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"TRL, baby!"

Lets continue our Nickelodeon marathon with this TV movie based on the hit series where the two step-brothers go to LA to get their sister, but wind up getting all tangled up in a sinister plot; Drake and Josh Go Hollywood.

Taking place during the show's third season, Josh must write an essay on the greatest adventure of his life for a school assignment, to which he struggles to think of anything fun or fulfilling he has ever done.
Drake is frustrated at his band manager for booking him and his band inappropriate gigs at boring venues, so Josh offers to become his new manager, using this experience to write his essay, which Drake reluctantly accepts.
When their parents, Audrey and Walter, leave to go on a ten-day cruise, Drake and Josh drive their sister Megan to the airport to visit her friend Jessica in Denver, Colorado.
However, Drake and Josh accidentally put Megan on the wrong flight to Los Angeles, California. Megan is angry at the boys for putting her on the wrong flight, but uses Walter's credit card to book a limousine service and a luxurious stay at the Chambroulay Hotel, which she comes to enjoy.
When Drake and Josh fly to LA to find Megan and keep an eye on her, Josh meets a music producer in the hotel bathroom while playing one of Drake's songs on his laptop. The producer decides to book Drake an appearance on TRL for the next day.
However, Josh finds out that his G.O. (an MP3 player) was accidentally replaced on the flight with that of a man named Deegan, containing blueprints for counterfeit money. When Deegan and his companion Brice Granger confront Drake and Josh on the G.O., the boys attempt to escape, driving around LA in a Viper stolen from Tony Hawk.
When they think they have lost them, Drake and Josh get pulled over by FBI agents. But, the two "cops" actually turn out to be two more bad guys who work with the criminals who chased them.
The criminals kidnap Drake and Josh and take them to a warehouse, locking them away.
Back when Drake and Josh were at the San Diego airport, Josh had watched the news about some crooks who stole a monetary printing press from the U.S. Treasury Department three days before. Josh figures out that the group of criminals who kidnapped them, led by Milo McCreary, stole the printing press to forge counterfeit money.
After making $500 million, the crooks plan to drown Drake and Josh in a lake.
Now it's up to Drake and Josh to escape and vanquish the criminals, and make it to Drake's gig on TRL in time.

The story is very well written as it manages to keep the same wacky and comedic tone of the series by still having some very solid comedy, heart, and charm. And since this is a movie, it has some higher stakes than the show with Drake and Josh having their lives on the line here, and it has a larger scale.
The humor is thankfully just as funny as it was in the show as even though there are a few clunkers, the vast majority of the jokes do manage to get some good laughs such as the witty banter and dialogue between the characters, the snarky comebacks and remarks, the gags and slapstick, the dark humor and occasional adult joke, and some of the more wacky scenes.
The movie also still manages to have some good heart and charm which does lead to some decently charming moments like Josh yearning for a great adventure, and Drake's performance at the end.
The movie also has a few solid action scenes due to the stakes that are raised such as Drake and Josh escaping from Deegan and Granger which leads to a car chase across LA, and the climax where Drake and Josh are fighting off the crooks in the warehouse.
The production values have definitely been upped from the series as even though it's not by a whole lot, they do look very impressive such as the sets and setpieces being very well built and having a great amount of detail, the actual filming locations featured are very well utilized, the costumes and clothing are very well crafted, there are some nice special effects, we get some nice shots of LA, and the lighting is very solid and effective.
The characters are all mostly very solid and well written as the returning characters from the show all still have some nice chemistry, charisma, humor, and dynamics such as Drake, Josh, Megan, and Walter and Audrey despite their small amount of screentime here.
As for the new characters exclusive to this movie, they're mostly pretty alright like Ah'Lee and Mitch, and Milo, Deegan, Granger, and their fellow criminals are pretty decent villains.
The acting is just as well done as it was in the series with some great performances like Drake Bell as Drake, Josh Peck as Josh, Miranda Cosgrove as Megan, John J. York as Milo, Matt Newton as Deegan, Nick von Esmarch as Granger, Jorge Luis Abreau as Ah'Lee, Jordan Belfi as Mitch, and more.
The music is very well done as the score is well composed and really does capture the movie's comedic and charming tone, and the new songs for the film like "Hollywood Girl" are well written and performed.

Overall, while not a perfect movie, this is a very nice companion piece to the series, and is pretty much a must watch for any fan of the show.

Cast:
Drake Bell as Drake Parker
Josh Peck as Josh Nichols
Miranda Cosgrove as Megan Parker
Nancy Sullivan as Audrey Parker Nichols
Jonathan Goldstein as Walter Nichols
John J. York as Milo McCreary
Matt Newton as Deegan
Nick von Esmarch as Brice Granger
Jorge Luis Abreu as Ah'Lee
Jordan Belfi as Mitch Gordon
Colleen Kirley as MTV secretary
Dylan MacKenzie as Security guard
Gino Montesinos as Detective Jamison
Michael Ralph as Detective Campbell
Damien Fahey as himself
Tony Hawk as himself

Crew:
Directed by Steve Hoefer
Screenplay and Story by Dan Schneider
Produced by Dan Schneider, Robin Weiner, and Joe Catania
Music and Songs by Michael Corcoran and Drake Bell

Misc.
Based on "Drake and Josh" created by Dan Schneider
Production companies: Schneider's Bakery, Nickelodeon Productions
Distributed by Nickelodeon
Runtime: 1 hour, 13 minutes
Release Date: January 6, 2006

Description
"TRL, baby!"

Lets continue our Nickelodeon marathon with this TV movie based on the hit series where the two step-brothers go to LA to get their sister, but wind up getting all tangled up in a sinister plot; Drake and Josh Go Hollywood.

Taking place during the show's third season, Josh must write an essay on the greatest adventure of his life for a school assignment, to which he struggles to think of anything fun or fulfilling he has ever done.
Drake is frustrated at his band manager for booking him and his band inappropriate gigs at boring venues, so Josh offers to become his new manager, using this experience to write his essay, which Drake reluctantly accepts.
When their parents, Audrey and Walter, leave to go on a ten-day cruise, Drake and Josh drive their sister Megan to the airport to visit her friend Jessica in Denver, Colorado.
However, Drake and Josh accidentally put Megan on the wrong flight to Los Angeles, California. Megan is angry at the boys for putting her on the wrong flight, but uses Walter's credit card to book a limousine service and a luxurious stay at the Chambroulay Hotel, which she comes to enjoy.
When Drake and Josh fly to LA to find Megan and keep an eye on her, Josh meets a music producer in the hotel bathroom while playing one of Drake's songs on his laptop. The producer decides to book Drake an appearance on TRL for the next day.
However, Josh finds out that his G.O. (an MP3 player) was accidentally replaced on the flight with that of a man named Deegan, containing blueprints for counterfeit money. When Deegan and his companion Brice Granger confront Drake and Josh on the G.O., the boys attempt to escape, driving around LA in a Viper stolen from Tony Hawk.
When they think they have lost them, Drake and Josh get pulled over by FBI agents. But, the two "cops" actually turn out to be two more bad guys who work with the criminals who chased them.
The criminals kidnap Drake and Josh and take them to a warehouse, locking them away.
Back when Drake and Josh were at the San Diego airport, Josh had watched the news about some crooks who stole a monetary printing press from the U.S. Treasury Department three days before. Josh figures out that the group of criminals who kidnapped them, led by Milo McCreary, stole the printing press to forge counterfeit money.
After making $500 million, the crooks plan to drown Drake and Josh in a lake.
Now it's up to Drake and Josh to escape and vanquish the criminals, and make it to Drake's gig on TRL in time.

The story is very well written as it manages to keep the same wacky and comedic tone of the series by still having some very solid comedy, heart, and charm. And since this is a movie, it has some higher stakes than the show with Drake and Josh having their lives on the line here, and it has a larger scale.
The humor is thankfully just as funny as it was in the show as even though there are a few clunkers, the vast majority of the jokes do manage to get some good laughs such as the witty banter and dialogue between the characters, the snarky comebacks and remarks, the gags and slapstick, the dark humor and occasional adult joke, and some of the more wacky scenes.
The movie also still manages to have some good heart and charm which does lead to some decently charming moments like Josh yearning for a great adventure, and Drake's performance at the end.
The movie also has a few solid action scenes due to the stakes that are raised such as Drake and Josh escaping from Deegan and Granger which leads to a car chase across LA, and the climax where Drake and Josh are fighting off the crooks in the warehouse.
The production values have definitely been upped from the series as even though it's not by a whole lot, they do look very impressive such as the sets and setpieces being very well built and having a great amount of detail, the actual filming locations featured are very well utilized, the costumes and clothing are very well crafted, there are some nice special effects, we get some nice shots of LA, and the lighting is very solid and effective.
The characters are all mostly very solid and well written as the returning characters from the show all still have some nice chemistry, charisma, humor, and dynamics such as Drake, Josh, Megan, and Walter and Audrey despite their small amount of screentime here.
As for the new characters exclusive to this movie, they're mostly pretty alright like Ah'Lee and Mitch, and Milo, Deegan, Granger, and their fellow criminals are pretty decent villains.
The acting is just as well done as it was in the series with some great performances like Drake Bell as Drake, Josh Peck as Josh, Miranda Cosgrove as Megan, John J. York as Milo, Matt Newton as Deegan, Nick von Esmarch as Granger, Jorge Luis Abreau as Ah'Lee, Jordan Belfi as Mitch, and more.
The music is very well done as the score is well composed and really does capture the movie's comedic and charming tone, and the new songs for the film like "Hollywood Girl" are well written and performed.

Overall, while not a perfect movie, this is a very nice companion piece to the series, and is pretty much a must watch for any fan of the show.

Cast:
Drake Bell as Drake Parker
Josh Peck as Josh Nichols
Miranda Cosgrove as Megan Parker
Nancy Sullivan as Audrey Parker Nichols
Jonathan Goldstein as Walter Nichols
John J. York as Milo McCreary
Matt Newton as Deegan
Nick von Esmarch as Brice Granger
Jorge Luis Abreu as Ah'Lee
Jordan Belfi as Mitch Gordon
Colleen Kirley as MTV secretary
Dylan MacKenzie as Security guard
Gino Montesinos as Detective Jamison
Michael Ralph as Detective Campbell
Damien Fahey as himself
Tony Hawk as himself

Crew:
Directed by Steve Hoefer
Screenplay and Story by Dan Schneider
Produced by Dan Schneider, Robin Weiner, and Joe Catania
Music and Songs by Michael Corcoran and Drake Bell

Misc.
Based on "Drake and Josh" created by Dan Schneider
Production companies: Schneider's Bakery, Nickelodeon Productions
Distributed by Nickelodeon
Runtime: 1 hour, 13 minutes
Release Date: January 6, 2006