The Lizzie McGuire Movie
The Lizzie McGuire Movie is a 2003 American teen comedy film directed by Jim Fall. The film serves as the finale of the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire and was the first theatrical film based on a Disney Channel series. The film stars Hilary Duff, Adam Lamberg, Robert Carradine, Hallie Todd and Jake Thomas, and the story follows Lizzie and her classmates on a graduation trip to Rome, where she gets mistaken for an Italian pop star and embarks on an unexpected adventure. It was released on May 2, 2003, by Buena Vista Pictures, peaking at number two at the domestic box office behind X2. It received mixed reviews from critics but gained a strong cult following in later years. The events of the film take place after the second and final season of Lizzie McGuire.
Plot
Lizzie McGuire prepares for her junior-high graduation with one of her two closest friends, David "Gordo" Gordon. Their other best friend, Miranda Sanchez, has chosen to skip the graduation ceremony in favor of a trip to Mexico City to visit her relatives. During the ceremony, Lizzie trips onstage and accidentally brings the curtain down on her fellow graduates; this causes her to be teased by her younger brother Matt and her former best friend Kate Sanders.
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| author | Ed Decter John J. Strauss Susan Estelle Jansen |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Italy Los Angeles |
| director | Jim Fall |
| editor | Margie Goodspeed |
| genre | action adventure animation comedy romance |
| keywords | ambush animate best friend create end former best friend ground hotel room junior-high live at mexico city music video plan pop star rome school principal sing spell the international tinker bell trevi fountain turn water park |
| musicBy | Cliff Eidelman |
| producer | Stan Rogow |
| publisher | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
| recordedAt | Vancouver |
| theme | children's high school musical musical comedy romantic comedy romantic musical teen romance |