Big Time Rush (2009) (TV)

Director:

Savage Steve Holland

Writers:

Scott Fellows (creator)
Ron Holsey (writer)

Release Date:

28 November 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

A look at life for the members of a boy band. |

Cast

Spencer Locke	...	Jennifer 2
James Maslow	...	James Diamond
Kendall Schmidt	...	Kendall Knight
Erin Sanders	...	Camille
Carlos Pena	...	Carlos Garcia
Logan Henderson	...	Logan Mitchell
Steve Glickman	...	Gustavo Rocque
Ciara Bravo	...	Katie Knight
Denyse Tontz	...	Jennifer 1
Tanya Chisholm	...	Kelly Wainright
Tucker Albrizzi	...	Tyler
Savannah Jayde	...	Jennifer 3
Jose Acevedo	...	WayneWayne posse
Rachel Quaintance	...	Roberta
Challen Cates	...	Mrs. Knight
Kamen Edwards	...	Windmill
Ted Garcia	...	Himself
Matt Riedy	...	Arthur Griffin
Ralph Cole Jr.	...	Mr. Abramowitz
Anthony Martins	...	Shopper
Eric Nelsen	...	Windmill
Joshua Fredric Smith	...	Engineer dude
William Romeo	...	Security guard #1
Parker Young	...	Travis
Michael Ng	...	Rob
Ender Lee	...	Puking Kid
Peter Nikkos	...	A&R Senior Executive
Alyssa Preston	...	Stage Mom
Barnett O'Hara	...	Guitar Dude
Sammy Jay Wren	...	Teen Gwen Stefani Wannabe
Maxine Hayden	...	Female Auditioner
Jeff Wiesen	...	Construction Foreman
Shelly NunChucks Finnegan	...	Receptionist
Danton Dabar	...	Construction Worker #1

Also Known As:

One 4 All (USA) (working title)

Country:

USA

Company:

Nickelodeon Network

Exactly What One Would Expect

I'm not in the business of awarding stars, so I'm really not sure what to give this show.

It was cute...for the audience it was directed at. Of course, you won't enjoy it as much if you're an older viewer, but you could still get a few chuckles out of it.

The storyline was easy to follow (four friends from a generic state with a generic common interest who get the chance to be famous), and the characters were interesting enough. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with Minnesota (one of my favorite states, in fact), nor is there anything wrong with hockey. I just don't see either of those facts playing a large part in the series. It was stated SEVERAL times that they are just four (in case, you didn't know how to count) hockey players from Minnesota, but the closest we got to seeing any hockey was a quick scrimmage with brooms during a short montage.

The actors were awesome, to say the least. Kendall, Carlos, Logan, and James did extremely well with their character development. Logan (he was my favorite) reminds me of Bret Harrison and Arnie Pantoja (circa Sydney White), so that was adorable. James definitely pulled off the fact that he's supposed to be full of himself, but his character didn't really show the fact that he cared about his "buds", too. Carlos was...interesting. I'm still trying to figure out which part he will be playing. The show kind of jumped back and forth with both he and Logan playing the cute, likable dork. And Kendall, Kendall was great. That's all there is to it. Kendall's sister (played by Ciara Bravo) was hilarious, and his mom (Challen Cates) did the whole somewhat-clueless thing quite well. Steve Glickman and Tanya Chisholm rounded off the ensemble, and did great in their respective parts.

So, check it out if you like that sort of thing. Hannah Montana meets the Naked Brothers Band and such. It's funny, and will surely do well with the preteen female audience. (Though, I'm sure all the boys are late teens to early twenties and are JUST A BIT too old for them...Sorry girls.) Anyways, yes. Watch the show and whatnot.