In many discussions I’ve had with fellow critic friends, I have had to endure the vast maligning of the Disney Channel formula. It’s been called too simple, stupid, shallow and a dozen other insults. However, watching a film like “Bandslam” shows that while this tween formula might be overdone at times, there is a certain art to it.
This becomes apparent because “Bandslam” tries oh-so-hard to make this formula work but fails miserably at it. Like many other films trying to rip off what the Disney Channel does with such little apparent effort, “Bandslam” tries to make the story more edgy and cobbles itself in the process.
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