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Parents' Guide to

Bring It On Again

By Heather Boerner, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 12+

Sequel gives teen girls something to cheer about.

Movie PG-13 2004 90 minutes
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age 14+

Based on 2 parent reviews

merilia
merilia Adult
September 26, 2015
age 18+

boring sequel

Ok the movie is boring and the idea that they can turn the random people from theatre and ballerinas into cheerleaders in a week in crazy. In more time they could have but the movie is way to fast and isn't put together well. There is a bunch of swearing in this movie I do not remember them saying the f word but they said almost everything or everything else I don't remember exactly how many times each word was said but they loved saying the h word and the b word. There is sexual innuendo but no actual sex, there are two locker scenes with some of the girls changing but the most shown is thier bras and thongs, some talk, some boys from the football team make fun of the boys on the cheerleader team by grabbing thier crotch, some kissing.

This title has:

Too much sex
Too much swearing
dvdqueen
dvdqueen Adult
March 10, 2012
age 10+

i liked it!

well i happen to like it. it was well it was a pretty good movie!

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models
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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?

Our review:
Parents say (2 ):
Kids say (6 ):

Don't let the fact that this movie went straight to video, or the fact that stars of the successful 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.

Talk to Your Kids 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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