Be Somebody

Better than I expected, "Be Somebody" is about a famous pop singer (played by Matthew Espinosa) who "escapes" his mom/manager and assorted handlers for a few days and lives the life of a regular teenager in a small town. He meets a hardworking, talented, down to earth girl (played by Sarah Jeffery); and despite their lives being complete opposites, they hit it off and become friends quickly. Of course, there is more than a friendly spark between them; but he cannot stay in her world and she cannot be in his world. If a fine balance isn't met, then their budding romance is doomed from the start. "Be Somebody" is not the typical teen movie. Yes, it has a few clichés; but it also leans toward the melodramatic and serious side, and most of the scenes involve just Espinosa and Jeffery. This is a movie older teens will appreciate and find refreshing, I think. My most memorable, movie moment of "Be Somebody" is the scene when Jeffery lets Espinosa in her car so he can avoid a few teen girls who are chasing him. Completely unbelievable, as she has no idea who he is; and therefore is letting a stranger in her car at night. Still, it was a cute scene.

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It was a great movie, really cheered me up and made me laugh a lot. Makes you think about life, if you pay close attention the movie has a meaning behind it so I think the title really fits it. The actors look like they really put their all in it to make the movie more enjoyable for the audience and it really worked. The plot is great honestly, I loved this movie so much I can't out it into words! This is now one of my favorite movie, I love it! It reminded me of "starstruck" BUT THATS MY ONE OF MY FAVES TOO SO THAT MADE ME LOVE IT EVEN MORE!!! but i'm super proud of everyone in it and specially Matthew since it was his first movie, can't wait for more to come!

I really liked it. Its a quiet film, no action but is powerfully lead by the dialogue and chemistry between the two leads.

It felt like Jordan Jaye may have been modelled ever so slightly on Justin Bieber? Or maybe I am overthinking it.

Highly recommend it!

I see what they tried to do but it was overly done. Tried to make it super artsy with the production, overly drawn out scenes with shaky camera and too much music. Overly drawn out moments of nothing with an expectation of something to come from it but mostly just done to create something cool visually. The direction and production just failed on an easily shot teen love drama trying to make nothing into something.

Over all, the acting wasn't bad. Espinosa didn't do terribly for his first film. I thought Jeffery was good. A little to many typical eye rolls but not bad. I just didn't feel their connection though the majority of the movie was overly done to make us feel the connection when it should have come from the acting alone. It's a cute movie though. I didn't hate it.

It might just be the mood I'm in, or the fact that I've been up so late tonight, but this movie made me feel something more than the average teen romance movie has in a long time. I chose to watch this movie tonight because it happened to be uploaded onto my preferred streaming site just today, and it looked like something I could watch without really having to focus on it. While it definitely wasn't the kind of movie that required you to watch every minute of it, I still found myself pausing it every time I had to go out of ear shot. Something about this quiet film, with its very straightforward plot and unembellished characters, is just different enough to make it impactful. It reminded me that the best films are ones you don't have any expectations about at all. You don't see them coming. The acting is a little underwhelming, but it isn't a film that really asks for too much from the actors to begin with. It manages to accomplish it's goal of entertaining, without trying to be something more. Because of that, it left me feeling perfectly content. Sometimes, that's all I want from a film.