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Bring It On (2000)
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Reviews Counted: 115
Fresh: 73
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.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] sex-related material and language
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Aug 25, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $67,905,760
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
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Reviews for Bring It On
This earnest and arch story -- so fast paced its formulas are wonderfully obscured -- has an adolescent energy and a tempered sexuality, and it's infused with the moral agenda of a warmly didactic sitcom.
The conclusion may be fairly obvious, but it’s largely irrelevant in comparison to how uniquely Bring it On characterizes its teens.
This is one of the most likable [teen films] ever made not starring John Cusack
...the movie coasts along on a surprisingly clever script and sure-handed direction.
There may not be any championships in store for this film, but it's definitely a winner.
The dancing is well choreographed, but the story would have better succeeded in choosing an angle or two and sticking with it.
The cheering is occasionally spectacular and the principals' acting is above the material.
Bring It On amazes not just for its political sophistication but for its refusal to beg credit points for being smart.
This is one of the most likable [teen films] ever made not starring John Cusack.
Bring It On spins off one sly little joke after another, and the smart ensemble makes every one of them work.
Nowhere near funny enough to succeed as a comedy, nor serious enough to work as a drama.
Not ‘‘about’’ anything, unless you count obsessive shots of nubile, scantily clad bodies in motion.
sassy fun, with a script by first-time screenwriter Jessica Bendinger that's almost shockingly sophisticated for a film destined to play almost exclusively to teens.
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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