This is a cheerleading movie for cheerleading people.

Rating: 5/10 (8 September 2000)

I was sitting in the theater trying to watch The Art of War, and it was at least 20 minutes late in starting (for the second time), so I decided to go watch the only other movie starting within 45 minutes, Bring It On. I had just finished watching The Replacements when I went to see this film, so I was already sick and tired of cheerleaders when I walked into the theater. As with Coyote Ugly, I knew exactly how this movie would end from the very beginning. I'm not saying that it was a bad movie, it was entertaining enough even though it is not exactly my favorite as far as subject matter, but it is the type of movie that you watch if you have to kill some time. Average acting, an un-exciting plot, and boring and sometimes pretentious dialogue interfere with what could otherwise have been your basic "sports" movie. Instead you get a somewhat disappointing, basic "sports" movie.
A champion cheerleading squad finds out that their previous captain had been stealing routines from an unknown inner city squad, and now they are desperate to come up with something soon before the impending championship begins once more. That's all fine and good, but what do they do? They try to cheat again by hiring a choreographer to teach them a winning routine. Unfortunately, what they get is some sort of cheer Nazi who goes around teaching the same routine to cheer squads all over California. Of course, there is the inevitable rivalry between the two cheer squads which eventually transforms into some kind of awkward friendship, and everyone lives happily ever after. Yawn.
Bring It On is just a movie about cheerleaders. If you are a cheerleader or if you just love cheerleaders and can't get enough of their high pitched, annoying antics, watch this movie. You'll probably enjoy it. However, if you are not a hard-core cheerleader fan, you would probably be best advised to ignore this routine movie.