No Limit Kids

No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School is the 2010 independent film by Elevating Entertainment Motion Pictures. It stars Bill Cobbs, Lee Meriwether, Celeste Kellogg and Ashton Harrell, along with a supporting cast of Jeff Rose, Amanda Waters, and Blake Michael. The soundtrack features the teen group No Limit (Celeste and Ashton) performing songs by director and Grammy nominated producer/artist/songwriter Dave Moody. The story and screenplay was written by Josh Moody.

Plot
No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School centers around a group of kids entering middle school for the first time with all their doubts and fears. Ashton Harrell is a self-proclaimed semi-outcast and routinely gets bullied by the star-football player Zach (Blake Michael, Disney's Lemonade Mouth). Ashton is raised by his grandmother, Katie (Lee Meriwether, Miss America, Catwoman) and his whole philosophy about middle school life is to just lay low and attract as little attention as possible. Celeste Kellogg is also unsure of middle school because of the ways in which her friends are changing. She is a cheerleader, but unlike her friends, doesn’t want to make herself popular at the expense of others.

However, Danielle believes that Celeste is trying to steal her boyfriend and takes revenge by casting her out of her clique. But Celeste’s friend Becca (Amanda Waters) stands up for her, and these three unlikely outcasts band together to form a club in an old abandoned theater on Main Street.

Inside the theater, they not only find a very interesting piece of their town’s history, but also a homeless man, Charlie (Bill Cobbs, Night At The Museum, Huddsucker Proxy). He is kind to the kids and connects with them because of his own “outcast” status and his musical theater passion which he shares with the kids. The kids learn that the old theater will soon be torn down by a company that Celeste's dad Frank (Jeff Rose, Drop Dead Diva, Army Wives) works for, and they set out on a mission to save the town’s landmark and Charlie’s safe haven. Needing to raise money, they decide to do a modern day version of the first play ever performed at the theater when it was brand new - Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” Through mistaken identities and false assumptions, the kids learn a valuable lesson that you can’t always judge a book by it’s cover.

With morals that center on treating all people with respect, standing up for yourself and what you believe in, and above all being true to yourself, No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School delivers a fun family film with a message that will speak to all generations.

Production
No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School was filmed in Lebanon, Mt Juliet, Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee on a 19 day shooting schedule in March of 2009.

Reviews
FIVE STAR RATING!!! The Dove Foundation The entire family will enjoy this wholesome story about three kids who try to do the right thing. There are many encouraging values to this charming movie that will help young and old alike. We are proud to award the Dove "Family-Approved" Seal for all ages to "No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School." - Donna Rolfe