Nicholas D'Agosto

Eric Christian Olsen

Sarah Roemer

Molly Sims

Danneel Ackles

David Walton

Adhir Kalyan

AnnaLynne McCord

Juliette Goglia

Philip Baker Hall

John Michael Higgins

Smith Cho

Margo Harshman

Hayley Marie Norman

Jake Sandvig

Nicole Tubiola

Collins Pennie

Edie McClurg

Michael Blaiklock

James Earl

Keeshan Giles

Alan Ritchson

Shoshana Bush

Casey Graf

Kelen Coleman

Kate Lang Johnson

Jill Latiano Howerton

Amber Stevens West

Dan Fine

Steven West

Francia Raísa

Madison Riley

Joy Osmanski

Jessica Szohr

Tanya Chisholm

Krista Kalmus

Kate French

Julianna Guill

Lindsay Schoneweis

Heather Morris

Kayla Ewell

Sandra Sanchez

Brian Unger

Janel Parrish

Masi Oka

Libby Mintz

Lucy Griffin

Karlee Eldridge

Nicholas James

Lance Kerfuffle

Andrew Fleming

Rebekah Glies

Taisha Monique Clark

Amber Estrada

Kelli Exum

Janelle Ginestra

Erin Yvonne

Glenda Morales

Katrina Norman

Rachele Brooke Smith

Will Gluck

Tommy Tomlinson

Ken Little Jr.

Johnny Martin

Zachary Woodlee

Rani Self

Jose Zamora

Anthony J. Nahar

Todd Amateau

Linda Gacsko

Roberto Carneiro

Michelle Vittone

Jeffrey S. Lorenz

Lisa Wujick

Jason Newton

Paddy Cullen

Sister A. Daniels

Adruitha Lee

Ismael 'Izzy' Gonzalez

Lloyd Moriarity

Bo Johnson

Karen Agresti

Charles Papert

David L. Parrish

Donna-Lou Henderson

Robert J. Babin

Valerie Bleth Sharp

Jody Blose

Sal Alvarez

Dennis Ogle

David Jelin

Gunner Walter

Lauren Suarez

Lance Jay Velazco

Douglas Dresser

S. Dylan Kirkland

Mary Fox

Jeanne Bueche

Douglas Axtell

Suzanne Tenner

Jon Wakeham

Stacy Christenson

Kristine McPherson

Deborah Chung

Lorena Talpan

Kristofer Kolpek

Nick Onstad

Raoul Bolognini

Susan Bannout

Kyle Gee

David Romano

Bill Dance

Jayson Ehlers

Sherry Whitfield

Rocco Passionino

Pamela Kahn

Brian Smith

Bethany Pederson

Dave Isaac Santos Abuel

Sandy O'Neill

Stacey Kasubowski

Michael Underwood

Nathan Matsuda

Christopher Pyles

Alex Ackerman

Dan Brizendine

Andrea Horta

J.D. Schwalm

Penny Smartt-Juday

Todd Manes

Jerry Hall

Matt Donnan

Jonathan Klein

Sallieanne Hayden

Ryan Falkner

Arturo Guzman

Anthony Adams

Wade Ivy

Derek Wade

John H. Samson

Joseph Wisniewski

Sean McCormack

Scott G.G. Haller

Todd Bozung

Stephen Chiu

Carolyn Lassek

John Frazier

Lori Russell

Paula Marie Duncan

Casey Kasemeier

Elyse Punia

Will Riley

Tim Tuchrello

Zach Zaubi

Richard Gibbs

Mynka Draper

Lisa Miller Katz

Marcia Hinds

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Fired Up!

Weinstock Productions

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Gross Entertainment

United States of America

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**The better cheerleading movie! (Although it's much more focused on the laughs than the cheerleading)**

Fired Up is the cheerleading version of Pitch Perfect. It overflows with dorky characters, hilariously strange situations, and gut-busting quotes that will stick with you. Fired Up knows it's completely and outlandishly ridiculous and enjoys every goofy second of its insane existence. The premise of 2 guys skipping football camp to chase girls at cheerleading camp sounds like every other teen film but Fired Up is surprisingly fun, witty, and at moments even endearing. Eric Christian Olsen and Nicholas D'Agosto make a fantastic comedy duo, building one-liners on top of each other with excellent chemistry and hilarity. And John Michael Higgins is just as crazed and entertaining as ever. Overall, Fired Up is a much better-than-average stupid humor movie with a cast and director that know how to do comedy.

**_Hilarious and heartwarming, but too much raunch in the air_**

Two popular high school football jocks (Eric Christian Olsen and Nicholas D'Agosto) decide to go to cheerleading camp in the summer instead of football camp in order to score with the ladies. Their plans go awry when one falls one of the head cheerleaders (Sarah Roemer) and they both find themselves wanting to help the squad win the camp competition.

The purpose of a teen dramadies like this is to entertain and elicit laughs; the great ones avoid too much raunchiness, etc. and offer strong subtexts (like 1995's "Clueless" and 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"). The good news is that "Fired Up" (2009) is surprisingly funny from beginning to end and it does have heartwarming elements. Despite being direct-to-video, it's obvious that a lot of thought and effort was put into the film.

For it to be effective, Olsen and D'Agosto have to work well together and they do. Olsen was 31 during filming and D'Agosto was 28, hardly high school age, and – while they do a good job of appearing high school age – their overall demeanor give 'em away. As for the females, Sarah is striking as Carly and there are quite a few curvaceous beauties, including the brunette cheerleading coach.

I would easily give "Fired Up" a grade of 'A-' if not for some unnecessary coarseness, implied raunch (in other words, there aren't any overtly raunchy scenes) and way too many 'gay'-oriented jokes. These aspects remove it from the realm of greatness, as far as I'm concerned.

The movie runs 90 minutes and was shot in the Los Angeles area.

GRADE: B

So very dumb, yet kinda, actually, good... one to file under 'better than it has any right to be'.

I'm not entirely sure how, but 'Fired Up!' suffices. Nicholas D'Agosto and Eric Christian Olsen make it work enough, they have decent chemistry and fit their respective roles - and that was needed, different casting and events would've flopped.

The humour is silly yet mildly amusing, don't get me wrong I wasn't laughing or even chuckling but I wasn't cringed out for the most part and I smirked a few times to be fair. There are some solid music choices in there, tracks from the likes of Akon and Avril Lavigne somehow fit.

I was expecting the story to a play out a little differently (worse), it actually portrays the development of the two main characters fairly well. It is quite funny how many of these 00s movies exist that involve the same sorta plot, almost a signature of the era.

I decided to watch this as I noticed it was the only one of Will Gluck's movies that I had yet to see. '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/annie-2014/" rel="nofollow">Annie</a>' aside, he is a very reliable director. '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/friends-with-benefits/" rel="nofollow">Friends with Benefits</a>' is his best thus far, I'd say.

Watch the HD trailer for FIRED UP!  In theaters Friday 2/20

Fired Up!( 2009)

2 Guys. 300 Girls. You Do the Math.

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Written by The Movie Mob on Fri Dec 09 2022

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