Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Micitype Pretty Good

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

dtonya2 I would have been willing to give this a 2 just because Hilary Duff is cute ... if it weren't for the dad "rescue" thing near the end.This is when the Kelly and "Sir" find that the Kelly's dad has fallen down the side of a cliff and is lying about 50 feet below on a ledge, apparently unconscious.Sir calls for rescue and medical team. Great. But then he lets Kelly "go to" her dad ...Can't ANYONE see that it is MORNONIC to rappel down a cliff straight over an unconscious victim? Um, can you say falling rocks? Then when she gets down there she flips Dad over like a rag doll. Can you say quadriplegic? Cause that's how a trauma victim might easily end up if you move them, especially twisting the neck and spine as she did.After this scene I almost had to go puke.

future-domination Hilary Duff takes a stab at Cadet Kelly Colins, an artistic individual girl who's sent to military school. There, she makes friends, enemies and falls in love. Oh, and she saves her father. As if that was predictable enough! In theory, this is a bad movie. When you actually watch it, it's much, MUCH worse. Don't get me wrong, I'm usually a fan of Disney Channel Original Movies, but this was absolute trash! Hilary tries too hard at playing the perky girl who everyone hates, and hopefully makes the audience feel sorry for her. She tries to be the upbeat, positive girl who would actually go up to someone and say "Can I borrow some spit?" Not only is she perky to the extent of being excessively annoying, but all I see her as is a Mary-Sue //(character with no flaws at all making you want to vomit).This is probably OK for the target audience - 6-10 year olds, but anyone older than that will find this the most annoying piece of trash in the world. And if any real military people actually watch this film, they'll probably loose all faith in the movie industry. Remind me... how does playing around with bits of ribbon help the Army in war? Exactly, it doesn't. So please don't waste 101 minutes of your life and watch something as bad as this.

papabear1962 This was a great movie. Not only does it show the ability of a separated family to become an extended family that can function, I believe it also conveys some good life lessons as well. This is the type of movie I would have my children and eventual grandchildren watch. Although you see a lot of hype now days about actors and their own behaviors off the set, this was a great family flick that I think should be a classic family film for future fanilies to watch. Of course that is just one man's opinion. What is yours? Very well done. At the end it said dedicated to Carol Rubin. Can anyone tell me who she was? E-mail me at papabear1962@gmail.com, Thanks.

Seth Nelson In the final months of the Disney Channel we forefathers once loved, this DCOM was the very last good thing to come from the station before it got the "Dumb Nick" treatment that was suffered by many a few years back. This movie was from early 2002 and it is called "Cadet Kelly," which starred two long lost, old Disney Channel stars: Hilary Duff of "Lizzie McGuire," and Christy Carlson Romano of "Even Stevens," two wonderful DCOSs (Disney Channel Original Shows).So, Kelly attended an art school in New York, and since her mother was about to get a new husband who was interested in working at a military school, Kelly ended up having to leave the city and attend it!!!!! It was very hard for her, especially when her Captain (or whatever it's called) was very mean and kept on calling her a "maggot!!!!!" Kelly got into trouble for painting the Captain's hair and as punishment, she had to take part in an activity, twirling guns and stuff!!!!! She had learned to love it and her school ended up winning 2nd.What's funny about this is that Kelly went to military school only because it's her new father's job, not because she got in trouble. Anyways, this is a great movie, and it sure was nice to enjoy Disney Channel while it lasted!!!!!Thanks for five years (1997-2002) of greatness, Disney!!!!!10/10