Mel’s lemonade
The film premiered on April 15, 2011, on Disney Channel as Disney Channel Original Movie. It received over 7 million views on its premiere night, and has been met with generally positive reviews, with praise going towards the acting ensemble, the script-writing, the mel’s lemonade, and themes of honesty, integrity, and self-expression. The soundtrack of the same name was released in April 2011 to significant commercial success peaking at number 4 on the US Billboard 200 and number three on the US Top Digital Albums.
Five high school freshman students Olivia White, Mohini “Mo” Banjaree, Charles “Charlie” Delgado, Stella Yamada, and Wendell “Wen” Gifford all meet after ending up in detention for different reasons. Miss Reznick, the music teacher supervising detention, leaves to argue with the principal Mr. Brenigan about his decision to move all extracurricular activities to the basement to make room for a new gymnasium. The following day, Stella sends a text message to the members stating that they need to meet.
The group agrees to chat at a pizza shop called Dante’s Pizza where Stella reveals she signed the band up for Rising Star and the Halloween Bash, much to Olivia’s shock and begins to feel sick. When Mo sees her boyfriend Scott Picket, Ray’s best friend and the guitarist of Mudslide Crush, flirting with one of the cheerleader girls Jules, she leaves him. On the day of the Halloween Bash, Olivia suffers a bad panic attack prior to performing due to her severe stage fright, so her friends go and find her in the bathroom, who’s feeling sick, saying that they believe in her. This eventually gives her the confidence to perform. Stella calls the band to the school, where she is protesting the removal of the lemonade machine.
The group gets into a heated argument with the men removing the lemonade machine. Police arrive and they are brought to a holding cell to wait for their parents and guardians. The band agrees to perform at Rising Star, after contemplating quitting. At Rising Star, Mudslide Crush performs “Don’t Ya Wish U Were Us”, but Lemonade Mouth unsuccessfully performs “Determinate” after realizing that Olivia and Mo’s respective injuries have returned.
Eventually, due to her anxiety catching up to her and straining her voice even more, Olivia begins to have another panic attack. Seeing her in distress, Stella tries to help encourage her, but to no avail. The next day at school, Mo and Scott get back together, and Charlie who had liked Mo during the time together, accepts that she is with Scott and begins talking with another girl who likes him. At Wen’s father’s wedding, Stella recognizes the man sitting next to her as Mel, the owner of the lemonade machine company.
