Here are some reviews for a movie: 1. You have to respect any movie that name-checks the Velvet Underground and assumes its tweenage viewers will get the reference -- or ask their parents later.
2. I would have had much more interest in this film if the cinematographer would have just handed the camera over to Vanessa Hudgens and turned her loose alone in her hotel room.
3. My 6 year old enjoyed it. I guess I would just like a little more effort from the filmmakers. Maybe worth a DVD rental, though.
4. The characterisations are just a little unorthodox and the whole thing, despite a soggy middle during which nothing much happens, goes with an above average swing.
5. A witty, touching, cleverly plotted film with excellent music and it made me feel for the first time in years that I'd like to be an American teenager.
6. Bandslam is a mix of the icky, the corny and the comic, but there's no denying that it's fun.
7. Bandslam is hardly the definition of a great movie, but it is pleasant and bright and doesn't insult its audience's intelligence. And that's as rare and welcome as a well-crafted three-minute pop song.
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9. "Bandslam" is a terrific family film that showcases the importance of constructive teenage friendship.
10. Dear Todd Graff: Thanks, man.

What was the overall consensus about the movie?
Bandslam is an intelligent teen film that avoids teen film cliches, in an entertaining package of music and coming-of-age drama.