Fresh
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.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Overview
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain Torrance, the Toros' road to total cheer glory takes a shady turn when she discovers that their perfectly-choreographed routines were in fact stolen.
Director and cast
- Peyton Reed Director
- Kirsten Dunst as Torrance Shipman
- Eliza Dushku as Missy Pantone
- Jesse Bradford as Cliff Pantone
- Gabrielle Union as Isis
- Sherry Hursey as Christine Shipman
- Holmes Osborne as Bruce Shipman
- Clare Kramer as Courtney
- Nicole Bilderback as Whitney
- Tsianina Joelson as Darcy
- Shamari DeVoe as Lava
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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?
Kevin Courrier, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Dunst can't really hold pic together.
Robert Koehler, Variety
Rotten
The problem with the film is that others have done its routine before, and have done it better.
Vicky Edwards, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
The tart, taut script by first-time screenwriter Jessica Bendinger is stuffed with such deliciously mean dialogue.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
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