Lemonade Mouth (film)

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Lemonade Mouth
LemonadeMouthDVD.jpg
Extended edition US DVD cover
GenreDrama
Musical
Created byMark Peter Hughes
Based onLemonade Mouth
by Mark Peter Hughes
Screenplay byApril Blair
Directed byPatricia Riggen
StarringBridgit Mendler
Adam Hicks
Hayley Kiyoko
Naomi Scott
Blake Michael
Narrated byBridgit Mendler
Music byChristopher Lennertz
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersMatias Alvarez
Debra Martin Chase
CinematographyChecco Varese
EditorGirish Bhargava
Running time106 minutes
Production companiesMartin Chase Productions
G Wave Productions
DistributorDisney-ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original networkDisney Channel
Original release
  • April 15, 2011 (2011-04-15)[1]
External links
Website

Lemonade Mouth is a 2011 American teen musical drama television film,[2][3] based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Mark Peter Hughes.[4] The film was directed by Patricia Riggen and written by April Blair, and stars Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks, Naomi Scott, Hayley Kiyoko and Blake Michael. The film tells the story of five high school students who meet in detention and form a band to stand up for their beliefs and to overcome their individual and collective struggles.

The film premiered on April 15, 2011, on Disney Channel.[1] It received over 7 million views on its premiere night, and has been met with generally positive reviews, with praise going towards the acting ensemble, the script-writing, the directing, as well as some praising it for its many positive themes of honesty, integrity, and self-expression.[2] The film won the Popstar Award for Favorite TV Movie in 2011, and was also nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award and a Motion Picture Sound Editors Award. The soundtrack was also released in April 2011, and was a commercial success, peaking at number 4 on the US Billboard 200 and number three on the US Top Digital Albums. It was met with positive reviews; the single "Determinate" received a JanNEWary Award for Best iTunes Song.

Plot[]

Five high school freshman students Olivia White, Mohini "Mo" Banjaree, Charles "Charlie" Delgado, Stella Yamada, and Wendell "Wen" Gifford all meet after ending up in detention for different reasons. Miss Reznick, the music teacher supervising detention, leaves to argue with the principal Mr. Brenigan about his decision to move all extracurricular activities to the basement to make room for a new gymnasium. The five then tap out a beat and play instruments, and Olivia sings "Turn Up the Music." Miss Reznick returns and says that they would make a great band, and encourages them to enter a music competition called "Rising Star," in which a popular band, Mudslide Crush, planned to enter.

The following day, Stella sends a text message to the members stating that they need to meet. The group agrees to chat at a pizza shop called Dante's Pizza where Stella reveals she signed the band up for Rising Star and the Halloween Bash.

The band forms with Olivia as lead vocalist, Stella as lead guitarist/backing vocalist, Mo as bassist/backing vocalist, Wen as keyboardist/keytarist/rapping vocalist, and Charlie as drummer. At school, Olivia gets cornered by Ray Beech, lead singer of Mudslide Crush. Stella spits lemonade on Ray in defense, and he refers to Stella as "Lemonade Mouth", giving the band its name. The band later discovers the lemonade machine they love is being removed from the school.

When Mo sees her boyfriend Scott Picket, Ray's best friend and the guitarist of Mudslide Crush, flirting with one of the cheerleader girls Jules, she leaves him. At the Halloween Bash, Lemonade Mouth performs "Determinate." After the performance, Stella makes a speech opposing Brenigan's decision to remove the lemonade machine, and encouraging self-expression to the supportive crowd. Angered, Principal Brenigan forbids them from playing at school. The next day, the band sees posters and banners all around the school supporting Lemonade Mouth, raising their spirits. Mo sings "She's So Gone" at the regular gig they have every Thursday night at Dante's Pizza. They also discover that "Determinate" is being played on the local radio. Shortly after, however, things go downhill: Mo gets the flu, Charlie breaks his fingers, Wen injures his eye, and Olivia loses her voice, leaving only Stella that doesn't have an injury.

Stella calls the band to the school, where she is protesting the removal of the lemonade machine. The group gets into a heated argument with the men removing the lemonade machine. Police arrive and they are brought to a holding cell to wait for their parents. They slowly come together singing "Turn up the Music." The band agrees to perform at Rising Star, after contemplating quitting. As each of their parents come to pick them up from the police station, all members of Lemonade Mouth and their parents sort out their various problems at home. Wen finally gets to like his Dad's girlfriend, Olivia gets the courage to send a letter to her Dad in prison, Mo gets her Dad to let her be herself not the perfect Indian daughter he wants, Charlie's older brother picks him up and Charlie finds out that his brother isn't as perfect as his parents always make out, and Stella's Mom makes her realize that she doesn't have to be a genius like the rest of the family to fit in with.

At Rising Star, Mudslide Crush performs "Don't Ya Wish U Were Us," but Lemonade Mouth unsuccessfully performs "Determinate" because Olivia's stage fright comes back and Mo's flu gets worse. Lemonade Mouth is about to walk off the stage when the audience begins to sing "Determinate" in support of the band. Scott gets his guitar and is going to help them when Ray threatens that he will never be in their band again if he helps Lemonade Mouth, but he goes onto the stage anyway and plays the guitar alongside the audience, which makes the Lemonade Mouth members come back onto the stage again and finish their performance. The next day at school, Mo and Scott get back together, and Charlie who had liked Mo during the time together, accepts that she is with Scott and begins talking with another girl who likes him.

At Wen's father's wedding, Stella recognizes the man sitting next to her as Mel, the owner of the lemonade machine company. He donates a music theatre to the school, which Mr. Brenigan accepts. Olivia mails the entire story to her father, who is in prison. The film closes with Lemonade Mouth performing "Breakthrough" at Madison Square Garden, with Scott as their new rhythm guitarist.

The extended edition includes an interview with Moxie Morris on "All Things Musical", in which Mo and Scott's relationship is nearly exposed by Moxie in front of Mo's father, but is stopped by Olivia, who says that she and Wen are dating. The band then performs "Livin On A High Wire".

Cast[]

  • Bridgit Mendler as Olivia White, the lead singer of Lemonade Mouth[5]
  • Adam Hicks as Wendell "Wen" Gifford, the pianist and also a rapper for Lemonade Mouth[5]
  • Hayley Kiyoko as Stella Yamada, the lead guitarist for Lemonade Mouth[5]
  • Naomi Scott as Mohini "Mo" Banjaree, the bassist for Lemonade Mouth[5]
  • Blake Michael as Charles "Charlie" Delgado, the drummer for Lemonade Mouth[5]
  • Nick Roux as Scott Pickett, Mo's boyfriend[5] Singer and rhythm guitarist for Mudslide Crush, later rhythm guitarist for Lemonade Mouth.
  • Chris Brochu as Ray Beech. Lead singer for Mudslide Crush [5]
  • Tisha Campbell-Martin as Miss Jenny Reznick[5]
  • Christopher McDonald as Principal Stanley Brenigan[5]
  • Scott Takeda as Stella's father
  • Ariana Smythe as Sydney
  • Judith Rane as Brenda
  • Isaac Kappy as Mel
  • Ryan Montano as Tommy Delgado
  • Lauren Poole as Moxie Morris
  • Bob Jesser as Mr. Gifford
  • Leedy Corbin as Georgie Gifford
  • Lance Capaldi as Ticket Taker
  • Shishir Kurup as Mr. Banjaree, Mo's dad
  • Thomas Sanchez as Cop
  • Johnie Hector as Coach
  • Paul Clark as Andrew
  • Caitlin Ribbans as Jules
  • Phil Luna as Charlie's Dad
  • Ryan Montano as Tommy
  • Chiara Brokaw as Alex
  • Lora Martinez-Cunningham as Charlie's Mom
  • Jayna Sweet as Victoria
  • Isaac Kappy as Mel
  • Nicholas Martinez as Freshman Singer (Nick Martinez)

Author Mark Peter Hughes makes a cameo appearance as an extra dressed as a bee at the Halloween Bash.[6]

Production[]

Production[]

In 2010, Lemonade Mouth was announced by Disney Channel initially as an upcoming musical franchise (though it was released as a standalone film), and it was announced that Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks, Hayley Kiyoko, Naomi Scott were cast in the film, as well as actress Tisha Campbell-Martin and actor Christopher McDonald, were cast in the film.[7] The names of eight characters in the book were changed for the film; the character of "Olivia Whitehead" was changed to "Olivia White", "Wendel Gifford" was changed to "Wendell Gifford", "Stella Penn" was changed to "Stella Yamada", "Mohini Banerjee" was changed to "Mohini Banjaree", and "Charlie Hirsh" was changed to "Charlie Delgado".[8]

Production began in August 2010,[9] where filming took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[10]

Music[]

Main article: Lemonade Mouth (soundtrack)

The movie features ten original songs, and was released by Walt Disney Records as a soundtrack album on April 12, 2011.[11]

Release[]

Release and ratings[]

Lemonade Mouth was watched by 5.7 million viewers on its premiere night,[12] ranking as the No. 1 TV Telecast among Kids 7–11 (2.3 million/9.4 rating) and Teens (2.1 million/8.5 rating), and cable's No. 1 original movie of 2011 among Total Viewers.[13][14] With DVR viewing included, its total was 7.1 million viewers.[15]

A local premiere was held in the author Mark Peter Hughes's town of Wayland, Massachusetts. It was broadcast live by the town public access station, WayCAM.TV, by local students.[16]

Critical reception[]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has 4 reviews listed, 3 are positive and 1 is negative.[17]

Family-oriented reviewers at Common Sense Media praised the film for its themes of honesty, empowerment, overcoming adversity, self-expression, standing up for what one believes in, and for its emphasis on the importance of the arts and of friendship and family.[2] Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media wrote: "... Lemonade Mouth" is an uplifting celebration of the human spirit."[2] Online publishing-platform Medium wrote "Superb music, talented cast, good script, a well used production design budget — this one hit the nail on the head. More than that, we love the spirit of Lemonade Mouth. The outcasts fight for equality with the cool crowd and stand up against the powers that be with music."[18] Reviewing site Plugged In wrote: "The message is as clear as the Disney castle is colorful: Stand up for what you believe in—no matter what that may be. (And get famous in the process!)"[19]

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2011 Popstar Awards Favorite TV Movie Lemonade Mouth Won [20]
JaNEWary Awards Best iTunes Song "Determinate" Won [21]
2012 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs Patricia Riggen Nominated [22]
2013 Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards Best Sound Editing - Long Form Musical in Television Amber Funk Nominated [23]

Cancelled sequel[]

In 2011, the author of Lemonade Mouth said that he had been working on a sequel.[24] Actor Blake Michael has said: "It's all up to the fans, it's in their hands. If people enjoy it and they love it and they want more, they'll get it. I think Disney is just a great organization in general and they're always one step ahead of the game. So you never really know what's gonna happen."[25] On June 15, 2011, it was announced during the 2011 Licensing International Expo that Lemonade Mouth 2 was in the works.[26]

On April 6, 2012, Chris Brochu announced on his Twitter account, that the sequel was no longer going into production.[27] In interviews with Kidzworld Media and BSCKids in May 2012, Bridgit Mendler confirmed that a sequel would not be produced, noting that "they tried to figure something out for a sequel, but everyone at Disney felt like the movie had completed its story in the first movie."[28][29]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Lemonade Mouth – Television Review". Common Sense Media.
  3. ^ "Lemonade Mouth (TV 2011)". IMDb.
  4. ^ Disney preps next high school musical. hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Lemonade Mouth", A Disney Channel Original Movie Set To Premiere Friday, April 15 on a Disney Channel Archived September 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  6. ^ Bob Tremblay (April 3, 2011). Film: Wayland author's 'Lemonade Mouth' opens wide. Metro West Daily News. Accessed January 16, 2012.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 4, 2010). "Disney Channel Casts Its Next Big Musical". Deadline. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "Disney Channel Casts Its Next Big Musical". Deadline Hollywood. August 4, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  9. ^ "Breaking News - Production Has Begun on "Lemonade Mouth," a Disney Channel Original Movie | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  10. ^ "Lemonade Mouth, A Disney Channel Original Movie, Set to Premiere Friday, March 25 on Disney Channel". TheFutonCritic.com. January 10, 2011.
  11. ^ "Production Has Begun on "Lemonade Mouth," a Disney Channel Original Movie". thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  12. ^ "Friday Cable Ratings: History's "American Restoration" Leads Demo; Disney's "Lemonade Mouth" Tops Viewing + "Sanctuary," "Smackdown" and More". TV by the Numbers. April 18, 2011. Archived from the original on April 21, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  13. ^ "Disney Channel Squeezes Sweet Success with "Lemonade Mouth"" (Press release). Disney Channel. April 18, 2011. Archived from the original on April 21, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2016 – via TV by the Numbers.
  14. ^ "USA's 'Burn Notice' Telefilm Does OK, Disney's 'Lemonade Mouth' Strong | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  15. ^ "Disney Channel's 'Lemonade Mouth' Gains an Additional 1.5 Million Viewers with a Week of DVR Playback" (Press release). Disney Channel. May 4, 2011. Archived from the original on May 6, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2016 – via TV by the Numbers.
  16. ^ Tremblay, Bob. "Film: Wayland author's 'Lemonade Mouth' opens wide". MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  17. ^ "Lemonade Mouth (2011)". Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  18. ^ Productions, Red Summit (April 25, 2019). ""Lemonade Mouth" Lied to Us, Or: You're Hypersensitized, Not Desensitized". Medium. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  19. ^ "Lemonade Mouth". Plugged In. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  20. ^ "What Should Be The Poptastic TV Movie of the Year?". Popstar Awards. June 28, 2010. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  21. ^ "Lemonade Mouth on JaNEWary". bridgitbrasil.com. June 28, 2010. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  22. ^ "DGA Announces TV & Commericals Nominees". Deadline. January 10, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  23. ^ "Motion Picture Sound Editors Announce 2013 Golden Reel Nominees". Mixonline. January 18, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  24. ^ ""Lemonade Mouth" author Mark Peter Hughes already working on sequel to this Disney Channel Original Movie". Jimhillmedia.com. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  25. ^ "Disney Channel "Lemonade Mouth 2"". Disnology. May 5, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  26. ^ "Disney Channel Original Movie "Lemonade Mouth 2" and "Shake It Up" In Development". Disney Channel Medianet. June 16, 2011. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  27. ^ See
  28. ^ Kidzworld Media: Bridgit Mendler is "Arrietty" May 22, 2012. Accessed June 10, 2012.
  29. ^ BSCKids: Bridgit Mendler - Lemonade Month Won't Make a Sequel May 17, 2012. Accessed June 10, 2012.

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