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Sugar & Spice (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 70 Fresh: 21  Rotten:49 Average Rating: 4.6/10
 
Consensus: Though this cheerleader comedy has an intriguing premise, it's too empty-headed and saddled with too many lame jokes to live up to it. Also, some critics say the movie is irresponsible in its depiction of teens and guns.
 

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Runtime: 84 mins

Synopsis: SUGAR & SPICE is a wicked black comedy about high school, teenage pregnancy, and five bankrobbing cheerleaders armed with semi-automatic weapons. When Diane, (Marley Shelton), a popular high school cheerleader, gets pregnant with the star quarterback's baby, she turns to crime to... SUGAR & SPICE is a wicked black comedy about high school, teenage pregnancy, and five bankrobbing cheerleaders armed with semi-automatic weapons. When Diane, (Marley Shelton), a popular high school cheerleader, gets pregnant with the star quarterback's baby, she turns to crime to support herself and her child. Fortunately, her five best friends on the cheerleading squad are, like, totally supportive of her decision! Together they devise a plan for a series of major bank heists to benefit Diane's future financial security. With a hot young cast including Mena Suvari (AMERICAN BEAUTY), Marla Sokoloff (TV's THE PRACTICE), and James Franco, SUGAR & SPICE is a teen comedy with some unusual twists. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Marley Shelton, James Marsden, Marla Sokoloff, Mena Suvari, Rachel Blanchard

Director: Francine McDougall
Producer: Wendy Finerman

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 9, 2005

[DVD Details]
  • Sugar & Spice
  • Cheerleading in the USA has yet to encounter this rambunctious group from Lincoln High School, until now! This ''A-squad'' team trades in their pom-poms and short skirts for mock guns and bank robber disguises. Starring Mena Suvari (American Beauty).
  • Source: Warner Home Video
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    12/21/03
    Robert Roten
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    ...silly, inoffensive entertainment...

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    John R. McEwen
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    Of course, an unfunny comedy is hardly news. However, even by Tinseltown's impoverished standards, one so utterly bereft is something of a rarity, and thus perversely interesting.

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    Rick Groen
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    The best thing that can be said about the Minnesota- made comedy Sugar & Spice is that there's no reference to the fact that it was made in Minnesota.

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    Jeff Strickler
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    One of the better recent teen comedies...

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    06/19/02
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    A badly executed black comedy for the teen set.

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    Paul Clinton (Boxoffice)
    Boxoffice Magazine
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    A very funny and very entertaining, if not ultimately, very forgettable movie.

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    The film is too frivolous and convoluted to have much zing. But that doesn’t mean it’s not entertaining.

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    Chuck Rudolph
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    02/07/02
    Jason Clark
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    An amusing sendup of high school cheerleader movies, with its would-be bank robbers played to bimbo-ish perfection.

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    It's a well-written, fun ride, with great visual gags, sacrilegious funnery, and interesting plot twists.

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    Karina Montgomery
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    De no ser por lo irregular de su ritmo satírico, hubiera sido una buena y muy disfrutable película.

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    Film review: No spoof in this teen comedy!
    by: Allen000 6/14/03


    Needs more spice
    by: Lethe 3/11/02


    it's great
    by: i love mena 8/19/01


    When is 'S&S' coming out in the UK?
    by: Borovnia30 6/7/01


    Its worth it...
    by: e-jay 3/22/01

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