not enough pom poms

Rating: Null/10 (28 August 2000)

Excellent opening sequence, wish it carried throughout. The film actually turned serious for absolutely no reason. The dance choregrapher guy with the fingers bit was very funny. The film could have been this year's take on "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" with pom poms. Whatever happened to the team coach character? The team became and maintained themselves as national defending champs without a coach? Whose call was that?
The standoffs bewtween the squad and the losing football squad were hilarious. There should have been more exchanges. The film failed to show the squad during normal activities in school like giving a oral reports in english class, dissecting frogs in science lab and Gym class. Tor's kid brother could have had better lines. Tor's parents could have been funnier. John Hughes, where are you? As a comedy, Kirsten, you did a fine job, like in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" but Eliza Dushku stole the show.