I loved Jem & The Holograms when I was little. Granted, the animation was simple, story was practically non-existent and the characters were so transparent that the adult me cried blood. But I had no idea that the movie people would do this.

Jem and the Holograms the movie is like they dug Jem from her grave, put some ground meat on her using a duct tape and finally sprinkled glitter all over the corpse. Yes, it's that bad. And no, I'm not exaggerating.

The only good thing about this movie is that we, who have seen it, can warn the others from watching it. Avoid the urge of clawing your eyes out and don't watch this. Also avoid getting your blood pressure skyrocketing by not watching this.

Did I emphasize it enough? Don't. Waste. Your. Time.

This plot gave me whiplash, first the undiscovered girl band, then the scavenger hunt for the pieces to a holographic robot, then the record label takeover. This movie tried to be too much which left it feeling underdeveloped. The main plot was okay, but the others made no sense. The acting was okay, but the dialogue felt disjointed. The storyline had no flow. The cinematography was okay, though I could have done without the scattered YouTube videos.

Jerrica Benton (Aubrey Peeples) and her sister Kimber (Stefanie Scott) are orphans. At the age of ten, they moved in with their Aunt Bailey (Molly Ringwald) in California, and her foster girls Shana (Aurora Perrineau) and Aja (Hayley Kiyoko). Jerrica misses her father who called her Jem and left her with the small robot Synergy. Shy Jerrica makes a video of her singing. Kimber uploads it as Jem without Jerrica's knowledge and it becomes a viral hit. Aunt Bailey faces dire money trouble. Jerrica signs with Erica Raymond (Juliette Lewis) of Starlight Productions insisting on keeping her sisters. She falls for Erica's son Rio but Erica doesn't have her best interest in mind.

The positive is that the young actresses are mostly fine. The problems have little to do with them. Sometimes, they're given bad dialogue. This is almost entirely due to the bad writing. I never watched the cartoon but I understand it does not resemble this movie. I expected something bad after the critical panning but I hoped for simply bland. It starts off bland with a standard script. Juliette Lewis is unappealing. Then the movie starts piling on the problems. The robot is far too advanced to be made so long ago. The scavenger hunt is excessive nonsense. The Youtube cuts lower the cinematic value. The performances and songs are unremarkable. This movie would be a lot better by simplifying into something more traditional. The other option is to stick to the cartoon. The plot is simply badly written.