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Bring It On
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 31 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 34 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by: Jessica Bendinger
Directed by: Peyton Reed
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 25, 2000
DVD: February 13, 2001
Running Time: 98 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
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.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan
The newest, and probably first, true cheerleading movie.
Film.com Sean Means
The most exuberantly funny and smartest teen movie this summer, which is something to cheer about.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Reed's manic direction rarely lets up between show-stopping cheer numbers.
TNT RoughCut Margueritte Pelissier
Jokes, cheerleading and a love story...not a bad way to spend a lazy afternoon.
San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
An army of rolled abs and their owners give the state of American race relations a beginner's workout.
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.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Smart and sassy high school movie that's fun for all ages.
Read Full Review >USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
It could be worse.
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
A likable, low-budget high school comedy.
Washington Post Rita Kempley
A spoofy paean to cheerfolk that has more bounce per flounce than most tales about teen queens.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
Essentially a feature-length commercial for both the growing sport of competitive cheerleading and ESPN2 .
Variety Robert Koehler
Succeeds in displaying the physical drive and demands of cheerleading.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Ron Dicker
Doesn't break any ground -- but it looks good in a tight sweater.
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.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
She's (Dunst) the big reason the film rises above instantly rejectable formula to campy pop.
Slate David Edelstein
Succeeds in dramatizing the resentment and guilt on all sides without just adding to the noise.
Read Full Review >Film.com Robert Horton
Enough pep in this picture to make it rise above teen-movie expectations.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
A moderately entertaining, mostly inoffensive piece of filmmaking.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
Predictable and surprisingly confusing in its ultimate message.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Vicky Edwards
Absurdly unrealistic at times.
Miami Herald Curtis Morgan
A movie of marginal ambition and multiple cute young faces.
San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
Jumbled and stupid plot, bad acting and a few predictable gags that fall flat.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Scott Kelton Jones
It's not until the plot surfaces that Bring It On really begins to suffer.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 34 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Kyleigh H. gave it a10:
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.
nicole gave it a10:
This movie is the best movie, i loved it, im a cheerleader so it was my kind of movie i watch it over and over i cant get enough.
Saer A. gave it an 8:
Smart, Sassy and Funny. I enjoyed this movie as much as I enjoyed Eliza Dushku and Kirsten Dunst.
Lila W. gave it a 0:
Too predictable. It's all blah blah blah The ONLY reason it got so much popularity is probably because Kirsten Dunst stars in it.
Matt L. gave it a 7:
Not bad at all, I had never seen what cheerleading was like (I do not live in the US), and now I know it's much more than just standing next to the crowd, showing your butt... What's more, the fact that Eliza Dushku plays in this movie is... a good motivation to watch it. :)
Nicole T. gave it a 10:
I love this movie!!! I'm a cheerleader so I know what it's like. I think it's the best cheerleading movie I ever seen.
Jon D. gave it a 10:
Very original! go kirsten! love ya!
