"Lizzie McGuire" (2001) TV series 2001-2004

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Creator:

Terri Minsky

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

12 January 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Get inside her head!

Plot:

The show is about growing up, in the beginning Lizzie and Miranda (played by: Hilary Duff, and Lalaine Vergara-Paras) buy their first bras...

Plot Keywords:

Young Girl | Alter Ego | Young Boy | Junior High School | Sibling Rivalry

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Hilary Duff	...	Lizzie McGuire (65 episodes, 2001-2004)
Adam Lamberg	...	David 'Gordo' Gordon (65 episodes, 2001-2004)
Jake Thomas	...	Matt McGuire (65 episodes, 2001-2004)
Hallie Todd	...	Jo McGuire (65 episodes, 2001-2004)
Robert Carradine	...	Sam McGuire (65 episodes, 2001-2004)
Lalaine	...	Miranda Sanchez (64 episodes, 2001-2004)
Ashlie Brillault	...	Kate Sanders (37 episodes, 2001-2004)
Clayton Snyder	...	Ethan Craft (31 episodes, 2001-2004)
Kyle Downes	...	Larry Tudgeman (30 episodes, 2001-2003)

Also Known As:

What's Lizzie Thinking? (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

22 min (65 episodes) | 30 min (65 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-G (cable rating) | Australia:G | USA:TV-Y | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Stan Rogow Productions

Trivia:

In the episode, "Between a Bra and a Hard Place," David Carradine makes a guest star appearance as a martial arts expert. At the end of the episode, this character disappears and Gordo asks Mr. McGuire who that was. Mr. McGuire replies, "He's like a brother to me..." David Carradine is the real life half-brother of 'Robert Carradine (I)', who plays Mr. McGuire.

Goofs:

Continuity: Kate's last name switches from "Saunders" to "Sanders" in the early episodes.

Quotes:

[animated Lizzie: as Lizzie gets mouth-to-mouth from Larry Tudgeman]
Lizzie: [screaming] Let me die!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: Toy Meets Girl (#1.11)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Title Song

Not bad

OK, there's been worse teenage TV so this gets an above average rating as the show can be quite entertaining.

Lizzie basically has the same problems as every other girl in every other teen series (Boys, clothes, exams, annoying little brother) and her main quest is to be popular-snore! The main problem with Lizzie is her nasally, whiny voice. she's a good kid, according to her parents but why is she always moaning about them, you could have worse parents, and her mother only has one role in the show anyway, tossing the salad at dinnertime! Miranda is way cooler than Lizzie, i love her style, i do wonder how she doesn't get jealous of all the attention Lizzie gets. Gordo is cool, it's good he doesn't like to follow the crowd and he likes the ratpack. Larry is not that geeky, except wearing the same shirt everyday and he's way better looking than dumb Ethan.

The story lines are OK. Gordo and Miranda are fun to watch, Matt has amusing moments and it's worth watching just for Lanny, but Lizzie is soo annoying!! She looks like she's stepped out of a salon every morning and yet she's not popular.

My main irk is the fact that the family always say they're not well off but their house convinces me otherwise, have you seen Lizzie's room, clothes, accessories? Anyway, the show has a lot of laughs, especially Larry and his Star 'flip' meetings. Overall it's not bad, think it would have been better if they'd injected an ounce of reality somewhere.