Most Valuable Players

The film shines a big, bright spotlight on the musical madness surrounding three high school productions in Lehigh Valley, Pa.

Those who can't get enough of the tuneful teen spirit of the high school song-and-dance series "Glee" might want to check out Matthew D. Kallis' relentlessly peppy documentary "Most Valuable Players," which shines a big, bright spotlight on the musical madness surrounding three high school productions in Lehigh Valley, Pa. If the theater kids and their adult directors at Freedom High are a little more animated than a typical school putting on their "Bye Bye Birdie" — as neighboring Parkland and Emmaus are with their dueling versions of "Les Miserables" (ouch!) — it's because lying in wait are the Freddys: a Tonys-style live-television bash singling out the region's star talent. [...]

di Robert Abele, articolo completo (1359 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 13 agosto 2010