A Very Funny Satire

Rating: 7/10 (28 August 2000)

I rated this move with a 7 because it was a very funny, clever satire of High School Cheerleading. And, yes, it IS a satire. I went to see it with freinds who happen to be cheerleaders, and somehow they never quite caught the satirical parts - to them it was more of a drama or even a documentary. (When I informed them that it was not meant to be taken seriously and that it's a satire they responded:"Wait, so they're like making fun of cheerleading? What?!") The film actually has a plot(A bitchy redhead steals cheers from another squad - but oh no! There are only two weeks until the regionals. What do we do now?) , with characters that are sometimes even more than wallpaper, which is more than what can be said about most teen movies. But, don't give it too much credit - each character fits into a nice cookie cutter.
Despite the faults, it is a very fun movie and is worth the price of admission just to hear phrases like "My whole cheerleading career is based on a lie!" or "Our cheerleading careers are at stake" or the best: "This is a cheer-ocracy and you are acting like a cheer-tator." Fits nicely with another Kirsten Dunst satire - Drop Dead Gorgeous.