The Lizzie McGuire Movie

Director: Jim Fall Jim Fall

Overview

"Teen star Hilary Duff brings her popular television character Lizzie Maguire to the big screen, and now (very quickly) to DVD. Unquestionably the high point of this disc is the transfer, which is presented in both anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen and cropped pan-and-scan. A wonderful job has been done here with the original film elements, as colors are perfectly realized, while blacks are solid and show no sign of breakdown. The detail is equally good, especially in presenting the beautiful city of Rome. The 5.1 Dolby Digital track is certainly predictable. The surrounds aren't developed in any significant way, but for a small teen romantic comedy, it still sounds full and recreates the existing sound field as it should. Supplements are relatively weak, with a 11-minute PR featurette on the making of the film as the centerpiece. Also included are the music video for ""Hey Now"" by Duff and a promotional piece hyping her new album. Amounting to little is a music video for the remake of ""Volare,"" which consists solely of the scene in the film. Finally, along with some home video previews for the likes of Sleeping Beauty and The Lion King are two deleted scenes and an alternate ending, with option introductions from director Jim Fall."

Product Details

Release Date:	08/12/2003
UPC:	0786936223576
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	PG
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00

Special Features

Closed Caption;"In the Recording Studio With Hilary" featurette; Deleted scenes; Alternate ending; "Hilary's Roman Adventure"featurette; "Why Not" music video; "Roamin' Volare" featurette; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; Widescreen (2.35:1) enhanced for 16 x 9televisions and fullscreen (1.33:1) versions

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Hilary Duff	Lizzie McGuire
Adam Lamberg	Gordo
Robert Carradine	Mr. McGuire
Hallie Todd	Mrs. McGuire
Jake Thomas	Matt McGuire
Ashlie Brillault	Kate
Yani Gellman	Paolo
Alex Borstein	Miss Ungermeyer
Clayton Snyder	Ethan
Brendan Kelly	Sergei
Carly Schroder	Melina
Daniel Escobar	Mr. Escobar
Jody Racicot	Giorgio
Peter Kelamis	Dr. Comito
Terra C. MacLeod	Franca
Alessandro Cavalieri	Tour Bus Driver
Paolo Giovannucci	Florista No. 1
Riccardo Marino	Gelato Vendor
Katy Saunders	Cute Girl No. 1
Silvia Caricato	Cute Girl No. 2
Michael Carrat	Italian Guy No. 1
Giulio Maria Berruti	Italian Guy No. 2
Matteo Perazzini	Italian Guy No. 3
Ona Grauer	Model No. 1
Antonio Cupo	Model No. 2
Marcus Hondro	Janitor
Stefano Colacitti	Sound Engineer
Taylor Hoover	Taylor
Jackson Rogow	Curly Hair Kid
Brent Chapman	Parent No. 1
Christine Lippa	Parent No. 2
Dan Joffre	Parent No. 3
Chiara Tommasino	Small Child No. 1
Ilaria Tommassino	Small Child No. 2
Pierluigi Sambucci	Small Child No. 3
Jeremy Beck	Jeremy
Claude Knowlton	Stage Manager
John Ulmer	Airport Worker
Michael H. Fall	Italian Man at Airport
Peter Grasso	Paparazzi No. 1
Aaron Douglas	Paparazzi No. 2
Stefano Giulianetti	Paparazzi No. 3
Ashlie Brillaut	Kate Sanders
Carly Schroeder	Melina
Terra MacLeod	Franca
Caroline Reitman	Tina
Cliff Eidelman	Composer

Technical Credits

Susan Estelle Jansen

Ed Decter

John J. Strauss

Jim Fall	Director
Susan Estelle Jansen	Screenwriter
Ed Decter	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
John J. Strauss	Screenwriter
Terri Minsky	Executive Producer
David Roessel	Executive Producer
Stan Rogow	Producer
Scott J. Ateah	Stunts
Al Benjamin	Special Effects
Robin Lippin	Casting
David Roessell	Executive Producer
Darren Brisker	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

During a school trip to Rome, junior-high misfit Lizzie McGuire (Hilary Duff) yearns for adventure. And, this being The Lizzie McGuire Movie, she finds it -- in the person of a teenage Italian pop idol (Yani Gellman) who grooms her to stand in for his missing partner, to whom Lizzie bears a striking resemblance. As Duff's hit song asks, "Why not?" Duff, basic cable's tween queen, shines in this spin-off of the Disney Channel series. Reality takes a vacation along with starry-eyed Lizzie (and her sardonic animated alter ego), who is persuaded to ditch her tour group led by the dreaded Miss Ubermeyer, who makes R. Lee Ermy's drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket look like Mr. Rogers. She is aided in her deception by Gordo (Adam Lamberg), whom we suspect nurses an unrequited crush on his lifelong platonic pal, and harassed by her nemesis, the stereotypical popular, um, witch Kate (Ashlie Brillault), who issues such withering put-downs as "Outfit repeater." To pad the film's 90 minutes, there are several sightseeing and trying-on-clothes montages. And whenever the movie needs a little "oops, I did it again" touch, director Jim Fall has the wide-eyed dizzy Miss Lizzie trip, awkwardly and adorably. Add the requisite out-of-it parents and nasty younger brother, and you have all the ingredients to make our irresistible heroine more empathetic. As Lizzie says at one point, "Some say juvenile, I say genius." Or as Howlin' Wolf put it, "The men don't know, but the little girls understand."