Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 31
  2. Negative: 4 out of 31
  1. 83
    The newest, and probably first, true cheerleading movie.
  2. Reviewed by: Sean Means
    80
    The most exuberantly funny and smartest teen movie this summer, which is something to cheer about.
  3. 77
    Reed's manic direction rarely lets up between show-stopping cheer numbers.
  4. An army of rolled abs and their owners give the state of American race relations a beginner's workout.
  5. Reviewed by: Margueritte Pelissier
    75
    Jokes, cheerleading and a love story...not a bad way to spend a lazy afternoon.
  6. 70
    Engaging, high-spirited tale.
  7. 70
    Unexpected late-summer treat.
  8. Smart and sassy high school movie that's fun for all ages.
  9. It is Ms. Dunst who carries the movie and unifies its disparate elements. She's a terrific comic actress.
  10. A likable, low-budget high school comedy.
  11. 63
    It could be worse.
  12. 60
    A spoofy paean to cheerfolk that has more bounce per flounce than most tales about teen queens.
  13. 50
    A strange mutant beast, half Nickelodeon movie, half R-rated comedy. It's like kids with potty-mouth playing grownup.
  14. The story is as simple as the average football cheer, but the dialogue has amusing echoes of "Clueless," and Dunst and Bradford make a mighty cute couple.
  15. Essentially a feature-length commercial for both the growing sport of competitive cheerleading and ESPN2 .
  16. Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    50
    She's (Dunst) the big reason the film rises above instantly rejectable formula to campy pop.
  17. Reviewed by: Ron Dicker
    50
    Doesn't break any ground -- but it looks good in a tight sweater.
  18. A moderately entertaining, mostly inoffensive piece of filmmaking.
  19. Predictable and surprisingly confusing in its ultimate message.
  20. Reviewed by: Robert Horton
    50
    Enough pep in this picture to make it rise above teen-movie expectations.
  21. Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    50
    Succeeds in dramatizing the resentment and guilt on all sides without just adding to the noise.
  22. Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    50
    Succeeds in displaying the physical drive and demands of cheerleading.
  23. 50
    Has an adolescent energy and a tempered sexuality.
  24. Reviewed by: Holly Willis
    40
    Starts strong, but then falters.
  25. 40
    She (Dunst) provides the only major element of Bring It On that plays as tweaking parody rather than slick, strident, body-slam churlishness.
  26. Reviewed by: Vicky Edwards
    38
    Absurdly unrealistic at times.
  27. 25
    A movie of marginal ambition and multiple cute young faces.
  28. Jumbled and stupid plot, bad acting and a few predictable gags that fall flat.
  29. Reviewed by: Scott Kelton Jones
    10
    It's not until the plot surfaces that Bring It On really begins to suffer.
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 28
  2. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. movie was alright, Kirstin Dunst did a good job, follows your typical teen movie plot set up. acting is a bit spotty, very litlle funny moments, has it's it's moments but falls flat in others, teenage girls will get a kick out of it. everyone else won't Full Review »
  2. KyleighH.
    10
    I like this movie. Kirsten Dunst did a excellent job as a high school cheerleader. It's got good choreography, good music, good acting, and pretty good actors and actresses. I give this movie a 10. Full Review »