I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

When this movie is good, it has all the depth and substance of a chewing gum commercial. When it's bad, it's still as shallow as a puddle of tears in the desert while also being dumb, clichéd and just plain lazy. When Undiscovered begins, it seems like it's going to be a story about the attractive underclass of Los Angeles, the models who want to be actors, musicians who want to be rock stars and the people who just want to have a good time. It's inconsequential but slightly engaging, with good chemistry among the pretty cast. Then all that modest charm is ground away by a boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl plot that is so halfhearted it basically commits narrative suicide.Luke Falcon (Steven Strait) is a struggling musician. Brier Tucket (Pell James) is a model. They have a cute encounter in New York City and then meet again a year later in LA, where Luke is an even more struggling club singer and Brier is trying to make the stereotypical leap from modeling to acting. Even though they're clearly attracted to each other, Brier doesn't want to get involved with Luke for reasons that are so self-evidently stupid that the movie barely references them. Instead, Brier and her new best friend Clea (Ashlee Simpson) conspire to boost Luke's music career by generating some underground "buzz" about it.That inexplicably works and Luke is picked up by graceless record executive Garrett Schweck (Fisher Stevens). He remakes Luke into an alt-rock singer who looks like a cross of Danzig and Jim Morrison. Luke starts hanging out with Josie (Shannyn Sossamon), a character that makes absolutely no sense within the confines of the story and whose accent veers from Brazilian to Eastern European to New Jersey. Eventually Luke's star crashes to Earth as inexplicably as it rose in the first place, at which point the film suddenly remembers the whole "Luke loves Brier" thing and wraps up with a conclusion so predictable it's actually mentioned in the writings of Nostradamus.Also hanging around the story are Brier's New York agent, Carrie (Carrie Fisher), and Luke's brother Euan (Kip Pardue), who's only notable by acting like a white Bootsie Collins and doing the world's slowest job of packing a suitcase. I have no idea why either of these characters are in this movie, but they're pleasant and inoffensive.As long as Undiscovered is focused on this group of characters just dicking around and not really doing anything, it's nicely watchable. Steven Strait is nothing but a sack of meat with a half-Fabio hairdo that gets pulled back into bun and not a douchebag ponytail, but Pell James is beautiful and inviting, even when Brier is a frustrating twit, and Ashlee Simpson and her old nose are quirkily cute. Put them together and they have a fun and youthful ease about them that's both relaxing and amusing.However, every single time Undiscovered attempts to tells its intended story, the result is disastrous. What isn't stupid is illogical and what isn't stupid and illogical manages to be both insultingly obvious and awkwardly manipulative. It's a bit astounding how bad the storytelling becomes by the end of the movie.Undiscovered is one of those films where you can tell that something went very wrong at some point in the process and decisions were made that ruined whatever potential the production ever had. In an alternate universe, all those movie turn out great. Unfortunately, this reality's flawed and disappointing version of Undiscovered is all we've got.

The cast is so appealing, the acting so on point, the dialogue so pert, the milieu so well-defined, the production values so there, the direction so sharp, the look so polished, that it is agonizing to realize as the movie goes on how clichéd and stale the story is -- the honest musician seduced into the sleazy and superficial starmaker machinery behind the popular song. The Right Girl versus the Wrong Girl (a sleazy Brazilian "I'm With the Band" babe whose hair, unlike the Right Girl's, isn't naturally blonde). And then, God help us, a mad dash to the airport to stop the girl from leaving. You think you're seeing something as smart about the upcoming performer scene as the late lamented TV series "Unscripted" and then you find out you're seeing "She's All That." I don't want my two hours back, I want the cast to have their two months (or whatever it was) back. They could have been making a much better movie. My only consolation is that the clips will look great in everybody's talent reel; all the scenes will seem better, taken out of context.

This seems like a nice little flick as I first thought to myself while watching its trailer. It is also has a pretty neat casting include Carrie Fisher, Kip Pardue, Pell James, and Steven Straint.The story wasn't that bad, I like this kind of story about wannabe singer/actor tried to make it big but; somehow this movie hasn't been executed properly. No character development, and no proper plot - that after half an hour I absolutely lose interest in it. It such a waste of talent, seem like this movie is watchable because of the stars it has.Poor Mrs. S. Sossamon's character is the worst of all, sadly her character is a completely flop and almost nothing to do with the story on anything. Steven here in the movie do nothing but sing and more singing. That all the movie seems to consist of – people singing and nothing else. And the worst part is they actually sang the full version of the songs; imagine how many there is and how much time it take.Good part about this movie is – it is not about Mrs. A. Simpson like the way most movies goes by nowadays and her singing ability; but the bad part is they still let her sing couple of songs and her voice unlike the real thing was horrible in the movie. Her ability as a newbie actor wasn't all bad but compare to the real wannabe actors she is nothing. I also find the soundtrack to be extremely dreadful.Final Words: Seem like the director plan to make a sophisticated love story movie about the love for the girl and the music, but somehow he fails along the way. It was a let down.Reason To Watch: The Casting Is Fantastic.Reason Not To: The Story Fail The Movie.Rating: 3.5/10 (Grade: F).Please Rate After Reading (Y/N), Thank You.

"Undiscovered" Is One Of My Top 2 Favorite Movies Ever...And The Soundtrack Is Even More Amazing Than The Movie. I LOVE All The Songs By Steven Strait...But I'm Pretty Mad That Ashlee Simpson Was Not On The Soundtrack & She Was Replaced By Jen Crowe. Jen Crowe Is A Good Singer, But Not As Good As Ashlee Simpson. It Was Surprising How Good Of An Actor Ashlee Simpson Is, I Thought She Would Be Really Bad But She Was Really Good, And I Hope To See Her In More Movies....And Now Onto Steven Strait; He Is An Amazing Actor/Singer/Model, I First Saw Him In "Sky High" And Then "The Covenant" After I Saw "The Covenant" And Then I Found Out That Steven Strait Was In "Undiscovered", Because Hes In It, It Was The Only reason I Wanted To See "Undiscovered". But When I Started Watching "Undiscovered" I Thought "Ok, So Maybe This Is Gunna Be A Good Movie" And I Got Really Interested In It. Then I Heard Steven Strait Sing In The Movie And I became Even More Interseted. From The Second He Begain To Sing I Fell In Love With His Voice. Its Amazing. So, I Really Recommend This Movie To Anyone Who Loves A Good Romantic Comedy, Or Just Loves Music.