Teen Beach Movie (2013)

This is a mix of Dirty Dancing, Grease and Cry Baby (any Johnny Depp fans will know what I'm talking about). I find nothing wrong with this movie at all. It's trying to recreate a genre that was forgotten about for quite a while and honestly they have done a pretty good job. Sure it's a little bit silly and the storyline is rather vapid but that is the point. It's supposed to be imitating something not creating something new and groundbreaking.It probably helps that I personally enjoy musicals but I wouldn't recommend it to someone who is a bit more serious. The songs are fun, dorky yet pretty catchy...I dare you to not start singing along. Overall I think it's another decent movie from the team at Disney original movies.

I did have very high expectations for this movie, but on a rainy afternoon, I thought 'eh why not?' Here's why not: It was good. the costumes where hot, the accents where good not bad , and the songs where so cool for the 60's. good turns not bad tunes , good lyrics and it seemed like Maia Ross and Grace where the only people who could actually sing. And then there's the acting. So,so good. I have never been a huge Ross Lynch fan, and this movie popped my respect for his acting to an all time high. the only reason I gave this movie a 10 (a blessing) is because I was genuinely fond of Maia Mitchell as 'Mack.' I thought her acting was very good, as was her singing. I would love to see her in anything else besides, you know, this. To sum it up, do good Disney movies on Disney channel .

Teen Beach Movie is a fun movie. It puts you in a good mood with the catchy songs, the entertaining dance moves and the easy-flowing dialog. It's a light summer movie that will make you smile several times.Sure, there are flaws in this movie. The conflict is not very clear and the plot is somewhat messy and hard to understand. The antagonists don't seem to go with the rest of the movie. However, 60s movies were just like this -- and this movie is based off a hypothetical 60s movie. This isn't supposed to be a clever movie that makes you look back on your life and reflect. This is a movie that is supposed to make you feel good. And it serves its purpose really well. Go into this movie with an open minded and you're likely to enjoy it.

Disney is pretty good at coming up with unique ideas for their TV movies. Some of them turn out great, like "Camp Rock", while others are just too cheesy and not worth watching. I had high expectations for this one, because the idea of two characters getting stuck in an old movie (a '60s one, at that) and having the movie characters fall for them sounded like it would definitely hold one's interest and it would be hard to go wrong. I was really impressed with the songs and the choreography. Both were fantastic, and the style definitely screamed '60s, in a good way. The costumes were great, which made the dance numbers especially fun to watch. But the story itself was weak in places.First of all, it's really confusing how Mack and Brady, the two main characters, even find themselves stuck in the 1962 movie Wet Side Story. Did it have something to do with the magical glowing surfboard? The surfboard was never even fully explained, unless I missed something. And after Tanner and Lela fall for the wrong people, Mack and Brady, they apparently magically realize that they are meant for each other while singing "Meant to Be", but I was expecting Mack and Brady to have to come up with something more creative to get the right people with the right people. They had said they needed to get them to spend more time together, so I guess that's what they were trying to do by telling them to meet them at the beach and then ditching them, but that whole sequence just seems muddled and rushed. I was hoping for Brady and Mack to have to find a more creative way to solve the problem, or maybe tell Tanner and Lela they were actually from the future. That would have made things more interesting as opposed to, "Uh...I'm not who you think I am...". Also, there were times in between songs where it felt like the movie just dragged. It could have used a little dose of humor.Lastly, no offense to Maia Mitchell, but I felt that her character (Mack) was just overly moody throughout the whole movie. She just never seemed happy, and it kind of brought the fun, happy mood down at the wrong times. Oh, and, no kiss?! The movie would have felt a lot more complete if Brady and Mack kissed, just saying. Despite the flaws, it's a fun movie, and believe me, the songs will be stuck in your head for days.