Is it better to know or not to know?
That's the theme of
Undiscovered. It's the
classic story of struggling musician meets successful model, who is
already with a successful musician. Okay, so maybe it's a not classic
story, the
simpler version being boy meets girl. This flick is based on the idea
of kismet,
and that if something was meant to be then it would eventually
materialize.
Our model in this movie is a lot more down to earth and resourceful
than one
would ordinarily expect, and our "rock star" is an insecure romantic.
These two
find each other at first on the subway and lose each other as the train
pulls
away. Later, Brier (Pell James) decides that modeling isn't
fulfilling her
needs, and has her mother figure agent get her into a highly
prestigious acting
class in L.A.. It's in L.A. that coincidence is thrown out the window
and
recognized as fate when she befriends fellow actress Clea (Ashlee
Simpson). As
"luck" would have it Clea's best friend is a sweet struggling
musician...I wonder
who that could be.
Luke (played by Steven Strait) is finally reunited with his subway soul
mate
and the story kicks off. Now, Clea (Simpson) and Brier (James) are
hell-bent
on getting Luke (Strait) all the fame he deserves by contacting
Brier's "fairy
godmother" (or otherwise known as her agent) to help spin some
publicity his
way. However, even though it's clear that Brier is totally
infatuated with
Luke, she won't allow herself to be with him because she wants to
remain faithful
to her unfaithful forty-something rock star boyfriend. So what we end
up with
is a model jaded by philandering musicians and a love sick, rejected
Nuevo-riche celebrity. With great success comes great responsibility,
and pretty soon
fame becomes consuming.
This film allows us to see that pretty celebrities have feelings too.
Brier
must decide whether or not she'll let a potentially great love affair
go
undiscovered because of her fear of being hurt again. Clea must decide
whether or
not she'll be brave enough to allow her vocal talent to be discovered
at last.
And, the secret behind a skateboarding bulldog must go undiscovered
because
that kind of a traffic jam would be impossible to clear up!
I really can't say how truthful this movie is about either the model
or music
industry though. As far as the music industry being run by fickle
agents and
producers, that I believe. However, the overly maternal model agent
sending
help like deploying soldiers to a model in need...I can't seem to
spot anywhere
in reality.
Some of the dialogue was too sarcastic and comical during what were
supposed
to be serious scenes. However, for the majority of this flick I'd
have to say
that the acting came off as genuine enough so that you might smile
during a
grave moment but you ...
