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Summary: It Is Better To Lose With Honor Than to Win By Deceit
Review: "Bring It On", with its peppy cheerleading routines, is a modern morality tale for teens.
Its heroine is Torrence Shipman, played by an appropriately perky Kirsten Dunst, who has just been elected captain of her school's cheereleading squad. An injury to one of the squad members results in her having to look for a replacement, which she finds in a new student named Missy Pantone, whose hard edge is sharply emphasized by Eliza Dushku.
Missy bails out of practice on the first day, and the subsequent confronation between her and Torrance results in Torrance's discovery that her squad's award winning routines were actually stolen by the squad's previous captain, Big Red (a cold and conniving Lindsay Slone). The two girls have a hostile encounter with the captain of the wronged squad, Isis. Exoctically beautiful Gabrielle Union was well-chosen for this part because her assertiveness is established at the very beginning.
Torrence sets out to correct Big Red's mistakes, even though the choice made her unpopular with a few of the squad members. In the process, she hires a choreographer of questionable credentials, which results in her team's humiliation during the State Championship tryouts.
In the meantime, the friendship between Missy and Torrence grows, as does a relationship between the determined cheerleading captain and Missy's brother,(a very down-to-earth Jesse Bradford). Noteworthy is the similarity of the two friends' households, each complete with an either mildly antagonistic or completely disgusting brother.
Hard hit by the setback, and determined to have a fair contest between her squad and the inner city East Compton Clovers, Torrence regroups. In the meantime, the Clovers come up with their own way to raise money to attend the National cheerleading competition. Attention is given to the streetwise nature of the Clovers but also to their willingness to work their way towards their goal by their own bootstraps. Torrence and Isis both compliment each other in their marked determination to make the contest as fair as possible.
One point of curiosity is how the heroine's squad managed to come up with the money to hire a mime and three new choregraphers within a limited amount of time between championships after their disastrous showing at State.
Viewers of this movie are treated to spectacular cheerleading routines and a satisfactory out come. But emphasis is also given to cheerleading as a dangerous sport as well.
This film deals with a lot of real issues faced by modern teenagers, and it does a great job of pointing a moral compass on issues such as integrity.
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Summary: Fluff, Humor and Fun!
Review: This movie isn't exactly the deepest and most intelligent one you will ever see, but you can't help but loving it anyway. With perky cheers, hilarious scenes and even a little romance, this movie is the perfect slumber party flick. I would recommend it to any teen girl!
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Summary: Greatest movie!
Review: How can anyone not like this movie. This is a movie that girls of any age should not miss. It is the greatest slumber-party movie next to Grease.
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Summary: Great Fluff
Review: This movie isn't going to change the world, but it's so ridiculous and engaging, you'll find yourself lost in the fun for two hours. Dunst turns in a tour-de-force performance, which is not easy when you're written as a one-note bubbleheaded cheerleader with the proverbial heart of gold and desire to do the right thing. Supporting work by Eliza Dushku, perhaps the greatest actress other than Gellar to emerge from Buffy, lends gravity and a sense of humor to the mix.The basic story is that the multi-national award-winning cheerleading champions, the Toros, elect a new captain (Dunst)who discovers all of their beloved routines are stolen from a more capable, but poorer, team headed by Gabrielle Union (in what may be her only likable performance). So what do the Toros do? Take a chance and perform the stolen routine at Nationals or work their butts off to perfect a new routine and show everyone they're superb atheletes in their own right? Predictable, but completely enjoyable, fluff. Highly recommended for the snappy dialogue, superb dance routines, and Dunst's performance.
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Summary: Movie: 4/5, DVD: 4/5, Average: 4/5.
Review: BRING IT ON THE MOVIE: A breath of fresh air for the teen movie genre with exhilarating cheer sequences, hilarious gags, focused direction and neat performances by all. This movie is just so endlessly entertaining and I found it very hard to spot any flaws at all. Of course it's not quite 5-star material but surprisingly, BRING IT ON is not far off a perfect score. BRING IT ON is a very underrated movie that will remain one of my movie joys for a long time yet. THE SPECIAL FEATURES: An entertaining feast of special features. Spotlight on Location is very entertaining, full of cool interviews and interesting choreography sequences. We also get roughly 10 highly entertaining deleted scenes and a few extended scenes that are all entertaining and funny. The home car-wash scene was fun as was the make-up tests (nice posing!). We also get a theatrical trailer plus a music video. Very satisfying.
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Summary: A competitive edge to the teen scene.
Review: Unlike most teen flicks that are just about showing flesh, bad acting, and a predictable endings, this movie has a little more to offer. Don't get me wrong, it was also about showing flesh, just not as much as say "Varsity Blues." Of course there is male/female relationship thing, but this movie is about, you guessed it, Cheerleading. It is a new school year and the old Cheerleading Captain has moved on and in her place has chosen Dunst character to fill her shoes. Shortly after, Dunst finds out that the cheers "Big Red" has been giving them for the past 6 years have all been stolen from the Clovers down in East Compton. This starts a bitter dispute leaving Dunst and her squad needing a new act. After being humiliated at a State Competition, the San Diego Toro's are determined to come out on top. I won't give away the ending, but I was guessing until the very end. All in all the film was enjoyable and fast paced.
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Summary: Bring it on home!
Review: This is a very fun, energetic movie, and one of my guilty pleasures. It stars many beautiful ladies, including Kirsten Dunst (Torrance) and Eliza Dushku (Missy), and balances goofiness with enough seriousness to make us care about the characters. The performances are great, the cheerleading routines are fun, and there's enough here for guys and girls that it makes a pretty good date movie (heck, even the romance subplot worked for me). Though the cover shows what seems like two Cheerleading squads in direct competition, the movie actually focuses on Kirsten's squad; the other squad is, more or less, a plot device which makes the Cheerleaders get their act together in time for the big competition. While I wish the focus would have been a little more balanced, it's a minor complaint, because the story is still solid (how many teen movies can you actually say that about?). As if this great movie doesn't sell you on the DVD, Universal has packed in TONS (and I mean TONS) of extra features. There is a hilarious director commentary, another "pop-up-video" style text commentary, and tons of deleted footage, extended footage, and fun footage, including the car wash, Kirsten and Eliza's makeup tests, and the extended locker-room steady cam (hey, I'm a guy!). As icing on the cake, there's also a fun easter egg to find. This is a great DVD package. A fun, colorful teen movie that has something for both sexes, and solid extras to boot. One of my favourites of my DVD collection.
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Summary: Good Cheer And A Lot Of Fun
Review: BRING IT ON is a good movie that knows that it wont change the world. It is very entertaining and lots of fun. The Toro cheerleading squad has a routine that all but gaurentees them another national championship...for the sixth year in a row. Torrance Shipman (Kirsten Dunst), the new team captain, wants the winning trend to continue. The path to victory is paved with nothing but trouble though, when it is discovered that, their routine was stolen from a hip hop squad across town. Now, the Toro team must come up with an all new routine, so that they compete in this year's tounament. Who would have thought that this teen movie would be so good? Spunky Dunst and the rest of cast, including Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, Gabrielle Union, and Claire Kramer, keep things fresh and fun. Directed by Peyton Reed, the film, is a bright spot, among the recent wave of teen flicks. The car wash scene alone is almost worth the price of admission The "Collector's Edition" DVD is another winner in the extras department. There's a handfull of deleted/extended scenes, a brief "making of" featurette, a pop-up video-like feature that you can use while watching the film, a solid commentary from Reed, and car wash scene outtakes. There's also some DVD-ROM features and the trailer of course. Highly Recommended with ****1/2 stars
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Summary: Not Another Teen Movie....thankfully.
Review: "Bring It On" is a suprisingly enjoyable, funny, and smart teen comedy that is much better than you might expect. While not the raunchy comedy that "American Pie" is, it has a lot of charm, and the cheerleading segments are quite entertaining. Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku carry the movie, with two excellent and believeable performances. Just so you know, I am not a fan of teen movies, so I approached this movie with a lot of doubt. Kids and teenagers will enjoy this movie for the trendiness and mainly teenage cast. But if nothing else motivates you, there are plenty of cute girls in very short skirts. The DVD package is a bit light on the extras. There are some deleted scenes (very short ones), some test screenings, and some extra footage of the famous "car wash" scene. Other than that, the movie is the only other perk. But I enjoyed this movie enough to see it a few times over, so it is well worth the price of the DVD.
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Summary: Cheerleaders...need I say more?
Review: This is a funny, sexy, smart and sassy comedy that kicks complete butt. See this. Need I say more?
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