From Justin to Kelly
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| From Justin to Kelly | |
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 Promotional poster for From Justin to Kelly |
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| Directed by | Robert Iscove |
| Produced by | John Steven Agoglia |
| Written by | Kim Fuller |
| Starring | Kelly Clarkson Justin Guarini Katherine Bailess Anika Noni Rose Brian Dietzen |
| Music by | Greg Siff |
| Cinematography | Francis Kenny |
| Editing by | Tirsa Hackshaw Casey O. Rohrs |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | June 20 2003 |
| Running time | 81 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| IMDb profile | |
From Justin to Kelly is a 2003 film starring Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini, the winner and runner-up, respectively, of the first season of American Idol.
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[edit] Plot
The movie is set during spring break in Miami, Florida. Texan singing waitress Kelly Taylor (played by Clarkson) meets Pennsylvanian college student Justin Bell (played by Guarini), and they fall for each other.
Various romantic complications ensue. Kelly's friend Kaya falls in love with charming bus boy Carlos; Kelly's other friend, Alexa (Katherine Bailess), schemes to keep Justin and Kelly from meeting; Justin's friend, Brandon (Greg Siff), is always getting on the wrong side of a sexy beach patrolwoman; and Justin's other friend, Eddie (Brian Dietzen), tries to hook up with a cyberpal.
[edit] Criticism
The critics began mercilessly deriding the movie upon news of its making, and the movie was the box office bomb they predicted (grossing a mere $5,000,000) despite its association with the popular television show. In an interesting twist, theater chains threatened not to show it at all when distributor 20th Century Fox—in a similar move to the rushed production of the film to capitalize on Idol's popularity—announced plans to rush the movie to VHS and DVD a mere six weeks after its opening weekend. Conceding to theater owners, Fox pushed the scheduled video date back a number of months. When the movie tanked in its first weekend of theatrical release, Fox reinstated the original VHS and DVD release schedule.
Users of the Internet Movie Database have voted the film a prominent position on the site's "Bottom 100": it is now #5 on the list, with a score of 1.8 out of 10 [1]. Other listing systems also rate it among the worst movies ever made. The movie was equally attacked by critics and comedians alike:
Here's the movie: From Justin To Kelly. Here's my review: From Theater To Video
—Craig Kilborn, The Late Late Show, Jun 22, 2003
The film's choreography was considered so bad that a special Golden Raspberry "Governor's Award" was created just so From Justin to Kelly could win it.
Clarkson's already rising musical career was unaffected by the movie's failure, but Guarini's was hurt as the movie's bad buzz coincided with the release of his long delayed debut album.
If there was one success story to come out of this film, it was Anika Noni Rose, who played Kaya. She won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for the Broadway musical Caroline, or Change the very next year. Coincidentally, her next big movie role was opposite another American Idol contestant, Jennifer Hudson, in Dreamgirls.
The movie was nominated for four Teen Choice Awards, including Choice Summer Movie and Choice Chemistry. Kelly Clarkson was nominated for Choice Breakout Movie Star, Female and Choice Crossover Artist.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official movie website
- From Justin to Kelly at the Internet Movie Database
- Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes
- Summary of the movie on Television Without Pity
- IMDb's Bottom 100
- Adudathuda DVD podBLAST alternative DVD commentary for From Justin to Kelly
- From Justin to Kelly - Jabootu's Bad Movie Dimension
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| Seasons | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 |
| Hosts and judges | Ryan Seacrest · Randy Jackson · Paula Abdul · Simon Cowell · Brian Dunkleman |
| Winners | Kelly Clarkson · Ruben Studdard · Fantasia Barrino · Carrie Underwood · Taylor Hicks |
| Runners-up | Justin Guarini · Clay Aiken · Diana DeGarmo · Bo Bice · Katharine McPhee |
| Other notable alumni | Chris Daughtry · Jennifer Hudson · Josh Gracin · Kellie Pickler · Tamyra Gray · Kimberley Locke · William Hung · Elliott Yamin |
| Spin-offs | From Justin to Kelly · American Juniors · An American Idol Christmas · American Idol Extra · American Idol Rewind |
| Other | Idol Gives Back · American Idol Compilation Series · Controversy · American Idol Magazine · American Idol Underground · Font · Video game · List of spin-offs · List of episodes |
