Bring It On 2000

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: The movie embraces every cheerleading stereotype, both male and female, and the story is as formulaic as a vintage pep squad cheer. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: The fact that a bouncy teenage sports comedy can even gesture toward serious matters of race and economic inequality is pretty impressive, as is the occasional snarl of genuine satire. Read more

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: This earnest and arch story -- so fast paced its formulas are wonderfully obscured -- has an adolescent energy and a tempered sexuality, and it's infused with the moral agenda of a warmly didactic sitcom. Read more

David Edelstein, Slate: A pretty good movie aside from all the cheese. Read more

Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Needed more work on its vim and vigor. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Crackling good script, sharply directed. Read more

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: This film stands out -- not as an original (its focus on fierce competition is nothing new), but as a well-executed story with likable characters and fresh flourishes. Read more

Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: Based on energy, the film is a 10. Its script? Give it a five. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Has more life to it than such recent teen duds as Boys and Girls, Whatever It Takes, or the limp, cringe worthy Loser. Read more

Kevin Courrier, Globe and Mail: Who would have thought that a film about competing cheerleading squads would turn out to be the one very pleasant surprise in this very dismal summer season of moviegoing? Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The ending leads to an inevitable sense of dissatisfaction. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: We get a strange mutant beast, half Nickelodeon movie, half R-rated comedy. It's like kids with potty-mouth playing grownup. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Bring It On is no more than a trifle. But it moves along entertainingly right through to the end credit sequence, and its heart is in just the right place. Read more

Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: Truly lame dialogue. Read more

Time Out: Lightweight, but unexpectedly feelgood. Read more

Robert Koehler, Variety: Dunst can't really hold pic together. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: It almost makes a gal want to stand up and cheer. Nah. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: The tart, taut script by first-time screenwriter Jessica Bendinger is stuffed with such deliciously mean dialogue. Read more