I loved this movie. I thought it had a good message that you cant be perfect and people make mistakes. The language in the movie wasnt bad at all. I thought that the moive was great!
Stick It
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Common Sense says
Gymnasts fall short -- it's no Bring It On.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 12–13
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Stick It was written by Cynthia Fuchs
Parents need to know that the film includes some mild language, including adolescent girls talking back to adults (coaches and parents), as well as mouthing off to one another ("crap," piss," bitch," s-word, for examples). Movie opens with a girl on a bike crashing through a house window, which leads to her arrest (sirens, handcuffs). The film explores some mature themes in mostly satirical manner: lying, cheating, career-ending injury, jealousy, holding grudges, divorce, and rebellious teens. The movie features several close-up shots of gymnasts' bottoms, some scenes where gymnasts are injured (for example, a girl falls off a beam, writhes in pain, and the coach disdains her, creating a "comic" moment). Characters discuss a painful moment from the past when a girl learned her mother was sleeping with her coach, divorced parents fight. Adults at a party appear drunk.
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What’s the Story?
STICK IT follows Haley (Missy Peregrym), introduced as she crashes her bike through a house window, whereupon she's arrested. Haley's parents' divorce has been difficult, and she's doing her best to forget her own past in elite gymnastics. The onetime floor exercise star earned the enmity of her fellow competitors and coaches when she walked away from "the Worlds" two years earlier, and now, just when she thought she was out... they pull her back in! As punishment, Haley is sentenced to train with a disgraced coach, Burt Vickerman (Jeff Bridges). Eventually, student and coach learn to appreciate one another's stubbornness, while bringing out each other's morality and compassion. While it's a good thing that Haley is now free of her at-wits-end dad, she now must decide whether to participate in a sport she sees as corrupt (full of petty tensions among competitors and archaic regulations prohibiting creativity). She does, of course, but along the way helps some of her teammates.
Is It Any Good?
Not so sharp or witty as it needs to be, Stick It features appealing performers and a too-little-too-late rousing finale. Revisiting themes better served by Bring It On, the film sets up a familiar tension between rebellion (via Haley) and conformity (the old-school, restrictive gymnastics establishment).
Haley's journey is hampered by awkward plotting, unnecessary characters, and some inexplicable editing. That said, the girls' flips and vaults are often dazzling, as are the film's superbright look and a couple of overlap-editing sequences, showing the routine of training as well as the hard work involved. But Jessica Bendinger's movie takes too long to get to the showdown/point and makes poor use of the ever-cool Bridges.
Movie Details
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures, Director: Jessica Bendinger
Run time: 105 minutes
Theatrical release: 4/28/2006, DVD release: 9/19/2006
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some crude remarks
Run time: 105 minutes
Theatrical release: 4/28/2006, DVD release: 9/19/2006
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some crude remarks
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
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- Good role models
Awesome movie
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
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- Inappropriate language
lol good & funny movie
i think it is a pretty good movie. i sure enjoyed it when i 1rst saw it. some language including b---h sh-t a-- & words simular 2 that.
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I rate this title on for age 14 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Negative role models
Fun...
Hayley isn't exactly the best role model, but I loved the film. It's rare that you find a teen flick that's actually funny with a decent storyline.
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
Hilarious teenage rivalry film....
The lead character Hilary (Missy Peregrym) brings certain comedy colour to this movie. It is hilarious and is worth watching.
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I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
Funny Teenage Rivalry Movie
It is hilarious, The lead character Hilary (Missy) is very funny and ands colour to this movie. It is worth watching :)
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
funny
LOVED IT not a lot of bad language but i would not reccomend it for an 8 yr old
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
Great Movie
o luv this movie it's awesome and sooooo funny even my mom and dad like it it's just a good movie to watch with ur friends
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I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
Good Movie
I thought this movie was good. There was alot of language though. It wasn`t very strong though it was like a** and b**ch but that was it.
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I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
What is about
Stick It Film “Stick It” is directed and written by Jessica Bendinger. In USA it was realized 28 of April year 2006. Genre of this film is divided on three: comedy/drama/sport. Main characters: Burt Vickerman Jeff Bridges Haley Graham Missy Peregrym Joanne Chairis Vanessa Lengies Wei Wei Yong Nikki SooHoo Mina Hoyt Moddy Curley Frank Kellan Lutz Poot John Patrik Amedori Tricia Skilkin Herself and others Operator - Deryn Okoda Compositor – Michael Simpson Haley Graham is a gymnastic girl who was in gymnastic sport from childhood. But in the world competition she suffers a failure: she couldn’t do her main trick and that is why she leaves competition in the middle. Moreover, she leaves a gymnastic to feel how teenagers are living. Since Haley desert a gymnastic her life changes. In her “new” life she meets the guys and become boyish girl. Haley likes to ride on BMX and have fun with two best friends. Often she fall into different situations and because of it sits in the police office, waiting when her father will come. Once, she broke the window on the undeveloped house, and as a result she’s sitting in front of judge. Girl has a choice – go to the Vickerman gymnastic academy or a prison. She picks prison, but judge send her to the academy. There she becomes lazy and does not want do anything, so she does a strike for her liberation. But the coach proposes her to go on the world competition again, win, take money, and go out from her “prison”. Haley agrees and does her best as she can. On the competition judges were not fair fix the price of her friend and Haley and her friends becoming on strike again, but now she and all of the gymnastics are controlling the match. At the end, every of the gymnastics won her price for her own program. Some facts: For final scene of competitions creators of film invite tens known gymnastics of the world. Main coach was a sportsman, twice Olympic champion Bart Conner. For three months before the film starts, four of main characters took practice with him. Girls had practice 5-8 hours a day. In Front of the coach was an aim – to make girl be average level of the sport training. Practices were during the film starts. My opinion: This film is not only about sport, it is also about victories and loses, friendship and teen’s life. If you understand gymnastic you will interested to look on girls tricks. Also film has good and bad emotions. You will laugh and cry, be worry and be glad. I like this film; it is interesting to look for a one time. The music is great tidy to actions. Characters of the film had played very well. Missy Peregrym had played her role of hooligan-girl very exactly and naturally. But this film will be more interesting for children, than for adults. Because it has many “problems” which children will understand better, than adults which already grown up and forgot a childhood.
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
It wasn't that bad!
I don't understand why everyone keeps saying this is a horrible movie. It's funny almost the entire time except for one part where she breaks down a little. The acting wasn't so bad and the guy that played Frank is Emmett Cullen in the new Twilight movie!!!!! I love this movie I've seen it like 50 times. It's a must see.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Great Movie... but not another Bring it On!!!!
When i first saw previews for this movie i immediatley thought, omg, another bring it on, i have to admit i was slightly disapointed that it wasn't another comedy like Bring It On. Stick It was a great movie about a slightly off track girl who, has the choice of being sentenced to juvy or, by her fathers choice, VGA, after wrecking private property. I followed it all the way through every scene being interesting. The gymnastic moves in this movie were incredible and so was the plot. Loved the ending. All together 3/4 stars and seriously get a grip, this thing could have been PG, close up on butts, please, no one seems to understand that in gymnastics you were leotards or in other words one piece swimsuit like clothing and the camera should focus when the contestant is walking up the the mats. just a tip 10+
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
good movie
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I rate this title pause for age 0 and give it
I'm not sure
I haven't seen the movie, yet I love gymnastics. I don't think my ma will let me see it from the commersals on TV. But she may... you never know. I think ages 10 and up could see this movie if with an adult.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
my preteen daughter loved it
This film is fun for tweens and teens. The dialogue and plot are pretty contrived and not very original, but it is generally enjoyable. There are a few more sexual references and crude comments than there needs to be, but, overall, it is not too bad.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Great Drama for Tweens and Up
"Stick It" is a wonderful movie for mature Tweens, and up. Although you should note that there is breif minor language and breif sexual references as in close ups of butts, and a few others. But other than that, "Stick It" will be loved by teens.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
nothing of expectance...
i actually thought that for the first time comman sense did a good job rating the movie it was noting like i expected but it was still really good
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
i thought this movie was great and me and my friends loved it! Stick It has everything teens want in a movie: comedy, drama, hot guys (John Patrick Amedori!!!!!!), mean girls, the rebal outsider, and hot sports. (i used to be a gymnast myself) so if you haven't seen it you should! its most;y for teen (i dont think kids under 13 would like/get it) it is deffinatly one of ny favorite movies! peace out...
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Loved it!
This was awesome! I think the reason it got bad reveiws was because it was coming from an adult who didn't like gymnastics. It's meant for kids who do!
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you do not need to worry much about seeing this movie. it is good for ages 10 and above. there is some language. the violence is not an issue at all (it is the funny parts) i thought the movie was overall very good, and if you like gymnastics then it is great!!!!
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Great Movie
I saw stick it when it came out! Very exited to take my daughter to it! My feeling for whats in it is the sexual content doesn`t bother me or my child and she`s 9 years old! Stick it is a very enjoyable movie! The message is good! Even though it might have a couple teenagers talking back and a couple of s--- words its fine! I think you will love it ! I say starting at ages 8 and up should see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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