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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonAny movie offering a Muzak version of the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop"warrants an immediate and unqualified recommendation.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's is not a great high school movie like "Election," but it's alive and risky and saucy.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumFun in its raunchy unwieldiness.
- 63Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrIsn't as dark as ''Heathers'' or as witty as ''Clueless,'' but it's at least pointed in that direction.
- 63USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]Ragged but with an appealing comic edge, the movie is certainly funnier than most of the other comedies that studios have tried to keep from critics until opening day.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanA cheerleader spoof that starts rousingly, but ends up nearly as shallow as its easy-target subjects.
- 40The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe movie is full of scattershot gags and indifferent acting, but you get the feeling that it's bad on purpose, which makes it, given the number of teenage movies that are terrible by accident, not bad at all.
- 40Film.comGemma FilesFilm.comGemma FilesMandy Nelson's sugar-high bright-'n'-cheerful script takes a series of easy ways out, avoiding completely the prospective pitfalls of having to see any of these characters as complicated, contradictory, not entirely nice or identifiable-with -- actual human beings, in other words.
- 20Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversGive the girls a cheer, but remember: "Bring It On" is still the poo, Missy. Take a big whiff.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceSugar & Spice struggles with the existential challenge of individuating five perky white heterosexual girls wearing identical aquamarine miniskirts and halter tops. And that's before they put on their latex "Betty" masks.