May the best movie win? Pity for this as it only comes middle-of-the-range.

Rating: Null/10 (23 August 2002)

This is my favourite cheerleading movie ever. It's also the only one I've ever seenIt's all about Kirsten Dunst as Torr, the newly appointed head cheerleader of Rancho Corne High School. Their team has been the 5 times national champions and so, with the precedent set, Torr is expected to bring home the trophy again. It's only then, to her horror, that she finds outs their award winning moves were stolen from a poor inner city school. Exposed she must try and salvage the situation and win the trophy, with the help of her friends such as Missy Panton (Eliza Drushku, off of Buffy). There's also a generic love interest in Missy's brother, Cliff (James Bradford). Cue spirit-stirring stuff, small doses of morality, and cute clips of comedy
Acting? Well Dunst is generally grand. She looks pretty (naturally) and is able to successfully pull off the perky-popular-with-heart routine. Drushu is sassy. Like she was in Buffy (albeit with a bit less edge here). She's fairly unmemorable, much like her supporting cast with the likes of James Bradford deciding that his character is merely just a little `kooky'. No-one's offensively bad and the stereotypes (such as the gay cheer-leading bloke) are not actually apparent, which is a good thing. Still I struggle to recall them all as people
Story? Pfft. What do you want of such a modern movie, Christopher Nolan? Tough. You can guess the final outcome quite early on (I certainly did) and how each and every character will end up. Although `Bring It On' is decidedly a comedy, the under-pinning storyline is an age old one of maturing, growing up, bling blang yadda yadda. You get the idea. The fact that there's cheer leading here allows us to see some enjoyably choreographed dance routines, all directed in a manner that almost makes you want to see the things for real. That's a good thing  it helps us get involved in the movie at certain points. As to comedy? The movie got a wry smile from me, a couple of chuckles (in particular at the cheer-leading auditions) and it served its purpose as a light, fluffy comedy piece.
Is `Bring It On' worth a look then? It's entertaining, and certainly not boring. It's got its heart in the right place, and (thankfully) is never too preachy with its lessons. I wouldn't tell anyone to go to any trouble to see it but, if you're bored and it's on TV you could do a fair bit worse.