BRING IT ON -- Peyton Reed, dir

© 2000
studio: MCA Home Video
production company: Beacon Communications LLC
dir: Peyton Reed
cast: Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, Gabrielle Union, Clare Kramer, Nicole Bilderback, Tsianina Joelson, Rini Bell, Nathan West
screenplay: Jessica Bendinger

A five-time National Champion cheerleading squad learns that their routines have been stolen from a poor, inner-city school. The new team coach is insistent that they compete with their own routine, and that the inner-city squad gets to Finals as well.

Okay...I am a bit embarassed that I actually watched this. It was in my Netflix queue, listed as a comedy, and I was in a mood for a comedy. However, I didn't find it particularly funny, though it wasn't dreadful either.

The plot was more than a bit lame, but the direction kept it moving well, and certainly the cheer routines kept it exciting. The fact that there were young women in their underwear and in bikinis helped!

I don't recommend this movie, but it isn't a movie to run away from either. I will NOT, however, be looking to put the sequel into my Netflix queue!