fun light yet not at all cliched this is good

Rating: 7/10 (8 August 2002)

it sounds like yet another teen/summer movie, sugary and a bit cliched. but Bring It On confounds your expectations. the acting is good, though some of the characters are a bit thin on detail. meanwhile the plot is down right fun. It plays with your expectations, waving the obvious plot cliche at you and then steps aside and dances off somewhere unexpected. Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku bounce off it each in a playful way, and Gabrielle Union adds just the right amount of compton stereotype without falling overboard. Jesse Bradford makes a great alternative daria-stylee romantic lead. A film that allows for gay teens to be treated as matter of fact, hint at alternative lifestyles for teenage girls and all with a reasonably funny scipt. And some great gymnastic routines thrown in. In spite of myself - i really enjoyed it. And i learned a lot about cheer-leading as well. :)