Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack (2017) User Reviews

Meh... Sloppy.

[sbtfbk · 3/10 · 31 August 2017]

I noticed that the main character was also in a season of Degrassi I had watched so Immediately I was iffy... She was okay, but I'll have to admit that the performers used were very sloppy.

The camera angles overhead further showcased how uneven and sloppy the routines were, and the movie was quite predictable. From the beginning, you knew that Blake and Destiny had a thing for each other.

As I mentioned, the routines were sloppy and I can't get over that. Most of the cheerleaders in the movie were not using uniforms either, and some teams at the end were in regular shorts/rolled up top - including the Rebels, who were in workout pants and crop zippered tops - for me, cheerleaders competing should be using pristine condition uniforms. Sounds silly, but the uniforms make routines look even better.

It seemed more like a dance-off movie rather than a cheer-off movie. If the performers were better, I'd have a higher rating, but the routines were boring and sloppy (I keep saying that, but really...watch it and you'll see). I would have sacrificed the romance aspects of this movie and the conflict to bring better routines/performances.

I did like how they had three interracial couples in the movie though - you don't see that enough in Hollywood.

predictable but what do you expect?

[duvernetphotography · 4/10 · 10 September 2017]

Cheesy, cute teeny outfits, thumping music, predictable plot line and inter-character drama.It plays out like a teen soap with a bit of skin to keep it interesting. Where do you go with these Bring It movies when the whole premise is so structured? At least interject some personal drama like a cultural rift or fusion. The internet smack down was an interesting concept and had real potential. The introduction of rap moves was pretty lame because that has been done so many times in other more dramatic dance movies. Where was the demonstration of cheer leading at a football game? Where was the school spirit coming through? All in all, it was nice to watch and see such athletic bodies in action of all kinds.

A Visual Worldwide Competition

[Uriah43 · 3/10 · 7 December 2018]

Having won their 3rd world championship in a row the cheerleading team known as "the Rebels" have every reason to be proud. And one of the main reasons they are so successful is due to the efforts of their captain by the name of "Destiny" (Cristine Prosperi) who has a set way of doing things. Unfortunately, her dogmatic approach doesn't appeal to all of her teammates and when another team known simply as "the Truth" hacks into a live video performance and challenges them to a virtual worldwide competition by demonstrating a superior performance, it sets off a massive reaction around the world for other teams who suddenly feel energized and believe that they can compete in this new format and beat the Rebels as well. And things get even worse for Destiny when some of her own teammates become so exasperated by Destiny's arrogance and refusal to consider new ideas that they leave to form a new team. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was probably the weakest film of the series to date due in large part to the complete lack of realism behind the entire scenario. Everything was preposterous. Having said that , however, I must admit that I liked the performances of Gia Lodge-O'Meally (as Destiny's best friend "Willow"), Sophie Vavasseur ("Hannah") and the aforementioned Cristine Prosperi. Unfortunately, none of these performances were enough to turn this film around and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Below average.

Extremely Disappointed

[meghankiese · 1/10 · 30 August 2017]

Let me begin by saying that I own every single Bring it On movie, and that I will not be adding this one to my collection. This is just such a disappointment... it's so obvious that the producers/directors/script writers/basically EVERYONE had no experience whatsoever in cheerleading.

I understand making things showy for entertainment purposes, but this takes things to n entirely new level. The film plays into stereotypes that cheerleaders are rude, dumb, and only care about materialistic things, while perpetuating a culture where it's embarrassing to be a cheerleader. And, seeing as I've been a cheerleader for the past 8 years, and I plan on cheering competitively in college and working with UCA full-time, I can tell you with 100% certainty that I am not ashamed to be a cheerleader.

It also appears like they're trying to pull a Pitch Perfect. As in, they said phrases with "Aca" thrown in the beginning. NO ONE says "Fem-credible", "Cheer-fection," or "Cheer-smacked" in cheer. There are no virtual "world wide cheer-offs".

Again, I understand that the purpose of any movie franchise is to entertain! But there IS a line between entertainment and ridiculousness. None of the Bring it On movies have showcased legitimate cheerleading on any level whatsoever, they only play into the stigma/overall perception of cheerleading. At least with the first four, the plots were interesting, and they choreography somewhat RESEMBLED cheerleading. Unfortunately, the later two do not.

All I ask is if you're going to make a movie where the driving plot is about a cheer team, at least have it be CHEERLEADING. No loose, horrible motions, no showy dance-like moves. Have the team succeed with amazing stunts/tumbling yet maintain tight, clean motions and adhere to actual rules/guidelines. You can't advertise it as a cheer movie and have routines be literally 20% cheer, 80% whatever the heck the choreography is.

If a movie was produced about any other sport where the film's portrayal was so far off that the sport was hardly recognizable, it wouldn't be okay. But therein lies the issue: to the general public who know nothing about cheerleading, all of the girls are catty, self-obsessed idiots who only fight with each other and start virtual wars with one another when that is not the case whatsoever.

TerRIBLE!

[WhenAmyMetSalad · 1/10 · 16 October 2017]

If you are a fan to ANY of the previous installments and thought any of the previous installments were a let down or awful. get ready to give any previous Bring It On's an Oscar because compared to this all those others look like 100% rotten tomato movies.

YES that is how awful this installment is. It's like they hired random people on the street to fill in as writer, director, choreographers, and actors. It was such a lazy put together movie that its embarrassing to even let the web know I watched it.

And to the reviewer Meghan just an FYI the whole "aca" thing was started in the first Bring It On, so its not like that's where they stole it, but more like Pitch Perfect got it from them.

Truly Awful Movie

[xenacruzin · 1/10 · 15 September 2017]

I really enjoyed the first two Bring It On movies, but the entirety of this stinker should have ended up on the cutting room floor. The choreography is meh, the acting is horrible, the characters have zero depth and the dialogue is cringe-worthy (apparently you can add "cheer" to any word and a guy will fall at your feet thinking your "made-up" words are just too adorable). The only semi-likable person is the blonde frenemy, and that's only because she was able to screw her face into an emotion other than shocked indignation at, not only being cheer-smacked from all corners of the world, but by her own teammates (oh the horror!). The youth trends this movie portrays is.. just... sad. Teens with their faces glued to their electronic devices (you could play a drinking game with how many times the horribly-acted lead character goes from phone to tablet to laptop, rinse, repeat), the excessive lifestyles (life without a Louis Vuitton bag is just no life at all, but hey there's a mansion in the hills with conveniently absent parents, that's a plus!); it's cool to be in an inter-racial relationship; oh and the hipster retro trend of vintage Mustang convertibles (what happened to promoting bio-diesel?)and even a 50's diner hangout ala Riverdale! News flash teens, retro is not "original" and neither is this must-NOT-see movie.

Please do not waste your time watching this awful movie!

[juliannasha · 1/10 · 3 September 2017]

THIS MOVIE IS TERRIBLE!!!!!! do not waste your money to watch this terrible acting and horrible understanding of cheer leading. I was disappointed because of how good the other bring it ones were and watching how bad this one is I expected so much more but was not satisfied. Cheerleading is so much more than they lead it on to be not to mention their horrific grammar. Not one person I know says cheer-militated or cheer smack. That's just an insult to cheerleaders. The sport is not all about social media and "cheer smack downs". People in the cheer community are supportive and have great sportsmanship. This movie made me cringe. Also it's unrealistic and stereotypical. Do you research before you make another movie and try to make it believable these are cheerleaders... or even actors.

TRY NOT TO CRINGE CHALLENGE

[hjblock · 1/10 · 17 January 2018]

You seriously don't want to waste your time. The "protagonist" is deplorable...makes a great villain though? Which means, this is terrible writing. She's nasty to everyone, materialistic, and so self important. I get integrating technology to make this bring it on more "now"... but it failed miserably and made all the characters seem superficial and one dimensional with no development. This movie was ugly and no one who worked on it should be proud of the result.

cheer-tastrophy, but saved by the lead girl

[RavenGlamDVDCollector · 7/10 · 23 January 2021]

Has a very definite bullied-by-A from PRETTY LITTLE LIARS flavor, but the term that kept flashing through my mind while watching The Truth was "Rebels without a cause"... a lot of posturing clearly for very little reason. And a considerable effort to pull off a ruse like that.

Saying that the characters lack depth pretty much sums it up. I do however rewatch and rewatch and analyze this and analyze that and Cristine Prosperi is a total jewel in here rising far far far above the rest. Unfortunately that doesn't say much. The girl who plays Hannah in here was clearly inspired by Hanna of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS but unfortunately, Ashley Benson she is NOT. She gives her lines as if reading them off. Later developments in the script depend very heavily on this very weak link to carry the story, and predictably, she fails spectacularly, and the movie slides out in a whimper. The Rebels do their performance wearing long pants? The lead girl sort of fades out towards the end. She is still there, but dimmed out. Vivica A. Fox (what a name!)'s Cheer Goddess comes across as kinda more than a little bit weird, even slurring words.

As for the very heart of it all, some pretty vivid foxes, yeah. Worth watching, yeah. Not really a good movie, no. But Cristina is worth the price of entry alone. The rest of the cast is a cheer-tastrophy, though.

Certainly kills off the franchise, no doubt nobody's gonna touch this for LONG TIME.

But I've neglected to say a truly heartfelt thing. Cheerleaders get bad treatment in many stories, but they deserve to be an Olympic event. Only they shouldn't be called cheerleaders. This ranks them second to male-dominated sports. To me the highest form of excellence is this "flying bird" with the colorful plumage (fortunately with better legs). Unfortunately the risks are SEVERE when it comes to being tossed up in the air and having to come down... ballerinas are wonderful till you find out their reality... Cheerleaders are much the same. But they are all to be revered.

A little post script by this South African:

Ha ha ha. The South African Blue Cranes. In words of my home language: Aaaag shame! Typically lazily humdrum South African. Score: big fat zero. Glue factory?

Movie was not as expected

[noraturner-81465 · 1/10 · 1 September 2017]

I watched about 10 minutes of this film and had to turn it off. It would be great for little children who have never seen any of the Bring It On movies but for anyone that has DO NOT WATCH. It is very sad that they took the same title to this film. It makes bad jokes about some of todays issues with social media and carbs. In my opinion some people would like this movie. However, if you love the old Bring It On movies and think this one would be great just like those. Think again.

A nice one!

[AnnaPagrati · 9/10 · 29 August 2021]

Cool installment in the franchise, it feels really new!

not as good as the other bring it on movies but still OK

[ameliajane-88192 · 7/10 · 4 September 2017]

i have watched all the bring it on movies.. love them all.. This one isn't as good as the rest . i found it a slow moving movie esp at the start.. acting isn't as good as the others but i still like it. love watching the routines etc..

Would love to see another bring it on movie. but maybe the old characters could get together and do something spesh..

Watched 10 minutes.. gave up. *no real spoilers imo*

[nomi_waters · 1/10 · 25 July 2019]

I will be the first to admit the bring It on franchise is like my guilty little pleasure. I loveeee the movies more than I probably should. So when I found out there was one I hadn't seen yet I was like "yay!!" But then I turned It on and was like "nay!!" Problem numero uno: a hash tag in the title!?? But i got over it and was like give it a chance. Problem number two: why didn't they have the bring it on letters that float always in the beginning title?? Literally all of them have had that & call me picky or whatever but it's a signature thing that was gone. Problem number three: No nightmare in the beginning???? Instead a stupid joke about the captain being awake? Lame asf. And that's where ladies and (maybe) gentleman is where I gave up with this movie. Oh god it's like the producers were like you know all that signature stuff from the other bring It on movies??? Ya we aren't gonna do that. Then I decided I would fast forward to the end to see if maybe I could redeem this movie by if they had the actors dancing at the end.... & y'all I don't know why I was shocked but....they did not. I am highly upset by this. Like what were y'all trying to do with this movie? Matter a fact I don't consider this part of the bring it on franchise bc if I do it'll be ruined. Like Come on guys there was already 5 bring it on movies we did NOT need this trash 6th one.

Horrible

[jocelynnnc · 1/10 · 6 September 2017]

I actually enjoy a lot of cheesy cheerleader movies but this movie is ridiculous. In one scene they touch hands through a milkshake and have a "moment" I mean come on its a milkshake exchange, like what could possibly go through your mind when you hand someone a milkshake and brush hands? A little bit ridiculous. I can't stand all the hashtag before saying the actual word and the overuse of cheer something. This movie is terrible!! do not watch.

RUINED

[mattdawson-285-786848 · 21 February 2021]

I love BRING IT ON but the actress Georgina Dawson absolutely ruined this one. Don't think i'll ever watch another movie again. I hope she never works in Hollywood again.

Garbage

[dorelia-23591 · 1/10 · 28 May 2022]

I see imogen from degrassi, i never noticed how bad of an actress she is until i saw this movie. You can obviously tell the creators sat down for 2 minutes and wrote a random script, picked any random actors--not knowing if they were good at acting or not, I guess it didn't really matter to them-- It's the most cringe thing i have ever seen.

A Cinematic Disaster

[baisleysummer · 2/10 · 22 August 2023]

I do have a soft spot for bad films, but this film in particular is one of the worst films I've ever seen! The fact that it constantly uses some kind of sex appeal is what makes this film unnerving; and also the fact that they put little effort into this film. (Go see this film for yourself, you'll see what I mean.) ⚠ SPOILER ALERT!

The film is unusual because the dream sequence starts in the middle of the film. The Rebels are The Truth at the same time which makes me and you think "What the heck, how can be one cheer squad while also being another?". Willow (the friend of Destiny, the film's protagonist) was behind the Truth the whole time (along with another girl named Hannah).

This film is nuts! I wouldn't recommend it to a newcomer of the series.

very bad

[elizabeth_777 · 1/10 · 9 November 2021]

All of the bring it on sequels are bad, but this is on a whole other level. It doesnt deserv to have the original films name. It tried much too hard. Also, teenagers dont talk like that. We dont say "hashtag" when speaking.

Honestly not that bad

[emelie235 · 6/10 · 14 April 2024]

I don't get the hate for this movie. Sure it is not like the others but still a fun watch. The other movies had a little more depth to them and the character a tad flushed out but this movie does not deserve all the one star ratings. It's not horrible and it's not great just a fun light hearted watch and I would watch it again like I did the others. Unlike the horror remake that they made which I did not bother to watch because that was ridiculous make compared to the rest of the franchise they should have kept with make elements of the series like this did. Overall I'd say ignore the negative reviews and give this a solid chance and don't take this film too seriously.