Fame

Fame offers slick entertainment with some exuberance....The remake features more polished performances....Clearly, the actors playing artsy students at the elite high school have talent..... ... Full Review

they often look stifled by their choreography and their passion.... ... Full Review

The dance numbers are the real highlights (director Tancharoen comes from a strong choreography background) of the 2009 Fame....Tancharoen has made a clearly inferior film.....Fame definitely fits the classic category.....mostly it just makes you miss the original, which makes this film very much unnecessary.....Graced with some great songs (the original film was nominated for six Academy Awards and won two in the music category) and some awfully good young talent, directing Fame (2009) must have been excit ... Full Review

the displays of exuberance, passion, and bodily possibility are the same.....unfortunately Fame can't live up to that ideal.....the adults, including Bebe Neuwirth and Charles S. Dutton, are excellent.....This Fame avoids any such concerns or realities.....Tancharoen wisely doesn't monkey around with that..... ... Full Review

We're shown little tantalizing classroom scenes, with next-to-no follow-up:....Bad song, bad orchestration and bad choreography.....which is actually the movie's best element and its one claim to distinction.....A ghastly finale The movie has two major flaws that come close to taking it down a notch.....Particularly strong is Megan Mullally as the singing teacher, whose blithe manner conceals her own professional disappointment..... ... Full Review

The new movie "Fame" takes place in a high school and features lots of catchy music and dancing by students - a formula that has been pretty successful at the movies recently. ... Full Article

I'm gonna live forever. Baby remember my name.... In a cutthroat world where luck is just as important as skill, only a few survive. And when every day is a struggle, the hope of finding some happiness along the way... ... Full Article

WITH no end in sight to the High School Musical phenomenon, it was inevitable we'd see a remake of Alan Parker's 1980 musical set in a high school - specifically, the New York High School for the Performing Arts. ... Full Article

LOS ANGELES - Every time Naturi Naughton sings the words to Fame , chills run through her body. "You ain't seen the best of me yet," says the petite singer and actress, recalling the words of the famous lyrics. ... Full Article

Yesterday, I hopped to my local movie theater, purchased a ticket for the Fame reboot, and began preparing myself for the exciting performances that would soon appear on-screen. ... Full Article

You've got big dreams. Don't we all. Maybe that's why the world loves Fame , the 1980 movie that fueled a generation of leg-warmer-clad dancing wannabees. ... Full Article