Poor Selena Gomez — Her New Movie 'Monte Carlo' Is Getting Awful Reviews!

Thu, June 30, 2011 11:11am EDT by 55 Comments

The critics are not being kind, but will YOU still go see it?

Selena Gomez is so excited about her new movie Monte Carlo, but unfortunately critics don’t have too many kind words for the movie — or it’s star!

Selena, 18, is getting torn apart by critics who are panning her performance — and they’re getting quite nasty! Here’s what some leading reviewers had to say about the film — and Selena’s performance:

Jake Coyle of the Associated Press writes, “Gomez, while endearingly earnest, doesn’t command the screen. It’s essentially her first semi-adult film, and one feels her stretching.”

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times writes, “[The movie is] chirpy, it’s bright, there are pretty locations and lots happens. This is the kind of movie that can briefly hold the attention of a cat.”

Scott Tobias of The A.V. Club writes, “Monte Carlo finally resolves itself in a farcical climax that at least shows a little energy, but it isn’t enough to overcome the discomfiting tensions and indifferent formula filmmaking that plagues nearly every scene. In every sense, Gomez is just following a script.”

Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel writes, “Selena Gomez is all girl in her first star-vehicle big-screen comedy, Monte Carlo. But that’s a problem, as she is so utterly out of her league with her grown women co-stars as to seem like a mascot to Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy.”

Nick Schager of Slant Magazine writes, “Gomez is likewise adequately cute, but too bland to lend the proceedings any vivid character, except for the few scenes that allow her to indulge her cold, sarcastic, nasty side as Cordelia.”

What do you think HollywoodLifers — are the critics just jealous of Selena’s success?

– William Earl

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Molly O'Brien

Posted at 12:06 PM on June 11, 2012  

I would and I did

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Posted at 7:45 PM on May 2, 2012  

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jacqualine fuller

Posted at 5:57 AM on September 20, 2011  

heeey this movies sounds gate i am going to see it when it comes out i would nor like anymore bad comments please it is aamaaaaziin i love selena gomez & justin bieber but i most love justin bieber more cauze i am a chick not a dude and it would be fuuny to like jb when your a dude but i am ok cauze i am a chick and i can love justin bieber so yer there is nothing ronge wiht this movie so get over yourself and stop saying bad comments on this it is so slack to say stuff about justin bieber and selena gomez they have dont nothing to youhh so dont do anything to them or i will go crazy at youhh and i mean it. it is not a joke i willl go crazy at youhh so love this movie or just dont commment on the movies if youhh dont like it <3 :) LOL LOL LOL OMG OMG OMG WHO EVER SAYS THAT THIS MOVIE IS BAD GETOVER YOURSELF OK GOT THAT PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE WORLD

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david b conway

Posted at 11:50 PM on August 21, 2011  

dear hollywood life web site , hi my name is david conway and my comments to here just about miss selena marie gomez her self , i just think that selena gomez does desrive to lose her career , just because she is the one that what,s to date that jurk justin bieber , and he did it help her just to save her career how dump is that pepole , and i just what to say that to miss selena gomez my self ,, love david b conway

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sandie

Posted at 2:51 PM on August 15, 2011  

the critics can say whatever they want but i’m deffinately going 2 watch it n its actually 2nd time on the big screen as she also did beezus n ramona

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i

Posted at 8:11 PM on August 3, 2011  

what the heck selena’s doing on big screens?!! haha
waste production!
SHE’S TOO “PANDAK” AT “MALAPAD ANG MUKHA” TO BE NOTICE ON BIG SCREENS HAHA SERIOUSLY WTF??!!

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dabawenya

Posted at 8:01 PM on August 3, 2011  

i’m sorry selena i like you in wizard of waverly place,
but i don’t think acting on big screens the kind of thing you should do. big uh-uh =(

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Tammie

Posted at 11:56 PM on August 2, 2011  

I heard the movie’s good as well as clean. Guess that’s what the critics don’t like! Or are they upset that she isn’t acting like a ho? Can’t wait to see the movie! Good job Selena!

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abby

Posted at 3:16 PM on July 29, 2011  

Plain boring and just not selena gomezish wat happened who is the bad influence

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jmp3000

Posted at 6:14 AM on July 6, 2011  

I guess justin’s fame couldn’t help her here. Although I have to say, I knew it from just the couple of trailers I saw. She was so much better in Wizards. I think she just has the face of a 12yr old sometimes and she just didn’t cut it. Although lets me honest, anyone reading the script might have realized there wasn’t much there.

Sorry Selena, I would say stick to singing but that is more horrible than acting. So, I will say hope you pick a better script next time. And maybe read it first. Also some advice- take some smaller parts in bigger movies will help you. Big parts doesn’t automaticaly mean better.

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dont hate_appreciate

Posted at 11:12 AM on July 4, 2011  

OMG, i tottaly LOVE selena gomez. and i support her acting, i will totally see her movie, and i love wizardz of waverly place. i think she will always be famous and be loved her whole life through. i know all genders of all grades all over the country will love ” Monte Carlo”. Shes a wonderfull terrific actress and a omg a perfect pitched awesome singer.
SELENA GOMEZ IS AWESOME, I LOVE YOU!!!
ALSO BECAUSE selena gomez was named after my best most awesome role model——–> ~SELENA QUINTANILLA~

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jacqualine fuller

Posted at 6:06 AM on September 20, 2011  

heeey selena gomez is aamaaaziin i love her she does all her movies amaaaziin i dont know why people dont like her for they are just jealous that she has justin bieber and they dont he is aamaaaazzin and she is tooo i love her and justin bieber the same but i love her more then anyone in the whole world <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) lol i love them so much

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jojop

Posted at 7:14 AM on December 6, 2011  

no not at all

 
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