behavior)
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 16, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$531.8K
Runtime
1h 48m
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