Growing up musical movies really captivated me, as they do most children. It’s something everyone can appreciate and have a good time with, however, call it growing up if you want, but Disney just hasn’t been on stride with musicals as of late. Sure the success of High School Musical and others can debate that, but there just hasn’t been that pizzazz that I yearn. But I open my eyes and mind going into The Cheetah Girls: One World, hoping for a nostalgic journey to when these films captivated my imagination. Is Cheetah Girls going to impress, or just be another contemporary drag?

For those of you unfamiliar with the back story regarding the Cheetah Girls, I’ll quickly fill you in. In the original film the girls are launched into superstardom after being discovered at a high school talent show. The four girls all have their distinctive personalities that often clash but at the end of the day they always have each other’s backs. It really doesn’t get more cliché, but please read on.

Galleria (Raven-Symone) is off attending school in England so the group is now a trio including Chanel (Adrienne Bailon), Aqua (Kiely Williams), and Dorinda (Sabrina Bryan). They travel to India to star in a new Bollywood film, where they realize only one of them can be the star. They decide to be fair in competing for the role but soon become jealous of each other’s talents. They begin to feud and with the friendship on the line will they all come to terms like they always do? I wonder…

Movies have really changed since I was a kid; musicals used to be much more entertaining and had elaborate and fantastical plots. Now it has become MTV’d like everything else, and clichéd to the point of nausea. Maybe if there was some acting talent in the movie it could have floated, but this was just a horrible barrage of song and dance.

I think this type of movie might be lost on my generation, as they seem pretty popular with young people these days. I just can’t watch it with any sincerity as there is no dialogue, the songs are anything but engaging, and the storyline is predictable and uninteresting. Avoid this one at all costs.

Video

Cheetah Girls is presented 1080p 1.78:1 aspect ratio Cheetah Girls comes to Blu-ray with some great looking results. Colors look extremely vibrant, but flesh tones are actually too vibrant and come off looking orangey and artificial.  Thankfully the detail is top notch, without issues like edge enhancement.

Besides the minor color problem mentioned above Cheetah Girls looks very good.

Audio

Disney has included a 5.1 PCM track with Cheetah Girls and the quality of the track is quite good.  The movie revolves around music and uses all speakers constantly, with the quality remaining top notch throughout.  Dialogue was very front heavy, but meshed well with the soundtrack.  Unlike the dialogue the music track used front and rear channels effectively.  Bass support was a little on the weak side, but was present throughout the entire movie.

Even though I hated the music it did sound good (quality wise).   If you are a fan of the music then you will love the audio presentation here.

Special Features

• Cheetah Spots – A pop up trivia track which play through the movie.
• Music Videos — We are given 3 music videos by the Cheetah Girls.  The videos themselves are horrible and clearly lip-synced, but should please fans.

Final Thoughts

Too be blunt, this movie was horrible. There weren’t any aspects about it that I liked about it, and I’m going to recommend you stay away. If for some reason you actually enjoyed the film then I will give the Blu-ray some credibility, the audio and video transfer very nice in hi def and the features will surely please fans. I hate to say it but it is a good buy for those of you who like The Cheetah Girls.