The Lizzie McGuire Movie is a 2003 American live-action/animated children's comedy movie based on the Disney Channel television series of the same name, directed by Jim Fall. The movie was produced by Stan Rogow Productions, while Tapehouse Toons provided the animation for the Animated Lizzie character in the Animated Lizzie sequences, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on May 2, 2003. The film stars Hilary Duff, LaLaine, Adam Lamberg, Robert Carradine, Hallie Todd and Jake Thomas. The film is both a combination of live-action filmmaking, 2D traditional hand-drawn animation and computer-generated imagery (CGI). At its release, the film peaked at number two at the domestic box office behind X2: X-Men United. The Lizzie McGuire Movie was released on August 12, 2003 on VHS and DVD and a video game adaptation was released on December 8, 2003 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC and Game Boy Advance.
| The Lizzie McGuire Movie | |
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| Directed by | Jim Fall |
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| Based on | Lizzie McGuire by Terri Minsky |
| Produced by | Stan Rogow |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jerzy Zieliński |
| Edited by | Margie Goodspeed |
| Music by | Cliff Eidelman |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13 million[1] |
| Box office | $55.5 million[2] |
Plot
changeLizzie and her class travel to Rome. There Lizzie meets at the Trevi Fountain Paolo Valisari, an Italian singer. He tells Lizzie that he should sing with Isabella Parigi, a popular singer. But Isabella don't wants to sing with him, so he asks Lizzie to sing playback for her. Lizzie looks exactly like Isabella, only the hair is different. She says yes. At the airport, Gordo meets the real Isabella, she knows Paolo's plan: He doesn't want to use Lizzie's playback so it will seem like Isabella can't sing. In the end Isabella came and sang for Lizzie and Lizzie sang, too. Lizzie is a good singer, but Paolo is a bad singer, he always sings playback.
Cast
change- Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire
- LaLaine as Miranda Sanchez
- Adam Lamberg as David Gordon
- Jake Thomas as Matt McGuire
- Hallie Todd as Jo McGuire
- Robert Carradine as Sam McGuire
- Ashlie Brillault as Kate Sanders
- Clayton Snyder as Ethan Craft
- Haylie Duff as Isabella Parigi
- Yani Gellman as Paolo Valisari
- Alex Borstein as Miss Ungermeyer
- Carly Schroeder as Melina Bianco
- Christian Copelin as Lanny Onasis
- Kyle Downes as Larry Tudgeman
- Davida Williams as Claire Miller
- Brendan Kelly as Sergei
Production
changeDevelopment
changeThe film, produced by Stan Rogow, was directed by Jim Fall from a screenplay by Susan Estelle Jansen, Ed Decter and John J. Strauss. It was filmed on location in Rome, Italy in the fall of 2002.
Cast
changeThe main cast of Lizzie McGuire reprised their roles.
Animation
changeThe Animated Lizzie sequences were provided by Tapehouse Toons in New York, New York City along with Kratky Studios. Independent animator Debra Solomon designed the animated version of Lizzie, based on Duff's appearance on her audition tape. Rather than drawing a mere caricature of Duff, she tried to capture the actress's essence by giving Lizzie's alter ego a more "hip" look: cropped shirts with trim pants and high flip-flops. The drawings were digitally inked and painted using the Animo 3.1 software and then composited into the live-action footage at Disney's Los Angeles studio.
Music
changeThe music score for the film was composed by Cliff Eidelman.
Reception
changeCritical response
changeOn Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on 102 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The site's critics consensus calls the film: "A harmless piece of fluff that ought to satisfy fans of the TV show." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.
Scott Brown of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B+: "Let's face it: Lizzie McGuire (Hilary Duff) is just too darn polished to be a junior-high underdog, even by the standards of her 'luxe suburban environs'. But that hasn't tarnished her comeback-kid cred among the six-and-ups who faithfully follow her Disney Channel show—and it doesn't make The Lizzie McGuire Movie, a clever, agreeably weightless theatrical outing, any less enjoyable." Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four, but praised Borstein's performance, calling her work "the only really delightful element in the movie; everything else is simply slick and professional."
Box office
changeIn its opening weekend the film grossed $17.3 million in 2,825 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking second behind X2: X-Men United. The Lizzie McGuire Movie grossed $42.7 million domestically and $12.8 million internationally for a worldwide total of $55.5 million.
Awards
change- 2003 (won): Kids' Choice Award for Movie Breakout Star, Female (Hilary Duff)
- 2003 (won): Teen Choice Award for Movie Breakout Star, Female (Hilary Duff)
- 2003 (nominated): Teen Choice Awards for Movie Comedy, Movie Comedy Actress (Hilary Duff)
- 2004 (nominated): Leo Award for Feature-Length Drama: Best Visual Effects (Gary Gutierrez, Jayne Craig, Bruce Woloshyn, Simon Ager and Wes Sargent)
References
change- ↑ "Raise Your Voice". Box Office Prophets. Archived from the original on October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ↑ "The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2011-08-06.