Fired Up (2009)

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• Sanjaya &

  
  I eagerly want to watch this movie because I read that this is a directorial debut from director Will Gluck, whom his next two movies -'Easy A' & 'Friends With Benefits'- are two of my favorite comedy movies ever.. Just like what I saw in either 'Easy… More
  I eagerly want to watch this movie because I read that this is a directorial debut from director Will Gluck, whom his next two movies -'Easy A' & 'Friends With Benefits'- are two of my favorite comedy movies ever.. Just like what I saw in either 'Easy A' or 'Friends With Benefits', Gluck shows his trademark in his style of directing with those fast conversation and fast-rolling scenes which is awesomely working for me.. Even though if I must compared this movie to the classic Cheerleading movie 'Bring It On', well this movie still a little way behind.. But overall, I do really enjoy the movie despite on the easy-to-verdict story they had in here..

• Cynthia S

  
  A silly comedy that really hit my funny bone. Not too over-the-top stupid...just some really funny, funny stuff!

• Nicki M

  
  While on the plus side, it wasn't quite the boob fest I expected, (it is actually quite tame), it was still a long way from being a good movie. I have seen a lot worse, and this was watchable with a convincing enough cast (although I did not like Eric Christian Olsen at all - he… More
  While on the plus side, it wasn't quite the boob fest I expected, (it is actually quite tame), it was still a long way from being a good movie. I have seen a lot worse, and this was watchable with a convincing enough cast (although I did not like Eric Christian Olsen at all - he seemed to old for the part and of all of them, the worst actor). I think obviously I am just getting a little too old for this. The comment about Diora (Molly Sims) being 100 did rankle me a little (the woman is only one year older than I am!), as well as the premise of two guys joining a cheerleading squad to "score". Though, as previously stated, this was "nicer" than I expected and there was little nudity and quite tasteful, I am pretty much over this storyline. We've had American Pie how many times now? It was good, come up with something new!

• Manu G

  
  Get Fired Up this Spring Cool movie, there's really nothing bad to say about this one. The movie is just simple and extremely entertaining so enjoy it. Funny comedy movie. Shawn Colfax (Nicholas D'Agosto) and Nick Brady (Eric Christian Olsen), the stars of the Gerald R.… More
  Get Fired Up this Spring Cool movie, there's really nothing bad to say about this one. The movie is just simple and extremely entertaining so enjoy it. Funny comedy movie. Shawn Colfax (Nicholas D'Agosto) and Nick Brady (Eric Christian Olsen), the stars of the Gerald R. Ford High School football team, are dreading the prospect of another summer at football camp. After Nick hatches a scheme for the two to join their schools cheerleaders at cheer camp instead, they find themselves awash in a sea of gorgeous young women. The guys are having the time of their lives until Shawn falls for Carly (Sarah Roemer), the beautiful head cheerleader who is very suspicious of their motives. To win Carly over, the boys must come up with some surprising new moves to prove Shawns intentions before the all-important cheer competition finals.

• Jennifer X

  
  It's not really a good movie at all, but there are definitely moments of comedy gold. I love, love, love that they quoted Bring It On verbatim.

• Dean !

  
  A teen comedy that is mildly entertaining in parts but with a pg-13/12 rating it lacks the punch of most other teen comedies recently like the American Pie films, Van Wilder etc. Young fun, good looking cast throw in some funny one liners and oddball characters and it's a… More
  A teen comedy that is mildly entertaining in parts but with a pg-13/12 rating it lacks the punch of most other teen comedies recently like the American Pie films, Van Wilder etc. Young fun, good looking cast throw in some funny one liners and oddball characters and it's a passable 90min comedy.

• Richard C

  
  Watching this again not drunk this movie sucks. Grade: C-

• James A

  
  In this movie there are scenes and dialogue that will give you slight brain damage. (It's not very good)

• KJ P

  
  I am very mixed on this one! I like the first half a little more than the second half, and by the end it sort of falls apart, but it is funnier than bring it on for sure!

• Nate Z

  
  Written by four different writers under the combined porn-like pseudonym “Freedom Jones,” this movie about football guys going to cheer camp to score with the limber ladies is … watchable. It’s a silly male fantasy with 30-year-olds posing as high schoolers, the characters are all… More
  Written by four different writers under the combined porn-like pseudonym “Freedom Jones,” this movie about football guys going to cheer camp to score with the limber ladies is … watchable. It’s a silly male fantasy with 30-year-olds posing as high schoolers, the characters are all genre archetypes, and it ends up becoming an unbelievable romantic comedy, but it also feels like a throwback to the juvenile sex comedy buddy movies from the 1980s. The dialogue has a lot more zip and humor than I ever expected. Everything turns into a quip, in a substandard but less hyper literate Diablo Cody style. The main actors have fun spitting out the dialogue, and Fired Up! Is funnier than it has any right to be. At the same time, there are plenty of easy gags around homoeroticism and a PG-13 atmosphere feels too tame for this kind of material. I don’t hate myself for liking this movie because it’s a step up from its cheer competition, but at the same time I’m not dumb enough to classify Fired Up! as anything more than a quizzically entertaining passer of time. Nate’s Grade: B

• jay n

  
  A silly mindless comedy, certainly no award winner, but if you're looking for something light there are worse movies to watch.

• Martin B

  
  Surprisingly entertaining. Don't write this off as a "cheerleader movie". It's actually more geared towards guys, and I laughed quite a bit. It's not art, nor does it pretend to be. It's just fun. The plot? Oh, it's totally predictable. The… More
  Surprisingly entertaining. Don't write this off as a "cheerleader movie". It's actually more geared towards guys, and I laughed quite a bit. It's not art, nor does it pretend to be. It's just fun. The plot? Oh, it's totally predictable. The cast? No WAY are 90% of them high school students, but it's still fun. Eric Christian Olsen is a very funny guy who deserves to be getting more comedic roles.

• Dean M

  
  This crazy teen comedy of the cheerleading squad is really cheeky, cheery and just good fun. Eric Christian Olsen's performance as one of two teenagers who joins the cheerleading squad in an effort to meet plenty of girls, makes me laugh alot. It's <i>American… More
  This crazy teen comedy of the cheerleading squad is really cheeky, cheery and just good fun. Eric Christian Olsen's performance as one of two teenagers who joins the cheerleading squad in an effort to meet plenty of girls, makes me laugh alot. It's <i>American Pie</i> meets <i>Bring It On</i>, albeit more broad than crude in its humour and benefits from a couple of likable leads (Nicholas D'Agosto and Olsen).

• Steve K

  
  Dopey and obvious, but I still laughed more than I expected to.

• Mark H

  
  Weak teen sex comedy about two high school football players who join a cheer camp in order to be around female cheerleaders. Halfhearted script is never bold enough to commit to the kind of raunchy comedy this film requires. As a result the film feels dull and uninspired. Most… More
  Weak teen sex comedy about two high school football players who join a cheer camp in order to be around female cheerleaders. Halfhearted script is never bold enough to commit to the kind of raunchy comedy this film requires. As a result the film feels dull and uninspired. Most importantly, it's just not funny. To describe this film as a cross between <I>Bring It On</I> and <I>Wedding Crashers</I> is an insult to those two vastly superior films.

• Coxxie M

  
  expect this to be really bad like i did and you will think its ok. just dont go into it like "oooh, this looks like the best comedy since Superbad!" cause its not.

• Jeff T

  
  Yes, I saw FIRED UP! The exclamation point is in the movie's title, not at the end of my sentence. It's not terrible. And not good. And sometimes funny. And there's not nearly enough nudity to make it all OK.

• Jeff B

  
  Pardon this reviewer for paraphrasing, but Larry Gelbart - the legendary creator of TV’s M*A*S*H and writer/director of the film Tootsie – described modern sitcoms in a way that sums up the experience of watching Fired Up! He said that the humor of the consensus of these programs had… More
  Pardon this reviewer for paraphrasing, but Larry Gelbart - the legendary creator of TV’s M*A*S*H and writer/director of the film Tootsie – described modern sitcoms in a way that sums up the experience of watching Fired Up! He said that the humor of the consensus of these programs had become stale because young television writers recycled from classic sitcoms. The writers of the classic sitcoms, however, were weaned on books, theater, and other mediums besides their own. Fired Up! feels like much the same—it is not entirely unfunny but feels like such a pre-packaged rehash of older wittier flicks that there is no way that this review could throw it a pass. When American Pie hit the film scene, us Reviewers lamented the long-gone days of Fast Times at Ridgemont High and the entire canon of John Hughes. Now, however, we would probably kill for a slice of that very same Pie! In this PG-13-rated teen comedy, the two most popular guys in high school (D’Agosto, Olsen) play hooky from a football clinic to join the cheerleaders at Cheer Camp and get laid. Moviegoers have seen it before—-many times and to a more entertaining degree. The best that can be said is that this recycled comedy knows its place in the zeitgeist and at least winks at the audience as each tired joke is delivered. In the movie, the campers are made to watch cheerleading flick Bring it On…and, to the disgust of the two principal horny stowaways, their fellow campers know every damn word. Bottom line: Chucked Up.

• Christopher H

  
  Great lines in this film. Not the greatest acting, but the chemistry between the main two actors kept me watching the film. Loved Eric Christian Olsen's wittiness in the film. Hope to see him in more funny things and hope he stays out of films like "Not another teen… More
  Great lines in this film. Not the greatest acting, but the chemistry between the main two actors kept me watching the film. Loved Eric Christian Olsen's wittiness in the film. Hope to see him in more funny things and hope he stays out of films like "Not another teen movie".

• Deb S

  
  FIRED UP is another teenage sex comedy about two high school football jocks (Nick D'Agosto and Eric Christian Olsen) who decide it'll be more fun to attend a cheerleader's camp than football camp because they want to hook up with as many pretty girls as possible. It… More
  FIRED UP is another teenage sex comedy about two high school football jocks (Nick D'Agosto and Eric Christian Olsen) who decide it'll be more fun to attend a cheerleader's camp than football camp because they want to hook up with as many pretty girls as possible. It was entertaining, witty and hysterically funny; there are hot chicks, high school jocks with brains (lol) and romance too. The movie has great one liners and the same witty banter of Wedding Crashers, Bring it on and American Pie. I totally enjoyed the soundtrack of this movie which included "Here I go again" by Whitesnake, music from The Ting tings, Avril Lavigne and Akon to name a few and timely playing of O.P.P (Naughty by Nature) that played when Shawn meets Dr. Rick aka Dick for the first time.

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