Fired Up

Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: Freedom Jones

Directed by: Will Gluck

Release Date:
Theatrical: February 20, 2009
DVD: June 9, 2009

Running Time: minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, partial nudity, language and some teen partying

Starring Nicholas D'Agosto, Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Roemer, Molly Sims, Danneel Harris, Philip Baker Hall, Adhir Kalyan, and Annalynne McCord

Shawn and Nick are top scorers on the Ford High School football team…both on and off the field. When they hatch a scheme to trade their footballs for pom poms and join the school’s most beautiful girls at cheer camp, the new team members actually give the girls’ historically awful cheer squad a chance at success. And when Shawn falls for the head cheerleader, the boys must learn some new moves and unleash their inner spirit to prove their intentions before the all-important cheer competition finals. (Sony Pictures)

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Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 6.1 (out of 10) based on 21 User Votes

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Jesse M. gave it a7:
Despite this films failings -- and as the above reviewers had rattled on about at great length, there are many -- the chemistry between the two leads had me laughing start to finish. Perhaps I went it to it with such low expectations, it had to be good. Who knows...

TDKinDallas gave it a4:
A really bad movie, but I laughed a lot!

Jay H gave it a6:
There aren't many surprises, but I enjoyed the movie and it did at least make me laugh. The cast is fun and the characters are likable. Let's call it a guilty pleasure. Juliette Goglia is terrific as the conniving little sister.

Scott E gave it a7:
I took my two teenage kids to see this. Its not as bad as I thought it would be. Its entertaining and has some funny moments.

Michael N gave it a10:
I think the main reason it's getting reviews that aren't good is that the target audience is mainly younger people, rather than the people who are most likely to be reviewing it. I thought it was funny from the beginning to the end. It was joke after joke after joke. It was consistently funny throughout the entire movie. The ending is also kind of a surprise. It's definitely enjoyable, and it's worth seeing.

Chad S gave it a2:
"Fired Up" plods on without consequence in a sort of no man's land where both male and female audience members will be disappointed by the film's equivocal handling of the tropes prevalent in such teen "classics" as "American Pie" and "Bring it On". Conjuring hormonal-fueled hi-jinks under the parameters of its PG-13 rating, devitalizes the horndog-to-human being transformation that Shawn(Nicholas D'Agosto) and Nick(Eric Christian Olsen) undergo when the delinquent football players both find love in what was, on first impression, the Shangri-La of booty calls: a cheerleading camp. The film's relative wholesomeness has the stagnating effect of making the jocks' lascivious natures seem wholesome by association; in effect, killing the anarchic spirit that is crucial to a genre which celebrates bacchanal decadence and godless immorality. "Fired Up" is a sex comedy that won't go to first base; it's a starter film for pre-adolescents not ready to lay their eyes on Shannon Elizabeth's immaculate breasts. "Fired Up" is the filmic equivalent of a training bra. As for the cheerleading-specific scenes in this bland, would-be comedic romp about the two sexes, to paraphrase John Lydon of Public Image Ltd., "This Is Not a Poor Man's Bring it On", either. "Fired Up" is not worthy enough to kiss the hem of Kirsten Dunst's lycra skirt. The routines are lost in the shoddy editing, and adding insult to injury, the infectious girly-ness of the Peyton Reed film is replaced by a sort of post-feministic plot point, in which the squad's impending success is contingent on Shawn and Nick's participation during the final cheer-off.

ricky r gave it an8:
This movie isn't as bad as everyone else is saying it is. it isn't only about two guys who are womanizers but also about a cheerleading squad that comes in last every year and with the help of these "womanizers" come up and do better than ever before.

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