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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. [More]

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

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It's nice to see a well-crafted, thoughtful film that shows what kids are like at their best.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

We get a strange mutant beast, half Nickelodeon movie, half R-rated comedy. It's like kids with potty-mouth playing grownup.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Hurrah for this little film, it's a good time

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01/01/00
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
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01/01/00
Scott A. Mantz
Scott A. Mantz
Scott Mantz' Movie Reviews

Bring It On is the most exuberantly funny and smartest teen movie this summer, which is something to cheer about.

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01/01/00
Sean Means
Sean Means
Film.com

Jessica Bendinger's screenplay finds good-natured humor in a sport begging to be satirized, and the jokes are more intelligent than cheap.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
01/01/00
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Citysearch

The film earns a lot of good will because of its enthusiastic cast, impressive choreography, and remarkably fast pace.

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01/01/00
Shay Casey
Shay Casey
Conceited Critic

Watching Bring It On is kind of like eating a movie-theatre sized bag of M&Ms: You get no real value from it, you feel a tad sick afterwards, but you still enjoy the experience.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
Stephanie McGrath
Stephanie McGrath
Jam! Movies

Quickly goes downhill, taking itself too seriously and ladling on every cliché in the screenwriter's manual.

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01/01/00
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

It's another one of those high school pics that don't really have much bearing on the real world. But as fluffy adolescent fantasy, it's better than most.

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01/01/00
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

Bring It On gets real entertainment out of a flick in an often-mocked genre.

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01/01/00
Stuart Levine
Stuart Levine
IFilm

Three cheers for effort, but you won't do a back-flip over this film.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
01/01/00
Sue Pierman
Sue Pierman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A silly, slangy and ultimately conventional spoof, touring the girls' locker room with an unusual skirmish involving teeth-brushing.

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01/01/00
Susan Granger
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01/01/00
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News

Imperfect it may be, but as Courtney and Whitney might say, it puts the cheer in cheerleader.

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01/01/00
Susan Wloszczyna
Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today

Election this isn't, yet compared to most teenage comedies, Bring It On seems something like smart.

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01/01/00
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press

Funnier, more entertaining and less exploitative than you might expect.

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01/01/00
Tom Sander
Tom Sander
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

The problem with the film is that others have done its routine before, and have done it better.

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01/01/00
Vicky Edwards
Vicky Edwards
Chicago Tribune

Bring It On is the kind of dim-witted fun that's almost impossible to critique. For as much as it fails on every conceivable level as a movie, the fact that it never really knows how bad it is gives it an almost irresistibly idiotic charm.

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01/01/00
Wade Major
Wade Major
Boxoffice Magazine
 
 
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