I didn't think I would like this. I was wrong. It is quite a fun, happy, wholesome, uplifting story. How I rate: 1-3 ❤ = seriously! don't waste your time 4-6 ❤ = you may or may not enjoy this 7-8 ❤ = I expect you will like this too 9-10 ❤ = movies and TV shows I really love!

This film might not blaze any new trails in the "Disney movie" genre, but it certainly puts a unique _Spin_ on things. While I admit that there were multiple points during the story that made me roll my eyes and mutter, "Could you not use that cliché?", there's a gravity to this picture. Unlike many Disney productions, the main characters are believable. Little tidbits that seem thrown in to feel current (such as [spoiler]"Tik-Tacos"[/spoiler]) can't hide Avantika's acting skills—nor Meera Syal's, nor Abhay Deol's. Most importantly, though, I think this came out at perhaps the best possible time in history. We're living in an era of unprecedented creative tools, widely (and often freely) available. The one thing I would change about the script is its subtle emphasis on equipment. Just by spending a bit of time in her school's media lab (surely they have one, given everything else we see), Rhea could have digitized everything and created her mix entirely in an audio editor, on the computer she already had at home. I realize that doesn't fit with the DJ theme, but her friends bringing over a bunch of gear so she can get started sends the wrong message—to say _nothing_ of the brand-new setup offered as a prize at the Beatmasters competition. To mitigate the focus on equipment, I think this movie should have shown a bit more use of school/public resources. Maybe not every high school or library will have music-production gear, but many do. This story's strongest element is the push to try creating things. Its target audience should see that the tools might be easier to find than they think.