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Bring It On Again
- Review Date: June 22, 2006
- PG-13
- Genre: Comedy
- 2004
Common Sense Media says
Sequel gives teen girls something to cheer about.
Parents say
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QUALITY
What 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.
What's the story?
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?
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.
What families can talk about
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?
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13 AND UP???????? OFF FOR AGES 12-??? COME ON COMMON SENSE MEDIA STOP BEING SO STRICT!
In my epic opinion, this sucked.
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not the best bring it on movie.
I loved the 1st, 3rd and 4th bring it on but this one was, hmm, horrible. First of all it doesn't even make sense. The main character quits cheerleading just because of a mean captain and creates a super-good and advanced cheerleading squad out of actors who have no cheerleading experience, and in the competition (which is about, one week away or so from when they form the team) they are throwing roundoff back handsprings full twisting layouts. Does that even make sense? NO. Plus, a college can't have TWO cheerleading squads and have them both go to a competition to decide which one will be the official, that just would never happen in the real world of cheerleading. If you're not a cheerleader, don't understand the rules, and didn't watch the other bring it ons, you might like this, but if not, you won't like it.
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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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Not as good as the first... But still awsome.
I loved this bring it on movie! It's not as good as the first bring it on movie (like sequals usually are) But it was still very good. It had some advanced cheer leading stunts that are fun to watch, and some iffy langusge and brief violence. I recomend to GIRLS ages 11 and up.
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i liked it!
well i happen to like it. it was well it was a pretty good movie!
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a cliche, but still a cute see
I honestly enjoyed thismovie. Sure their were some cheesy moments, but it made me laugh out loud. The rivalry was anything but unique, yet the message was worthwhile. Sammy stinger may have been the best part in the entire movie, in which he was in a total of 5 minutes. His nervousness and unsurity made the movie. Worth seeing, isuppose, butit will not change your life. But something to watch on a lazy day...
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| Studio: | Universal Pictures |
| Director: | Damon Santostefano |
| Cast: | Anne Judson-Yager, Bree Turner, Faune Chambers |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 90 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | January 13, 2004 |
| DVD release date: | January 13, 2004 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | some language and mild innuendo |
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