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Bring It On [2000]

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Amazon.co.uk Review

An unexpected box office hit in the late summer of 2000, Bring It On is a smart, snappy teen comedy that bristles with good cheer (literally) and lively, down-to-earth characters. Sunny, happy Torrance (Kirsten Dunst) is the new leader of the Toros, the cheerleading squad of Rancho Carne, an affluent San Diego high school that has lousy football players but one hell of a cheerleading team. National champions, they're the ones who bring in the bodies to the football games with their award-winning moves and sassy grace, and they're poised to take their sixth national cheer title. Torrance's new reign as cheer queen, though, is cut short when she discovers that her snotty, duplicitous forerunner was regularly stealing routines from the East Compton Clovers, the hip-hop influenced cheerleaders of a poor inner city school, and passing them off as the original work of the Toros. Scrambling to come up with a new routine for the Toros--and do the right thing by giving the Clovers their due--Torrance butts heads with the proud and understandably wary Isis (Gabrielle Union), the leader of the Clovers, who wants nothing to do with a rich blonde white girl, but does want to get her squad to the championships. Problem is, only one team can take home the national title. Who's it gonna be? The story may be fairly predictable (who's going to win the big championship?), but director Peyton Reed and screenwriter Jessica Bendinger have fleshed out their characters with formidable strength and provided them with sharp dialogue. Dunst is a radiant comedienne, projecting warmth, determination, sincerity, and a sublime airheadedness, and Union is an impressive dancer and counterpart to Dunst, matching her admirably despite her limited onscreen time. An excellent young supporting cast rounds out the film, most notably Eliza Dushku (Faith of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Jesse Bradford (Steven Soderbergh's King of the Hill) as siblings new to Rancho Carne, who become Torrance's best friend and potential new boyfriend, respectively. All in all, a pleasantly surprising and intelligent teen movie. --Mark Englehart, Amazon.com

very lively and funny film
Review date: 2008-05-21 Rating: 6 out of 10

Bring It On is a very lively and funny film about two rival high school cheer leading squads who are aiming for the national title as best team.The humour is relatively subtle compared to a lot of high school films - hence certificate 12 years - and the aggressive competitive nature and spirit of the teenagers portrayed is realistic.Worth watching just to see how good these cheerleading dance/acrobatic routines are.

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Ssssshhhhh - this is secretly one of my favourite films
Review date: 2007-09-18 Rating: 10 out of 10

This one's a real guilty pleasure of mine - the kind of film I really shouldn't like and yet somehow (and secretly) I love. It's set in the colourful and slightly silly world of competitive cheerleading, and it sees perky new squad captain Torrance (Kirsten Dunst) face a potentially devastating cheer-tastrophe when she discovers her team's championship-winning routines have been stolen from a rival squad. Can Torrance keep her team together and learn a bunch of original moves in time for the national championship? I'm not telling. You have to watch the film to find out.

I was initially drawn to this one because it features two actresses from one of my favourite TV shows - Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Eliza Dushku (Faith) plays rebellious new cheerleader Missy, and Clare Kramer (Glory) has a funny supporting role as the catty Courtney. The weird thing is, there are other little connections I discovered as the film progressed. It was shot at the same Spanish-looking school that stood in for Sunnydale High, the score is by Buffy composer Christophe Beck, and Buffy herself is referenced in a line of dialogue. One of the characters even uses the word `effulgent'. Maybe that last one is a coincidence, I don't know, but Spike would be so proud! Given the familiar faces and locations, you could almost imagine Bring It On is some kind of side story that's happening while the slayer is otherwise engaged fighting vampires and demons and whatnot.

Even if you're not a terrible Buffy nerd (like me), there's plenty to recommend this one. For a start, it's very funny, and there are several moments that had me laughing out loud, especially the audition scene (which sees a parade of terrible applicants try out for the team), the hilarious choreographer Sparky Polastri ("Cheerleaders are dancers who have gone retarded"), and every single time someone made a pun using the word `cheer'. Also, the film has a sweet, naïve quality that wins you over, and it manages to have a lot of fun with the cheerleading world without ever stooping to mocking it.

So, this is hardly great cinema, and I'd prefer if you didn't tell anyone how much I like it (just writing this review is losing me precious man points), but it's a very bubbly and enjoyable way to fritter away a couple of hours.

Cogito Ergo Dum
Review date: 2007-08-11 Rating: 2 out of 10

Some movies aren't simply movies for their own sake, they exist as a counterweight to other, far worthier movies - Motion Pictures of weight and cultural influence. QED.

Hence, "Bring It On" is the counterweight of Leni Riefenstahl's "The Triumph Of The Will". I doubt it is more possible for two so-called Cultural Artifacts to be any further apart. Riefenstahl films her targets going through the Olympic motions, Cheerleading frames in utter rank American decadence Kirsten Dunst, the unholy buffoon, the incarnation of a bleeding Mammon, dragging the entire Human Race down with her, into the depths of inadequacy.

Do not watch this movie, treat it like a lump of Uranium-265. bury it in a coffin of lead, fear it's million year half-life. We have all been warned.

a good chick flick
Review date: 2007-07-27 Rating: 8 out of 10

i personally liked this film, im not really into the cheerleading thing but a friend recommended it so i rented it, i was pleasantly surprised.
the dances are fab and theres alot of attitude between rival cheerleaders which made it funny in places.
its definately a must, buy it you wont be sorry

i rated it a 4 star so thats good enough
Review date: 2007-05-12 Rating: 8 out of 10

This movie was pure class and funny too in some parts. It's mainly about two different cheerleading teams battling it out to win the cheerleading championships though there are some other teams too but they are the two main contenders. It wasn't the best movie I've seen in the world but then again I've seen loads so thats why I rated it a four star. At the start I wasn't off my seat thinking "oh this movie's gonna be the best ever I can't wait to see the whole thing!" It was more like "mmmmmmmm this movie's ok I'm not too sure that it'll be the best movie in the world though but its looks quite exciting." It was quite boring at the start but then again so is every movie until you get into it then you could feel the tension in the cheerleaders and it got more exciting. Its more of a chick flick thing and thats my kinda thing girly stuff, cat fights, back stabbing n all that jazz well I guess I'd kinda recommend it so jst buy it. Its a good crack!

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Actor(s):
Kirsten Dunst
Eliza Dushku
Jesse Bradford
Clare Kramer
Gabrielle Union

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Recording label: Boulevard Entertaiment
Manufacturer: Boulevard Entertaiment
EAN: 5017239190636
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2007-10-01
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 94 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2000-08-25
Language: English (Original Language)

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