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Kevin Quinn and Bailee Madison on A Week Away.
MOVIE:
A week away
WHERE TO SEE:
Netflix
OUR RATING:
2.5 stars
WHAT IS IT ABOUT:
Troubled teenager Will Hawkins (Kevin Quinn) has a choice to make: go to a juvenile detention center or attend Christian summer camp. While at camp, and with the help of her music, new friends, and love interests (Bailee Madison), she learns that the healing powers of kindness, forgiveness, and faith can be found in the most unlikely places.
WHAT WE THINK:
I’m a Disney Channel kid. I grew up with Miley and Selena, I know all the words to I have to go my own way (the Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron parts), and I still hear Demi Lovato sing This is me every time I need to believe, usually in myself. I call that content healthy and A week away He tries to give that to a whole new generation of kids, but he doesn’t get all the right grades.
Netflix’s new musical sees a family take in troubled teenager Will (Kevin Quinn), who must transform his life to avoid going to jail by following them to summer camp. Of course, just when he’s starting to embrace it all, finding love along the way with the camp director’s daughter, Avery (Bailee Madison), his past catches up with him. After deep reflection on a musical number or two (of course), you must decide whether you will rush, as you always have, or open up to something and someone new.
Kevin Quinn and Bailee Madison’s performances were good, David Koechner and Sherri Shepherd added a bit of star power, but the real standout, also vocally, was really Jahbril Cook, Will’s best friend. However, neither the songs nor the dance sequences were good enough to bring this film out of its eminent oblivion.
It is enough High school musical Satisfies Rock camp Will even looks exactly like Troy Bolton, only summer camp is built on faith, adding a whole new look to the movie, and yet even that doesn’t do much to elude the predictability of the teenage musical. Nor is it up to par with its predecessors. While I’m sure it will win the hearts of some tweens and teens, I also don’t think it can compare to movies like To all the boys and Kissing booth trilogies or television shows like Julie and the ghosts from the same legendary HSM, Kenny Ortega.
That said, I wouldn’t completely rule out letting the kids watch this one. Though it didn’t convert me, I’m sure others will be delighted if Will and the gang return for a second summer of fun in the sun (Netflix certainly opened the movie up to a sequel). and it’s the perfect movie for the whole family.
Cheesy? Absolutely. But you’ll still have that sweet, healthy feeling of a teen movie musical, with a comforting and positive message at its core: believe and take a leap of faith.
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
