Camp Rock

Image via Wikipedia Teenage drama, teenage romance, and teenage wanna-be rock stars – the movie, Camp Rock, has it all! And of course there is the fun of camp, too!

Camp for kids is a little bit like a dry run of going away to college. Although there are grownups around, and you are supervised, you are still a LOT more independent than you are at home. Movies about kids at sleep-away camp are always fun!

Mitchie is the lead female in the movie and she really wants to go to Camp Rock, but, it is very expensive and her parents can’t afford it. Her mother, however, is a caterer and takes her catering business to Camp Rock and Mitchie can go, if she will help in the kitchen. She agrees – and she tries to hide this fact from the other campers.

Shane Gray is a pop star with a bad attitude, so his bandmates drop him off at Camp Rock to teach singing and dancing lessons, in an effort to straighten him up.

These two facts lead to a Cinderella issue in the movie. And the ‘prince’ does fall for the ‘poor stepdaughter’, but, instead of looking for a girl who fits the glass slipper – he was looking for the girl with the heavenly voice. He finds her on the night of the Final Jam and they wind up singing their two songs together.

Sammie had been really looking forward to this movie as a Disney Channel Original Movie – and now she is totally thrilled that we own it on DVD!