Girls United

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Movie
German title Girls United
Original title Bring it on
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Peyton Reed
script Jessica Bendinger
production Marc Abraham
Thomas A. Bliss
music Christophe Beck
camera Shawn Mason
cut Larry Bock
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Successor  →
Girls United Again

Girls United is an American sports film directed by Peyton Reed . The main roles are played by Kirsten Dunst , Gabrielle Union and Eliza Dushku . The film's theme of competing cheerleading teams has been reused in a number of direct-to-DVD sequels.

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Torrance Shipman suddenly appears naked in front of the audience during a performance by her cheerleading team. Fortunately, it was just a dream. In reality, she is elected the new captain of the Toros, the cheerleading team at Rancho Carne High School in San Diego . It follows "Big Red". At the same time, she has to live with her boyfriend Aaron going to college. As the new captain, Torrance rehearses a difficult pyramid figure, but Carver falls and breaks his leg. At home, Torrance has to deal with her mother's criticism and at school she meets the attractive new classmate Cliff, who is a fan of rock bands like The Clash .

At a casting, people who want to replace carvers introduce themselves. But most of the applicants are completely unsuitable. Then Missy Pantone comes in. The confident gymnast recently moved from Los Angeles to San Diego and is looking for a new job. Torrance is impressed and chooses Missy, even though her colleague Courtney protests. Missy leaves the gym because of the argument, but Torrance follows her home, where she unexpectedly meets Cliff. He is Missy's brother and convinces his sister to join the cheerleaders. When she saw the group's training, she confronted the captain with the accusation that the routine of the five-time national champions had been stolen.

To substantiate the allegation, Missy drives to Los Angeles with Torrance to see the East Compton Clovers African-American cheerleading team . There the Toros captain actually sees an almost identical number. But it gets worse: The Clovers captain Isis speaks of an agent from San Diego who has been copying the Clovers shows for years. What is meant is "Big Red". Torrance insists not to be aware of such actions. On the way home, she says that she may be cursed. She recalls an incident at the cheerleading camp last summer. There, because of a test of courage, she dropped the so-called “Spirit Stick”, a colorful stick that is considered valuable, on the floor. The team still decides to pull off the number stolen by "Big Red" because Courtney, despite Missy's concerns, insists that winning is more important. At the following home game of the football team, which, as always, is clearly inferior, it comes to a scandal. Four Clovers cheerleaders come into the stands and show that the Toros show actually belongs to them.

Torrance stays with Missy and falls in love with Cliff. The next morning she phones Aaron and tells him about the scam story. Aaron suggests working with a choreographer on a new number and recommends Sparky Polastri. To raise money for the choreographer's commitment, the cheerleaders work as scantily clad car washers. Finally Polastri comes to the training of the cheerleaders and is very dominant. He blames every team member and describes cheerleaders as retarded dancers. For the new program, he demands poetry with daring stunts and wiggling “spirit fingers”. Torrance is then unsettled, but Cliff encourages her and Missy is ready too.

The Clovers will be there for the first time at the regional cheerleading championship in Dominguez Hills . However, another team appearing just in front of them becomes a problem for the Toros. While Torrance is doing a television interview, she realizes that the competitors are performing exactly the routine that the Toros have rehearsed with Polastri. Torrance's team embarrassed itself in front of the jury and audience when it then shows the same number, which "Big Red" and the Clovers see. After the performance, an official from the Universal Cheerleaders Association speaks to Torrance and explains that Polastri has sold the choreography to a total of six teams in California. As defending champions, the Toros still get a wildcard for the national championship, but have to rehearse a new routine. Aaron tries to calm Torrance down, but at the same time advises her to hand over the leadership of the team to her competitors Courtney and Whitney.

After driving home, Aaron kisses his girlfriend, what Cliff sitting in front of the door sees, whereupon he goes away disappointed. However, he gives her another cassette with a song that he wrote for her. Torrance listens to the song alone and draws new motivation from it. The next day she gives a self-confident address to her team and uses it to ward off Courtney and Whitney's uprising. She asks the team to use every free minute to train from now on, making use of suggestions from dance, martial arts and musicals. She also breaks up with Aaron.

When Torrance learns that the Clovers can't afford to compete in the national championship, she wants to do something about it so she can compete against the best. She persuades her father to sponsor her. But when she goes to the Clovers with a check, Isis refuses to support her. The East Compton team prefers to seek help from talk show host Pauletta, who fulfills the cheerleaders' request. Meanwhile, Missy urges Cliff to stay with Torrance.

At the beginning of the national championship in Daytona Beach there is still some friction between Torrance and Isis. In the final round, the Toros and Clovers meet and both teams inspire the audience. This time the title goes to the Clovers, while the Toros have to be content with second place. The captains now respect each other. The curse with the “Spirit Stick” is also considered over. Torrance kisses Cliff.

criticism

The film received three out of five points from Cinema magazine . The author of the magazine described it as "good clean fun" .

In the lexicon of international film it says: From the point of view of the subject a “classic” teenage comedy, the film takes its subject astonishingly seriously and is developing more in the direction of sports film, whereby it develops a pleasantly outdated charm.

Others

Sequels

Because of this success, five sequels were shot, but they contain different characters and were only produced for the video market.

These films were produced for around $ 5 million each; All or Nothing grossed $ 18 million in the US, Give Everything 23.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Girls United. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Marisa Meltzer: Bring It On. And on. And on. ; Slate , January 26, 2010

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