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During summer break, Lizzie McGuire (Hilary Duff) and her closest pals head off on a school-sponsored journey to Rome. Before long she makes the acquaintance of Paolo Valisari (Yani Gellman), a local music sensation whose duet partner looks almost exactly like Lizzie. Since Paolo and his collaborator recently feuded, Lizzie agrees to stand in for the girl at a massive concert and pretend to sing while a recording plays. But when things don't go as planned, she must rely on her own vocal chops.

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Harmless piece of fluff that ought to satisfy fans of the TV show.

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The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Keith Phipps AV Club As it goes with the TV show, so it goes with the movie, which benefits from being shot largely in Rome and suffers from trying to stretch its sitcom antics to feature length. Jan 15, 2020 Full Review The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Nell Minow Common Sense Media The target audience will absolutely adore it. Rated: 3/5 Dec 28, 2010 Full Review The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Peter Travers Rolling Stone Rated: 3/4 Aug 14, 2007 Full Review The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Alan Jones Radio Times No Three Coins in the Fountain cliché is left unused in this inane confection that is sugar-coated blandness personified and not remotely funny. Rated: 2/5 Jan 15, 2020 Full Review The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Leah Rozen People Magazine [A] sitcommish film that astutely builds on the Disney Channel's eponymous series. Jan 15, 2020 Full Review The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Christopher Borrelli Toledo Blade Here, we get a Bizarro Europe where the modest pleasures of the cable series are skipped to make room for a plot every American kiddie flick takes when it heads overseas. It aspires to nothing more than smiling imitation. Rated: 2/5 Jan 15, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Britany R THIS MOVIE IS MY EVERYTHING ♥️♥️ Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/25/23 Full Review Pedro V My Girlfriend is a big fan of the Lizzie McGuire series,I'm not,she wanted to see this during summer school and it was honestly absolute garbage,there was barely any good stuff and all I can say is that this should have been replaced with bugs life 2 Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/14/23 Full Review Jenny M Fun movie to watch. I watch it every now and then and still enjoy it. Cool song at the end! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Based on the hit tv series on Disney channel It stars Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire herself She's graduating high school On her summer break though she and her classmates including Kate and Ethan are off to Rome, Italy Paolo Valisari, a European music sensation then meets her mistaking her for another musician named Isabella Parigi Both her and Paolo had a falling out He then gets a crazy idea to pass her off as Isabella of course Lizzie isn't so sure about it She has to build to the courage to get past her stage fright singing with the help of her friend Gordo How long can she keep it up and moreover she's falling in love with Paulo unaware of Gordo's true feelings about her This is still a story of a young girl dreaming of becoming a pop star and it fits the target audience it's aimed at Even if it's not memorable and doesn't necessarily scream cinema the fans will get their fill The final scene with the concert is the best thing with the best song Although I wish the ending was better and this didn't feel like an extended tv episode Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/03/23 Full Review Riley C This live action and animated movie is released in 2002 was disney channel series never seen before and until sequel in TBA and series reboot on air and streaming on disney plus. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review red t Man This Sucked. The acting isn't good at all for being a big screen feature, the cinematography is cheap, uninspired, shot like a sitcom, and doesn't really ever take advantage of its amazing set location. The music is Bad with cheap pop numbers and songs that feel over the top and don't really go together. The worst parts are the editing and pacing they are absolutely terrible for the whole middle of this film. A third of this movie is nothing but edited montages and Lizzie and her love interest just doing stuff with no real plot taking place until the last ten minutes. This should have been a 40-45 minute Disney Channel TV Special not a Theater release. There is basically no plot for over half this film. Skip This At All Cost. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jim Fall Director Hilary Duff Lizzie McGuire Adam Lamberg Adam "Gordo" Gordon Robert Carradine Sam McGuire Hallie Todd Jo McGuire Jake Thomas Matt McGuire
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Synopsis During summer break, Lizzie McGuire (Hilary Duff) and her closest pals head off on a school-sponsored journey to Rome. Before long she makes the acquaintance of Paolo Valisari (Yani Gellman), a local music sensation whose duet partner looks almost exactly like Lizzie. Since Paolo and his collaborator recently feuded, Lizzie agrees to stand in for the girl at a massive concert and pretend to sing while a recording plays. But when things don't go as planned, she must rely on her own vocal chops.

Director
Jim Fall

Producer
Stan Rogow

Screenwriter
Susan Estelle Jansen, Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Terri Minsky

Distributor
Walt Disney Pictures

Production Co
Buena Vista (Walt Disney)

Rating
PG (Mild Thematic Elements)

Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
May 2, 2003, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 14, 2016

Box Office (Gross USA)
$42.7M

Runtime
1h 33m

Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR

Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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