To begin the higher education analysis of So Undercover, it is worth digging into the host institution for the story. The reception to So Undercover was generally negative: it currently holds an IMDb user rating of 5.1/10 alongside Rotten Tomatoes scores of 6% from critics and 49% from audiences, though the direct-to-video release meant that not very many people ever even saw the film. For domestic audiences, the film was only available direct-to-video. So Undercover went through some hiccups in regards to distribution – after a number of delays and rights exchanges, it never ultimately made it to theaters in the United States, though it did in a handful of international markets. The cast of the film is headlined by pop star Miley Cyrus ( Hannah Montana, Black Mirror) and Jeremy Piven ( Entourage, Smokin’ Aces, PCU, Car 54 Where Are You?), with supporting roles filled in by Mike O’Malley ( Glee, Justified, My Name is Earl), Eloise Mumford ( Fifty Shades of Grey), and Megan Park ( Diary of the Dead). So Undercover was directed by Tom Vaughan, who has primarily worked on television shows like Big Love, The Royals, Victoria, and Press. The screenplay was provided by Allan Loeb ( Collateral Beauty, The Switch, Here Comes The Boom) and producer Steven Pearl ( New Amsterdam). The plot of So Undercover is summarized on IMDb as follows:Ī tough, street-smart private eye is hired by the FBI to go undercover in a college sorority.
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The only redeeming aspect of the movie is the tender and close relationship between Molly and her father - but that gets overwhelmed by the SO, like, ridiculous depiction of college life.Today, in my continuing series about portrayals of higher education on film, I’m taking a look at the Miley Cyrus vehicle So Undercover. Bowman, who stars on ABC's primetime soap Revenge, is handsome enough, but the romance between he and Cyrus is forced. Piven and O'Malley are wasted in the film, so it's no real loss that they phone in their performances. It's not that Cyrus is the only weak link in the story: the plot is predictable, the characterizations either flat or completely unbelievable (one co-ed is a chemistry major but doesn't know the definition of some basic words), and even the "twist" can be deciphered halfway through the movie. But that campus comedy starred a young James McAvoy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dominic Cooper and Alice Eve. Scottish director Tom Vaughan has made four very different movies - from the weepy sick-kid drama Extreme Measures to the outlandish romantic comedy What Happens in Vegas - and So Undercover had the potential of living up to his entertaining debut feature, Starter for 10, which also followed an eccentric group of college kids.
So Undercover hinges on the very limited acting talents of Cyrus, who has proven once again (as with LOL) that she's not ready or able to carry a movie.
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