Bring It On

PG-13

8/25/20001h 38m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ May the best moves win. ~

Overview:

The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain Torrance, the Toros' road to total cheer glory takes a shady turn when she discovers that their perfectly-choreographed routines were in fact stolen.

Director:

Peyton Reed

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$28,000,000.00

Revenue:

$90,449,929.00

Key words:

high school
florida
sports
routine
affectation
cheerleader
plagiarism
rivalry
high school sports
cheerleading
teen movie
teenage girl
cynical
audition
cheering crowd
choreography
championship
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provocative
reminiscent
admiring
amused
mean spirited
melodramatic

Cast

Kirsten Dunst

~ as ~

Torrance Shipman

Eliza Dushku

~ as ~

Missy Pantone

Jesse Bradford

~ as ~

Cliff Pantone

Gabrielle Union

~ as ~

Isis

Sherry Hursey

~ as ~

Christine Shipman

Holmes Osborne

~ as ~

Bruce Shipman

Clare Kramer

~ as ~

Courtney

Nicole Bilderback

~ as ~

Whitney

Tsianina Joelson

~ as ~

Darcy

Shamari DeVoe

~ as ~

Lava

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Reviews (2)

John Chard
Written 11 year(s) ago
7
Maybe we should join the team.

Torrance is the newly appointed captain of cheerleader champions the Toros. After one of the team suffers an accident, the Toros recruit gymnastics star Missy Pantone, but upon witnessing the Toros first routine Missy is disgusted and points out that it has been stolen from another team called The East Compton Clovers. This opens up a whole can of worms that not only brings the Toros into conflict with the Clovers, but also means that they must come up with an original routine if they are to win the American championship honestly.

Spirited picture about cheer leading? Well yes it is, it's witty, smart and ever so amiable. Tho the film loses some of its sharpness in the final quarter (a brave ending would have made all the difference), Bring It On clearly touches on race and class issues whilst bringing to the fore the competitiveness of cheerleader teams. The usual formula's of bitching and back stabbing are naturally in here, and of course no film of this type would be complete without some strand of treacle plot love, but the mix is fine and the exuberance of the routines is hugely enjoyable cinema. Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union and Jesse Bradford fill out the cast and all offer something in the way of watch ability.

It could have been so much better for sure, but Bring It On is very entertaining film about a subject that until this picture came out (subsequent sequels would follow) was hardly tackled with this sort of vigour and intelligence before. 7/10
Andre Gonzales
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
I only watched this movie cause I have a crush on Eliza Dushku. It was a lot funnier then I could have ever imagined. Who would of thought a cheer leader movie could be this entertaining. I liked it, it was actually a good movie.