Undiscovered (2005)

Undiscovered is not merely a love story. It is not merely a tale of coming of age and pursuing one's lifelong dreams. It's not merely a story of fate and what it has in store for us. Undiscovered is a beautiful blend of all three as it captures the lives of struggling young artists. Pell James, as beautiful model Bier Tucket, takes us on a journey laced with love, indecision, and the search for a comfortable identity. The richest and most provoking scene of the movie is the first meeting of Brier and Luke Falcon, played by Steven Strait. We gain a true and immediate sense of each young adult's fragility and instant yearning for each other in this display of their vulnerability and enchantment with one another. Their chemistry is undeniable. The viewer is relentlessly captivated by the plot and the desire to urge fate to bring these lovers together. With Carrie Fisher as young Brier's agent and role model, and up-and-coming musician Ashlee Simpson as Clea, Brier's best friend, the audience falls not only for Brier and Luke, but for their quirky, yet sweet and supportive, friends. A warning about the downfalls of fame and the need to seize the moment, the almost-doomed relationship between Brier and Luke reminds us that no matter where our lives take us, we must be sure we're holding hands with the right one.

I have never seen this movie but let me say. Ashlee was the girl who played Celia on 7th heaven and critics loved her has Simon's girlfriend. She was only spouse to be on 7 episodes but ended up there for seasons.Now since she SNL she has been trashed but come on what singer has never lip singed. Did you know every singer lip sings at orange bowls because the crowd is too loud that you wont be able to hear the band or your self so therefore they lip sing.In conclusion if people had never seen her has a singer people wouldn't trash her and say she is a horrible actress so grow up people.I am an Ashlee Simpson fan why? From her SNL,orange bowl she came back and beat her sisters CD by far, Both CD's went to number one and never gave up that. Her music has meaning to it unlike those other anorexics like Hilary duff (Who has by the way no talent). So Ashlee i hope you read this because I'm one of your biggest 14 year-old fans ever!

Broke Gigli records? Horrible movie? I rented this movie, thinking it was going to be terrible. I actually thought it was very good.Most of the actors aren't well known, so it was much easier to watch and not be like, "Oh that's like their other character in that other movie where the guys does this and the thing blows up and......" or be thinking about their career and stuff. The movie seemed much more real with people that weren't known as Hollywood icons (except for Ashlee Simpson).I thought their Los Angeles life was very interesting and shot quite well. Unlike other movies, it didn't show only the best parts of town. Cramped apartments, Laundromats, outdoor restaurants, small theaters where the aspiring actors spent all their time running lines, the batting cages, city buses, airports, gyms, and other un- glamorous things were shot. The color wasn't perfect but then again they were in LA, a place filled with air pollution and such (as with other cities of course) and smog in the background, trash bags on the curbs, runaway dogs, and graffiti on the walls were filmed as well.The fact that they were all just friends in search of stardom but in different areas (acting, modeling, music, dance, song writing) made it interesting too. The story never got too into one field because the movie wasn't supposed to be about Ashlee's character getting that part or Luke's brother recording that song, but it did find that medium in establishing each character's struggle to achieve stardom (anxiety when auditioning, racking their brains to remember that line or come up with the rest of that song they've been writing, that adrenaline rush when on stage, doing anything to make more money, inviting their friends on stage to perform with them...). The only field it centered around was music, because most all of the characters were trying to build a career in music and the love aspect of the story between Luke and Brier was kept off because of Luke's success in stage performance- thanks in part to Brier- and Brier's weariness of the relationship due to past experiences with her old boyfriend, who was constantly cheating on her with groupies he met on the road, as he was a musician himself.I actually thought the movie was pretty realistic (well okay not completely realistic, almost no movies are these days, but it wasn't all changed up like other movies today who totally throw the truth out of wack.)Ashlee Simpson, though not extraordinarily talented, was not at all annoying or trying to be cute like in her early days on 7th Heaven as Cecilia and not trying to be all punk and sh*t like she was when her music career started out........ you know what I mean. I thought she was artsy and friendly and trustworthy in this movie, just a girl looking to be in the spotlight who loves performing and spends all her time reading scripts, hanging out at the theater, trying to get her friend noticed in this music world, etc. I actually ENJOYED her in this movie.Brier Tucket was played amazingly well by Pell James. Her character's mother had just died, she had few friends, had just moved to a new and very different city, her boyfriend was undoubtedly cheating on her, and she was being chased by another boy who she didn't want a relationship with because she feared that, because he was soon to be a rock star due to his exuding talent and charm, he would treat her the way her last boyfriend did. She had simply been hurt too much and was trying to be realistic. Brier was mature and filled with grace, trying not to let her feelings for Luke overcome her and allow her to be sucked into that world again. Luke, after seeing Brier for the very first time, guessed that she was a ballerina, as did I. Her gentleness and sensitiveness was touching, especially when she tried to cover her feelings up and be strong- when she called her boyfriend at his hotel after a show and heard multiple girls laughing in the background, when she left Luke's bedroom after coming to the realization that because he would soon be entering the music business it would be difficult for them to be together....Anyway, I thought this was a great movie, much better than I expected. I would give it somewhere in between a 5 and a six, certainly not a 2.8.

this is a review for anyone who doesn't care that ashlee simpson is in the movie or what it made at the box office and just want a movie to rent because they are bored.with that being said i found this movie entertaining. there was no point that i felt like i wanted to turn it off or watch another movie. i paid four bucks to rent it, do i regret it? no. i rented the movie despite the negative reviews because most of the people commenting on it had not seen it.the performance of the lead actress is effective but nothing special. i think its a crime they had shannyn sossamon cast for the movie and used her as the worst character in the entire movie. she could have been much better in the lead role. ashlee simpson was fine in the movie. she wasn't great but she was just really in a sidekick role, nothing demanding.the plot was good enough to keep my interest, the music was really good so i'm probably going to investigate the soundtrack and the direction was music video-esquire, i guess you can decide for yourself if that is a plus or a minus.so overall if you like movies that can be classified as 'cute' but aren't corny, if your someone who watches the OC on occasion or if you are just looking for a movie with feeling but isn't too heavy then i say go for undiscovered.