Surprisingly, first-time director Will Gluck takes this raunchy premise and twists it into a boobs-free romantic comedy.
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07/10/09
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Fired Up (2009)
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Reviews Counted:101
Fresh:23
Rotten:78
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: Though not as raunchy or juvenile as the average teen comedy, Fired Up is also not as funny.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Feb 20, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $16,755,117
Synopsis: Shawn (Nicholas D'Agosto) and Nick (Eric Christian Olsen) are top scorers on the Ford High School football team…both on and off the field. When they hatch a scheme to trade their footballs for pom... [More]
Starring: Sarah Roemer, Nicholas D'Agosto, Molly Sims, Eric Christian Olsen
Director: Will Gluck
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Reviews for Fired Up
Fired Up delivers consistent laughs, and it treats its female characters (and even its gay ones) with enough dignity that you won't hate yourself in the morning.
02/18/09
As long as you're willing to suspend your disbelief and check your brain at the door, you'll find Fired Up! to be a zany and mindlessly entertaining laugh riot.
02/20/09
Fired Up fails to ignite.
03/05/09
There isn't anything special here, but "Fired Up!" is still a lot more fun than the adult romantic comedies Hollywood has trotted out so far this year.
02/12/09
Fired Up! is the teen sex comedy done right. It's fresh, it's funny, and you won't feel like you need a shower after watching it.
02/21/09
An affable throwback to the comedies of the 1980s...
02/20/09
Fired Up is both smarter and dumber than necessary, vacillating as it does between being a parody of teen sex comedies and a fresh example of the subgenre.
02/17/09
Call me crazy, but as a red-blooded American male, I enjoy watching hot girls in skimpy outfits jump around on the movie screen.
02/20/09
The idea may be dusty -- this is Wedding Crashers on the football field -- but the delivery is fresh.
02/20/09
A harmless teen comedy with more enthusiasm than cinematic merit, Fired Up! combines silliness, low-brow humour, romance and cheerleading acrobatics in its formulaic and predictable arsenal
04/18/09
At once funnier than it should be and more witless than it should have been.
02/20/09
As horny-teen comedies go, this one is surprisingly and consistently funny... A blend of manic energy and hyperarticulate wit, mixing intellect and wordplay with low comedy.
02/19/09
Check my man card at the door and begin making fun of me because I have to admit to completely enjoying Fired Up!.
02/20/09
No surprises along the way -- except perhaps how poorly the cheerleading routines are photographed and how much you can get away with in a PG-13 movie.
02/20/09
The teensploitation premise is like something a porn filmmaker from the '70s might have come up with. But Fired Up! has one added quirk: The script, credited to Freedom Jones, is a riot of tongue-twisting ironic sleaze.
02/18/09
Top CriticNicholas D'Agosto and Eric Christian Olsen make a hilarious pair; If you're under the age of 25 you’ll like it.
02/20/09
"F.U. stands for funny. An outrageous sex-obsessed teen comedy that's something to cheer about - especially if you're 16.
02/20/09
Bikini-clad babes and sniggering humor abound in the teen sex comedy Fired Up!, but so do some other things: namely a charming cast, glimmers of intelligence and a sweetly youthful spirit.
02/19/09
It may be as dumb as you'd expect from this team, but Fired Up is still the best 'dumb cheerleader' comedy since Bring It On.
02/18/09
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March 01, 2009:
Foul mouthed football players turned cheerleaders, with all the elegance of a sledgehammer, come off as far too horny for high school. Earplugs, please. Not to mention a too much information, accidental promo for home schooling. Hose this one down.
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February 19, 2009:
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