By the numbers cheerleading Flick

Rating: 5/10 (28 August 2000)

Kirsten Dunst has done about 35 films in her relatively short life. Its hard to believe after all that experience she can not act her way out of a paper bag. Her lack luster performance keeps a perfunctory script pretty much in the land of mediocrity. The black cheerleaders try their best to add some needed talent to the fray, but they are not on the screen long enough to make a difference.
An attempt to put a "Clueless" spin on the romance side was written by someone who was equally clueless.
In the film she becomes cheerleader captain of some of the most overweight "champion" high school cheerleaders you will probably ever see (although some light is made of this fact in the movie). They also seem to have won their championships without a coach!.
The cheerleading routines where pretty much standard and their execution would have probably landed them a 5th or 6th place at the nationals.
If you want to see better, more original routines, see "Gimme an 'F'". If you want to see better insight into what it takes to lead a cheerleading squad, see "The Cheerleaders(1972)".
Altogether, not a bad popcorn movie, if you are into cheerleading.