This wanna-be comedy is hanging on to every cliché and tripping over every bad joke in the book.
Bring It On (2000)
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Reviews Counted:117
Fresh:75
Rotten:42
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Despite the formulaic, fluffy storyline, this movie is surprisingly fun to watch, mostly due to its high energy and how it humorously spoofs cheerleading instead of taking itself too seriously.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis:
Torrance Shipman (Kirsten Dunst) is a typical all-American high school girl. Since being been named captain of her school's championship-winning cheerleading squad, the San Diego Toros, she's on...
Torrance Shipman (Kirsten Dunst) is a typical all-American high school girl. Since being been named captain of her school's championship-winning cheerleading squad, the San Diego Toros, she's on top of the world. She's determined that nothing -- not even her homework, her nagging parents or her perfect college boyfriend -- get in the way of leading her squad to its sixth consecutive national title.
But the Toro's have some stiff competition this time out from the Clovers, an inner-city, hip-hop squad from Los Angeles. When Torrance learns that her predecessor has been stealing cheer routines for years from the rival squad, she realizes that the Clovers and their captain Isis (Gabrielle Union) are looking to even the score -- and that the Toro's are in big trouble. Things get even worse when Torrance finds herself falling for Cliff (Jesse Bradford), an outsider from school with whom she normally would never associate, and with the national championships only a few weeks away, the pressure is on.
Universal Pictures’ and Beacon Pictures’ rowdy comedy Bring It On, features a talented ensemble of up-and-coming young actors, including Eliza Dushku, Claire Kramer, Nicole Bilderback, Tsianina Joelson, Rini Bell, Nathan West and Huntley Ritter. The film is produced by Marc Abraham (Air Force One) and Thomas A. Bliss, written by Jessica Bendinger, and directed by Peyton Reed, whose credits include numerous music videos, as well as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and The Love Bug.
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union, Jesse Bradford
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union, Jesse Bradford, Natina Reed, Nicole Bilderback, Rini Bell, Huntley Ritter, Brandi Williams, Tsianina Joelson, Shamari Fears, Ian Roberts, Nathan West
Director: Peyton Reed
Director: Peyton Reed
Producer: Marc Abraham
Studio: Universal Pictures
Reviews for Bring It On
The fact that a bouncy teenage sports comedy can even gesture toward serious matters of race and economic inequality is pretty impressive, as is the occasional snarl of genuine satire.
Takes cheerleading a bit too seriously at times, but still manages to be fun and entertaining.
Just a silly, formulaic movie with stock characters who are pretty to ogle.
This film stands out -- not as an original (its focus on fierce competition is nothing new), but as a well-executed story with likable characters and fresh flourishes.
A surprisingly funny, sharp and good-natured comedy starring an actress who's good enough to actually make you like a teeny girl with pompoms and really good hair.
Bring It On is no more than a trifle. But it moves along entertainingly right through to the end credit sequence, and its heart is in just the right place.
Bring It On ... isn't awful. It simply lacks focus, energy and spirit, definite negs in the cheerleading world.
Bendinger's script (her first) is often funny, trenchant, and politically savvy.
Bring It On is as awkward as a 105-pound member of the varsity cheer squad at Weight Watchers.
A bubbly, little comedic gem, and unexpectedly sharp-witted, to boot.
Bring It On is a forgettable, hackneyed effort -- a presumptuous, feel-good movie that is a bubble-headed mess.
Full of snarky (but not terribly mean-spirited) dialogue, the film is a triumph for first-time screenwriter Jessica Bendinger.
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