Lemonade Mouth (film)

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 Disney Channel Original Movie 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.

Lemonade Mouth
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 as Olivia
Music byChristopher Lennertz
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Producer(s)Matias Alvarez
Debra Martin Chase
CinematographyChecco Varese
Editor(s)Girish Bhargava
Running time106 minutes
Production company(s)Martin 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

The film premiered on April 15, 2011, on Disney Channel.[1] It has been met with generally positive reviews, with some praising it for its many positive themes of honesty, integrity, and self-expression.[2]

The soundtrack was released on April 12, 2011.

Plot

High school 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 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. Ray refers to Stella as "Lemonade Mouth", giving the band its name. The band later discovers the lemonade machine is being removed.

When Mo sees her boyfriend Scott Picket, the guitarist of Mudslide Crush, flirting with another girl, Jules, she leaves him. At the Halloween Bash, Lemonade Mouth performs "Determinate." After the performance, Stella makes a speech opposing Brenigan's decisions 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. They also discover that "Determinate" is being played on the local radio. Shortly after, however, things go downhill: Mo gets sick, Charlie breaks his fingers, Wen injures his eye, and Olivia loses her voice, leaving only Stella, who 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.

At Rising Star, Mudslide Crush performs "Don't Ya Wish U Were Us." Lemonade Mouth unsuccessfully performs "Determinate." The audience begins to sing "Determinate" in support of the band. Fed up with Ray, Scott leaves Mudslide Crush and joins Lemonade Mouth. Mo and Scott get back together, Charlie begins talking with a girl who likes him, Stella and her mother become close again, and Wen accepts his new stepmother.

At Wen's father's wedding, Stella recognizes the man sitting next to her as Mel, the owner of the lemonade company. He donates a music hall 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
  • 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

The movie was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[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". Casting was announced in August 2010.[8]

Reception

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] Other reviews were not so kind, with some critics claiming that Lemonade Mouth is a "typically innocuous Disney Channel flick" that is a "hopelessly dumbed-down endeavor." The film holds a 6.7 rating, making "Fair" (based on 17 votes) on TV.com.[9]

Lemonade Mouth was watched by 5.7 million viewers on its premiere night.[10] 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.[11] With DVR viewing included, its total was 7.1 million viewers.[12]

Broadcast

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.

The cast from the film have performed on The View, Good Morning America, So Random! and UK's Daybreak.

Soundtrack
Main article: Lemonade Mouth (soundtrack)

The movie features ten original songs written by Aris Archontis, Maria Christensen, Ali Dee, Andy Dodd, Tom Leonard, Jeannie Lurie, Niclas Molinder, Chen Neeman, Joacim Persson, Lindy Robbins,Ebony Burks, Shridhar Solanki, Shane Stevens, Matthew Tishler, Bryan Todd, Reed Vertelney, Adam Watts, and Adam Hicks.[13] Walt Disney Records released the soundtrack on April 12, 2011.

Main article: Lemonade Mouth (soundtrack)
  • Turn Up The Music
  • Somebody
  • And the Crowd Goes
  • More Than A Band
  • She's So Gone
  • Here We Go
  • Determinate
  • Don't Ya Wish U Were Us?
  • Breakthrough
  • Livin' on a High Wire

Cancelled sequel

In 2011, the author of Lemonade Mouth said that he had been working on a sequel.[14] 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."[15] On June 15, 2011, it was announced during the 2011 Licensing International Expo that Lemonade Mouth 2 was in the works.[16]

On April 6, 2012, Chris Brochu announced on his Twitter account, that the sequel was no longer going into production.[17] 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."[18][19]

Awards
Year Award Category Nominee Result Refs
2011 Popstar Awards Favorite TV Movie Lemonade Mouth Won [20]
JaNEWary Awards Best iTunes Song "Determinate" Won [21]
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See also

References
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  2. "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. "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. "Lemonade Mouth, A Disney Channel Original Movie, Set to Premiere Friday, March 25 on Disney Channel". TheFutonCritic.com. January 10, 2011.
  8. "Disney Channel Casts Its Next Big Musical". Deadline Hollywood. August 4, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  9. Lemonade Mouth at TV.com
  10. "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. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  11. "Disney Channel Squeezes Sweet Success with "Lemonade Mouth"" (Press release). Disney Channel. April 18, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2016 – via TV by the Numbers.
  12. "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. Retrieved August 13, 2016 – via TV by the Numbers.
  13. "Production Has Begun on "Lemonade Mouth," a Disney Channel Original Movie". thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  14. ""Lemonade Mouth" author Mark Peter Hughes already working on sequel to this Disney Channel Original Movie". Jimhillmedia.com. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  15. "Disney Channel "Lemonade Mouth 2"". Disnology. May 5, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  16. "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.
  17. See
  18. Kidzworld Media: Bridgit Mendler is "Arrietty" May 22, 2012. Accessed June 10, 2012.
  19. BSCKids: Bridgit Mendler - Lemonade Month Won't Make a Sequel May 17, 2012. Accessed June 10, 2012.
  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.
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