Editing From Justin to Kelly (section)

===Critical reception===
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|score=8|average=3.1|count=63|consensus=A notorious stinker, ''From Justin To Kelly'' features banal songs, a witless plot, and non-existent chemistry between its American Idol-sanctioned leads.|ref=|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_justin_to_kelly/ | title=From Justin to Kelly | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] | access-date=May 5, 2022 | archive-date=May 12, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512220820/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_justin_to_kelly | url-status=live }}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|14|16|access-date=23 May 2025}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/from-justin-to-kelly | title=From Justin to Kelly | work=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | access-date=October 21, 2014 | archive-date=October 5, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005223404/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/from-justin-to-kelly | url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemascore.com/|title=CinemaScore|website=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=September 21, 2020|archive-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616113816/https://www.cinemascore.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' film critic [[Owen Gleiberman]] wrote in his review, "How bad is ''From Justin to Kelly''? Set in Miami during spring break, it's like ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]: The Next Generation'' acted out by the food-court staff at [[SeaWorld]]."<ref name="ew">{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,452286~1~0~fromjustintokelly,00.html|title=Movie Review From Justin to Kelly (2003)|date=May 23, 2003|access-date=July 21, 2009|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|archive-date=August 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813122409/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,452286~1~0~fromjustintokelly,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine described the film as "a monstrous ''Idol'' movie musical that in the most generous light is the worst film so far this century".<ref name="time">[[Josh Tyrangiel|Tyrangiel, Josh]] (February 5, 2006). [https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1156616,00.html "Miss Independent"] . ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''.</ref>