On , starring Kirsten Dunst as a high school cheerleader. Kevin Courrier in the Toronto Globe and Mail also finds much to cheer about. Bring It On, a surprise late-summer bright spot. In fact, much of his review winds up as an attack on the motion picture ratings board for allowing this film to be released with a PG-13 label. The MPAA in the summer of 2000 reveals itself as more willing to peddle smut to children than to allow adults to make their own choices.
Moviegoers can do worse, and, come to think, they have all year.
But Steve Murray in the Atlanta Journal Constitution suggests that no amount of acting talent can overcome the film's script. Let us just say, that'll be the day, and then let sleeping dogs lie. The two claim that the movie has more than a dozen parallels with their own lives and that the Little League kids represent racist caricatures. They're actually decent kids who behave themselves. The online entertainment site said that Griffith's agent had confirmed the story.