I’ll admit, Bandslam was not on my radar of movies to watch at any point this summer. I saw the poster, read the little preview blurb in Entertainment Weekly’s Summer Preview Issue and wrote it off as a Camp Rock wannabe. I mean, it had High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens in it! But then earlier this week, I went on Rotten Tomattoes and saw Banslam’s  Tomato-Meter: 76%. Wait…what?

Yes, 76%. As of Thursday, Bandslam is getting better reviews than Funny People and is neck and neck with matching 500 Days of Summer AND Harry Potter. Now, I’ve never been one to just rely on a number, but then I started going through some of the reviews:

Variety: “And awkward, earnest, almost irresistible indie”

Hollywood Reporter: “This savvy, music-fuled high school comedy really rocks.”

Bandslam is getting dick in terms of marketing and even crtical attention; Rotten Tomatoes only had six reviews posted and I’ve yet to come across a movie news site that had even bothered to review it. But after reading some of the reviews and watching the trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAloQYjWmFI) I can honestly say that will be adding Bandslam to my must-see list this weekend; along with District 9 and Ponyo. You guys might want to do the same.