An average movie

Of course, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Kirsten Dunst, I thought I should check it out. Eventually, since the main subject is cheerleading, the whole thing was pretty lame but, somehow, it was pretty successful and launched a franchise (on the other hand, all the sequels were straight-to-DVD and even worse than this 1st installment). In my opinion, the only redeeming feature was the cast (Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union) as they all delivered some decent performances. Like I said before, even though I tend to dismiss the whole thing, even though it is not an interesting topic, it must be, I guess, the best movie about cheerleading ever made, even though it is pretty straightforward. Indeed, it follows the typical structure of your average sport feature and they really made sure they didn’t add anything new or really original to the formula. Right of the bat, I could imagine a really dark and twisted tale about some mental cheerleaders but I guess I would probably be the only one interested. I guess, the people who used to do some cheerleading in their youth (something terribly American and the appeal is beyond most of us Europeans) would probably enjoy it in a nostalgic way. To conclude, I thought it was pretty average and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except maybe if you are a fan of the genre.

5/10