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So Undercover is not a good movie, but it is not the worst. There were several things that happened in other chick flicks too. It can get a bit overtiring. However, this movie is weirdly comforting. The dynamics between sorority girls are a bit different. The plot was interesting, but it is not executed well enough. I give it 6 out of 10.

I am fully aware that this movie isn't great and has a cheesy script and a stupid storyline and all that. However, sometimes it's just fun to watch a movie because of the person starring in it. And in this case, Miley Cyrus makes it enjoyable (in my opinion) to watch. There are also just a few side characters that are funny, like Cotton, who make the movie a great laugh. Once again, don't watch this movie for anything serious or thought-provoking. It's simply a silly, superficial comedy. Enjoy it for what it is.

3, 2, or even 1 star? It's not really bad. Take it easy people, don't be too serious to rate a movie like this kind.

I find this movie is hilarious, and got me laughing every time one of the characters named Cotton showed her ignorance, and I think she's the most that gives comedic atmosphere in this movie.

Frankly at first from the opening of the movie, I judged this movie and thought that this movie was bad. This movie has flaws in many ways, but then the point of watching this kind of movie is having fun on spending a leisure time. We don't really have to inspect and criticize all of the movie's flaws. I know that many other movies have really well-made lines, plot, and astonishing scene. But I consider this movie is well made to just enjoy it in some leisure time without keeping criticize it. But frankly I think the ending, particularly the last scene, is hasty, and yup this is one of the flaws I think and maybe you guys would think too. But it is still entertaining though. And by the way, I see a lot worse comedy than this one, as well as the better.

Overall, from the plot, hilarious scenes and dialogue, and the ending, i give it 6/10

I don't expect comedies to have very much story or very heavy on plot. If you're looking for an easy movie to watch, give this a try. It's entertaining.

Molly Morris (Miley Cyrus) is a private investigator working with her dad ex-Dallas cop Sam (Mike O'Malley). FBI Agent Armon Ranford (Jeremy Piven) is working a case against the Georgian mafia and he needs her to watch over college girl Alex Patrone (Lauren McKnight). Alex is the daughter of an important witness and she may be holding some evidence. Sam continues to gamble and Molly needs money to pay off the debt. The grimy Molly has to infiltrate a sorority.

This starts off as somewhat serious. That could actually work but it goes kind of silly. The girls are either Bs or really stupid. This feels like there are two movies trying to come out on top. It's not silly enough to be Disney teen frivolity. It's definitely not serious but the camera sometimes use shaky hand held style. The styles are all wrong and conflict with each other. It's like somebody thought that Hannah Montana needs to be filmed by Paul Greengrass. If they wanted to do a realistic movie, that would be interesting to see. It would be like Veronica Mars goes to college. Also the name of the movie is horrible and somebody should be fired for it.

From the clothes, to the make-over, to the speech at the end of the trailer, where all you have to do is replace "pearl-white Bentley" with "world peace," this movie looks like a very poor knock-off of 'Miss Congeniality.' They didn't even attempt to use a different agency investigating into whatever the actual problem was--in both movies, it was the FBI. Hairdresser and a make-up artist that insult her while she's getting a makeover for her FBI assignment? Hmm, seems familiar. A little bit. Handcuffs in her hand on the cover while she's dressed up (and for the character, that IS dressed up)also seems vaguely reminiscent of a certain Sandra Bullock movie.

I think this would be OK for the very young kids that still like Miley Cyrus but for anyone older I think this is a waste of time. Miley Cyrus is not a good actress, plain and simple. She can get away with Hannah Montana but continuing to act like so is not going to work in her favor.

It was hard to sit through the movie for me and I highly advise anyone to steer clear as well. It's a very cheesy movie, not like a good B movie or a good comedy movie...not even a teen movie like in the 80's. I'm not sure how to classify this as it doesn't live up to expectations for any of the categories.

Want a date night movie that you can have fun with? Okay - Miley Cyrus's acting leaves something to be desired. But - it's just a fun time. And a real whodunnit. You'll enjoy the other performances and get a taste of Greek Life at a private (expensive) college. Don't believe the haters...

Here it is, March 2020, and everyone is self-isolating to stem the tide of COVID-19 infections. I found this on YouTube free streaming movies. While I am not really a big Cyrus fan I find her curious, and find that she is a very capable actress. Filming started right after she turned 18.

I started watching out of curiosity but kept watching because it is filmed in New Orleans, in many places I am familiar with. Tulane University, Audubon Park, St. Charles Avenue, Cafe du Monde, and a host of other places I know. Miley Cyrus is Molly who is hired to attend classes and join a sorority in New Orleans, to operate as an undercover investigator called Brooke.

I found the movie overall to be a bit better than its current IMDb rating of "5" would indicate. It is a well made movie with a good cast and while some of the situations are not plausible there are a few funny ones and the overall 90 minute viewing is entertaining.

Forget the critics and what you think you know about Miley Cyrus...she delivered a great performance in this light and funny movie. This is an entertainment. It doesn't try to be anything it isn't...it is what entertaining movies should be. It's funny, well acted...maybe a little convoluted, but it keeps you guessing anyways. We enjoyed it

Once in a while we need a teeny bopper chick flick to update us on the lingua franca used by youths today, so from Clueless which led the contingent in the mid 90s, we now have Miley Cyrus doing the same with her new film So Undercover, which is based on the cliché laden premise of a cop of sorts, because of one's still youthful attributes, getting assigned as an undercover on a mission back in school, and taking to it like a fish out of water, having to relive bad memories and experiences, encounter romance with either a fellow student or teacher, and get to save the day.

Making things worse is having to be assigned to a sorority of sisters in the KKZ sorority house, being amongst yet another group of clichéd characters who are the usual vain pots, bimbos, back stabbing rich kids who dream of Bentleys and having to marry scions of senators, spending time dolling up than actually studying in school. Is it the Hollywood cliché now that the nerds in writing departments actually get back at their high school or college nightmares through film in this fashion by painting everyone in sorority and fraternity houses as such? One can only guess.

In any case, Miley Cyrus plays Molly, a rather tom-boyish go-getter of a private investigator in her dad's small firm in Dallas, before getting hired by FBI agent Armon (Jeremy Piven) to assist in a case involving the mob, a key witness, the witness' daughter Alex (Lauren McKnight) and some ledgers. Needing the money to bail her dad out of trouble, Molly accepts the role, gets transformed into college student complete with wardrobe, accessories, vehicle and weapons, to investigate into anything that's out of the ordinary. Nothing is out of bounds when required to use her skills to break into fellow sisters' rooms and rummage through their belongings, for clues of anyone being a suspect waiting in the wings to get at Alex.

Expect the usual episodes complete with the quintessential bimbo (Megan Park) written into the story just for weak laughs, the easily envious head of the sorority house (Eloise Mumford) ever looking over her shoulder for threats to her power, and well, the rest of the forgettable actresses in thankless roles that you won't remember much of once you step out of the cinema hall. Romance comes in the form of Cameron (Cameron Deane Stewart), being probably the only guy in college who rides a Triumph motorcycle, together with tons of red herrings that pop up now and then to keep one guessing in this tired tale of who-could-be- whom, and for Molly to show off some deducting skills every now and then, while frequently tripping up over the latest girly lingo, which isn't too funny nor going to be included in the Oxford anytime soon.

There's a neat plot development in the film for the final act that finally lifted the narrative from its lacklustre slumber, but that was too little too late, and unfortunately didn't hold up to scrutiny because it introduced a gaping plot loophole involving resource issues. I'm not quite sure who the intended demographic is for this film, because Miley Cyrus fans would already get it that she's trying to move further away from her Hannah Montana days by taking on roles that are less saccharine sweet, but skirting around characters like this one won't do her film career any good. She probably needs to tackle stronger dramatic roles if given a chance to really break out of her stereotype.

I don't get the hate this movie gets. Sure it wasn't the greatest or most original movie ever made, but I thought it was a fun little film. So Undercover follows The film follows Molly (Miley Cyrus), a tough, street-smart private eye who is hired by the FBI to go undercover in a college sorority. It's your basic tomboy girl who has to fit in with a group of college girly girls to solve a crime. Miley Cyrus does a good job as the lead in a more adult/ teen comedy, and you can tell that she was trying really hard to get away from the Hanna Montana Label. While I thought all the other girls did a good job, too, Alexis Knapp steals the show as Taylor. Alexis basically plays Taylor just like Stacie from Pitch Perfect, as the pretty and sexually active college girl. However, as someone who loved Pitch Perfect, I loved seeing Alexis in this type of role again. Especially since Stacie often got placed in the background in Pitch Perfect. She also had some of the funniest one-liners in the movie, such as "they are so lucky they had bad childhoods" and "You are so pretty I want to kill you. I think about killing you all the time." Also, her joke about the neck message and getting caught exercising naked was hilarious. The one weakness of the film is that, at times, the plot gets pushed to the back and that it really isn't that interesting in comparison to Molly just hanging out with the girls. However, it is a comedy, and it's probably best not to think too much about the plot. With that said, I would say ignore the haters and watch this one for yourself if you need a good laugh.

Alright, well I must say that I can't claim to be overly familiar with Miley Cyrus's former work, aside from the occasional zapping across her Hannah Montana stuff on TV, and knowing that she sings as well. And I didn't realize that she was in this movie before I started to question whether or not it was actually her whilst she was doing the stunts on the hotel balconies.

That being said, then you shouldn't be intimidated or scared away from watching "So Undercover" just because Miley Cyrus is in it, because the girl can actually act, and she does have a certain charm to her as well.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, because it was fun, and it was well put together, and the story was interesting enough, despite it being a late teenage comedy. But Jeremy Piven and Mike O'Malley also helped the movie along quite nicely.

Forget about Hannah Montana and try not to let the overshadowing stereotype that Miley Cyrus is stuck in overcast your opinion when you watch this movie, because it is actually a great fun ride for people of all ages.

So, Three Word Reviewer says my summary says it all! Miley, who is so out there, and so in front of all of us, like way more than what we want (tmi, Miley) is undercover! As a sorority girl, no less! Has Miley even gone to college? Does she need to? First, we're asked to believe that Miley is a private eye--more or less, someone that snaps pix of cheating couples, all in support of poor old dad, who is a boozing, gambling shell of himself since he got kicked off the police force. He's trying to get back in somehow, by being a bottom feeder private eye. Then, we're asked to believe that the FBI has seen her stellar work as a teen photog in truck stop diners, and they desperately need her to infiltrate a sorority house to help some sorority chick whose daddy is a mob boss. They're willing to pay her big bucks, which of course she has to take because old boozing daddy just lost a bucket at the racetrack. THEN, we're asked to believe that after oh what, ten minutes, no, I'll be generous, a half day of FBI training, tough-talking, motorcycle-riding Miley is ready to be a sorority girl. This is of course, a transformation, a la Eliza Doolittle, because we all know sorority girls are all the same, and they all talk, like, so unbelievably real. And they're all bitches...and dumb...and vain. (But secretly majoring in chemistry). So yeah, the story makes no sense, and it's not supposed to.

It's your fault-you chose to see this movie, knowing that Miley Cyrus is a private eye that becomes an FBI agent, posing as a sorority girl. And yeah, you'd have a right to be mad if you walked into this movie not knowing that. But odds are, you knew that walking in. And so, since you knew that...guess what?? It's not that bad! She's likable...yes, I said it. And she's a better actress than Britney or Mariah. The movie is fun. You can't be mad, because it's not a serious movie. Yes, you can be mad when you are ready for a serious movie, and there are plot holes galore. But this is not a serious movie, nor does it pretend to be. So, sit back, be entertained, and don't worry about the plot holes-worry about plot holes for a serious movie. It plays, don't think about it, watch it when you're hungover and need mindless entertainment. Because that is how it works. And the Miley in this movie is the Miley we want to know...it's not a star vehicle, she doesn't sing, and she really doesn't overact. Honestly, I can see a future for the girl if she ever wants to bust out some serious acting chops.

Producers obvious failed to realize that semi cute bad acting Disney Channel kids can grow up to be ugly, really bad acting, and annoying adults. The mere fact that a director, cameraman, boom mic operator, and other crew actually committed this to film is truly disturbing.

Dentists everywhere may be out of work, as 'So Undercover' can inflict far more pain than ever before imagined.

Every single last second of this trash had me reciting the 23rd Psalm, "Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil," until I realized that was written long before the agony of Miley Cyrus' "acting" was ever know.

Just in case you're having any thoughts of actually seeing this film, perhaps a "plot" synopsis will dissuade you.

Cyrus "stars" as chubby faced Texas private investigator who's supposed to be "bad ass." Considering Cyrus' figure and face that term may be taken in more than one way. Cyrus is pathetic as a 'La Femme Nikita' want to be. (or in any other role) She agree to work undercover for FBI agent Jeremy Piven (What bet with the Devil did he lose too be in this?) In order to pay off her father's gambling debt. Although since the film ends with Cyrus failing to collect her fee it's unclear how her father is still alive and well. This could have been easily explained away with Cyrus receiving reward money from the FBI but that would be to logical for the "writers." Cyrus must go "so undercover" as a spoiled sorority brat at a New Orleans university, in order to..........? Well again, the "writers" never really bother to explain this or how Jeremy Piven has an unlimited budget to supply Cyrus with her undercover rich brat identity.

Only Disney is able to film on location in a city 60% black and give us a 99.9% white cast. I actually counted the token minorities in this film. There's one Mulatto girl! They couldn't even be bothered to work in a few minorities even as extras in the background! At the sorority house Cyrus discovers that all sorority girls a dumb blondes. THAT'S THE SOLE PREMISES for every "joke" in this movie! Pretty girls are dumb! Although Cyrus proves that ugly girls are more dumb.

How else could the "writers" explain why Cyrus' cover isn't blown the first day as she randomly brandishes a handgun sticking it into the faces of her sorority sisters? Since this is Disney, the sorority makes an Amish farm look like 'Animal House' as there is NO sex, beer, or rock and roll, even at a pool party with a fraternity. No, Disney music does not count as rock and roll.

There are several other MAJOR plot holes, such as Cyrus taking photos with a digital camera and then stating she left the "negatives" in a mailbox. And ad nauseam diatribes against the RICO act of 1970. Yes, "diatribes," there's more than one.

But the real nail against the chalkboard is Cyrus herself. She is so annoying, it's unbelievable anyone actually paid to see this film.

Worst film I've ever seen since 'The Starfighters' 1964.

The box touts that Miley Cyrus is a "tough as nails, street smart private investigator.", so naturally there's a need for a HUGE suspension of disbelief going in to 'So Undercover'. That said, Cyrus really does have a more mature bearing than one would expect fresh off of a teeny bopper show like 'Hannah Montana'. I don't know that anyone is going to buy her as a P.I., but she does pull off street smart with enough credibility to make it work.

'So Undercover' is occasionally amusing fluff, and though she's no Meryl Streep, Miley Cyrus makes for a likable and energetic lead in a film that is often neither itself.

RELEASED IN 2012 and directed by Tom Vaughan, "So Undercover" stars Miley Cyrus as a teen private investigator who's hired by an FBI agent (Jeremy Piven) to go undercover at a sorority. Mike O'Malley plays her dad, Josh Bowman her potential beau and Matthew Settle her professor.

This was my first exposure to Miley as an actress (I've never seen Hanna Montana, for instance) and she's effective for this kind of role, a formidable no-nonsense detective with wit and feminine charisma. I'm not a fan of hers in any sense, but she's easily the most all-around attractive female in the cast, which is saying a lot since the events take place at a sorority. Or perhaps it's saying that the rest of the female cast is subpar as far as sex appeal goes. Other than that, they're all just fine. Bottom Line: This is a fun detective drama/adventure at a university highlighted by Cyrus as the protagonist; nothing more, but nothing less.

The movie runs 94 minutes and was shot entirely in Louisiana. Writers: Allan Loeb & Steven Pearl. ADDITIONAL CAST: Eloise Mumford (Sasha), Megan Park (Cotton), Lauren McKnight (Alex), Kelly Osbourne (Becky), Alexis Knapp (Taylor) and Morgan Calhoun (Hunter).

GRADE: B-

I can't believe I just watched this, is literally the worst movie I have seen in 2019. As a comedy, it sucks, as an action film, gave me the chills on how bad it is.

It's clearly aimed at a tween/teen girl audience and it probably works well for them. There are certainly some major plot inconsistencies and the pacing is a bit off, but the overall film is reasonably watchable. Definitely not a complete disaster, but there are better films you could watch.