After watching Fired up! I decided to go a decade back to when Kirsten Dunst was young and kick-started the cheer-leading franchise that now is the Bring It On series. I've never, and will never, make an excuse for being a Kirsten Dunst fan. She had already been around a decade when this movie was made, and there's no doubt she's not afraid to participate in some movies which stand no chance of being anything but easy entertainment. Still. She got some charisma qualities added to these movies others rarely manage to bring out. I can admire that, and that's also the case with this movie.
But she's not alone in this one. Rare for such a movie, they managed to bring quite a lot of young talent together. Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford and Gabrielle union are all important reasons for later success for the owner of the rights. Still. This is mostly Dunst's movie, and her charming ways are the main reason anybody could enjoy this.
The love story is simple and predictable, the cheer-leading story is simple and even more predicting and the cheer-leading parts are less impressive. Especially the latter is annoying. Still. The music is good. They've managed to integrate many songs fitting for the scenes. This movie was also the beginning of an era, and I've now at least seen it twice. I doubt there will be a third, for there's a limit to how often you can watch a movie on the leads charm alone. Anyway, I always got Wimbledon as a better excuse for my Dunst-fix when needed.
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