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Bring It On
Universal Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG for sex-related material and language
Starring
Kirsten Dunst,
Jesse Bradford,
Eliza Dushku,
Gabrielle Union,
Clare Kramer,
Nicole Bilderback,
Tsianina Joelson,
and
Rini Bell
The story of what a student goes through to make it on a cheerleading squad, and how they eventually make it to the national competition.
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Jessica Bendinger
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Peyton Reed
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 13, 2001
Video: February 13, 2001
Theatrical: August 25, 2000
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
98 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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83
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
The newest, and probably first, true cheerleading movie.
80
Film.com
Sean Means
The most exuberantly funny and smartest teen movie this summer, which is something to cheer about.

77
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Reed's manic direction rarely lets up between show-stopping cheer numbers.
75
TNT RoughCut
Margueritte Pelissier
Jokes, cheerleading and a love story...not a bad way to spend a lazy afternoon.
75
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Clever, slightly edgy fun.

75
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
An army of rolled abs and their owners give the state of American race relations a beginner's workout.
70
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
It is Ms. Dunst who carries the movie and unifies its disparate elements. She's a terrific comic actress.

70
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
Unexpected late-summer treat.

70
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Engaging, high-spirited tale.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Smart and sassy high school movie that's fun for all ages.

67
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
It's an okay brat movie.

63
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
It could be worse.
63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
A likable, low-budget high school comedy.
60
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
A spoofy paean to cheerfolk that has more bounce per flounce than most tales about teen queens.

50
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
Essentially a feature-length commercial for both the growing sport of competitive cheerleading and ESPN2 .
50
Variety
Robert Koehler
Succeeds in displaying the physical drive and demands of cheerleading.

50
Baltimore Sun
Ron Dicker
Doesn't break any ground -- but it looks good in a tight sweater.
50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
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.

50
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
She's (Dunst) the big reason the film rises above instantly rejectable formula to campy pop.
50
Slate
David Edelstein
Succeeds in dramatizing the resentment and guilt on all sides without just adding to the noise.

50
Film.com
Robert Horton
Enough pep in this picture to make it rise above teen-movie expectations.

50
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Has an adolescent energy and a tempered sexuality.

50
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
A moderately entertaining, mostly inoffensive piece of filmmaking.

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
Predictable and surprisingly confusing in its ultimate message.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A strange mutant beast, half Nickelodeon movie, half R-rated comedy. It's like kids with potty-mouth playing grownup.

40
Village Voice
Jessica Winter
She (Dunst) provides the only major element of Bring It On that plays as tweaking parody rather than slick, strident, body-slam churlishness.

40
LA Weekly
Holly Willis
Starts strong, but then falters.

38
Chicago Tribune
Vicky Edwards
Absurdly unrealistic at times.
25
Miami Herald
Curtis Morgan
A movie of marginal ambition and multiple cute young faces.
25
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
Jumbled and stupid plot, bad acting and a few predictable gags that fall flat.

10
Dallas Observer
Scott Kelton Jones
It's not until the plot surfaces that Bring It On really begins to suffer.


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