Bring It On Again (PG-13)

Sequel gives teen girls something to cheer about.

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Movie details
  • Studio: Universal Studios
  • Directed By: Damon Santostefano
  • Cast: Anne Judson-Yager, Faune Chambers, Bree Turner
  • Running Time: 90 minutes
  • Release Date: 01/13/2004
  • Video/DVD Release Date: 01/13/2004
  • Genre: Comedy
  • MPAA Rating: PG-13
  • MPAA Explanation: some language and mild innuendo

Parents need to know

Parents need to know there's some unsportsmanlike conduct and lots of skimpy outfits. Whittier breaks into the school pool after hours with a boy she barely knows. There's a gay male character, but the only kissing is between the main character and her boyfriend. The main characters have their integrity tested, but come through with flying colors. In other words, there's very little here to worry parents.

Families can talk about how each member deals with competition. How do they know when competition has gone too far? Does this movie paint a realistic picture of college life? How do kids deal with bullies?

Message

Social Behavior:

Whittier learns good life lessons about what's really important to her and sticks to it.

Consumerism:

Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:

Violence

One fistfight between two cheerleaders.

Sex

Some kissing and mild sexual innuendo, but nothing serious.

Language

Mild profanity.

Common Sense says

What's the story?

Reviewed by Heather Boerner

Whittier Smith is back for a second round of cheers and challenges in BRING IT ON AGAIN. Former rivals and now best friends Whittier (Anne Judson-Yager) and Monica (Faune A. Chambers) begin college and land spots on the school's championship varsity cheerleading squad. But Whittier must make a tough decision when her drive to win forces her to choose between Monica and her boyfriend, or being the next head cheerleader. In a move that would make any mom proud and any girl more confident, she quits the squad and she and Monica form their own rag-tag team outcast club members: the drama geeks, the "neo-modern ballet" dancers, and the karate kids. To keep their teams afloat, they must win Nationals. But can they beat the varsity squad and its monomaniacal head cheerleader Tina (Bree Turner)?

Is it any good?

3
Don't let the fact that this movie went straight to video or the fact that stars of the original don't appear in this one deter you: Bring It On Again has loveable characters, a good moral, and some good fun that will make many teen girls, well, cheer.

While the kids are in college now, the movie seems best aimed at a younger set. Whittier and her boyfriend only kiss and hug; there's little cursing, and the moral is unfailingly positive -- follow your heart and don't forget why you compete. Is this message unique? Absolutely not. But Bring It On Again is still a worthy entry into the growing girls' coming-of-age genre.

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Posted on 07/10/07 by MommieMolly Adult contributor

Don't bother...

Given how the first "Bring it On" is a really good movie, you would expect this one to be,too. However, it is cheesy and unrealistic. Some of the acting is pretty bad. Some parts have nothing to do with the plot. And the movie is too fast, so at times you really don't get how scenes tie in with the movie. This is a milder 'bring it on' for eight-year-olds, who are too old for Jojo's Circus and too young for full-scale "bring it on."

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Posted on 07/10/07 by MommieMolly Adult contributor

Don't bother...

Given how the first "Bring it On" is a really good movie, you would expect this one to be,too. However, it is cheesy and unrealistic. Some of the acting is pretty bad. Some parts have nothing to do with the plot. And the movie is too fast, so at times you really don't get how scenes tie in with the movie. This is a milder 'bring it on' for eight-year-olds, who are too old for Jojo's Circus and too young for full-scale "bring it on."

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