Fired Up – Movie Review

Fired Up Trailer

2009 – Comedy

The Plot:

Nicholas D’Agosto and Eric Christian Olsen headline this teen comedy concerning two high-school football players who attempt to avoid another summer at football camp by becoming cheerleaders. Out on the gridiron, Gerald R. Ford High School students Shawn Colfax (D’Agosto) and Nick Brady (Olsen) are star players. But summer is drawing near, and this year neither Shawn nor Nick can stomach the prospect of spending their sun-soaked months lunging at tackling dummies and getting berated by their coach. Fortunately, Nick has a brilliant solution to their current dilemma: sign up for cheerleading camp and spend the summer surrounded by gorgeous women. But head cheerleader Carly (Sarah Roemer) can see right through them, and when Shawn falls head over heels for her, their genius plan hits an unexpected hitch. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

The Good:

Quite funny, in a high school sort of way, but not as raunchy as I expected it to be. It actually had a decent storyline. Russ fell asleep as usual, after waiting nearly a week to getting around to watch it.

The Bad:

I really expected it to focus more on the comedy than on the storyline, but amazingly it didn’t.

Recommendation:

Unless you’re into teen movies, or really into cheerleading, I wouldn’t bother. As a flat out comedy, it fell flat.

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