OH, MY GOODNESS! This movie really inspired me, and taught me a very big lesson: If you look for perfection in everyone, you're going to be disappointed! The performances--both acting and singing--were great, and Ricky Ullman did a very good job playing a much different role than Phil Diffy. While I won't give away the ending, I will say that it almost made me cry...and movies don't usually do that to me, much less DCOMs! Disney Channel fans, go watch this...NOW!
Content Concerns:
Sex: Two brief kisses; mildly suggestive dance moves. 4/5
Nudity: Young women are often seen in midriff-baring outfits. 3/5
Language: One or two misuses of God's name. 4/5
Violence: A near-car accident; a girl falls off a stage and nearly dies. 4/5
Drugs: None. 5/5
Frightening/Intense Scenes: This movie is rife with emotional intensity, especially the ending. 1/5
Score: 5/5
Shout by dgwVIP 9BlockedParent2023-03-07T07:05:19Z
This must have been one of the few DCOMs I actually watched back in the day. Most of the story felt familiar.
Part of that's no doubt due to how it retreads familiar territory from Star Trek: Voyager about the holographic doctor, his status as a person vs. a program, and the idea of holographic life. Disney's take on the subject is unsurprisingly focused less on legal and ethical questions, and sticks to the learning angle: what can this artificial life form teach our young protagonists about the human condition?
More so than most of these TV movies, I think the lesson works just fine. Nitpicking opportunities aren't hard to find—Loretta's gymnastics alone open several cans of physics worms—but we can put that all aside. The "realistic" science fiction approach has obviously been softened in the name of story. Sometimes doing that doesn't work, but I say here it does.