SnoopyStyle Diane 'Mastermind' Weston (Marley Shelton) is the leader of the Lincoln High School cheerleaders with Hannah 'religious virgin' Wald (Rachel Blanchard), Cleo 'Conan O'Brien stalker' Miller (Melissa George), Kansas 'Rebel' Hill (Mena Suvari) and Lucy 'Brain' Whitman (Sara Marsh). They are arrested and the jealous leader of the B-squad Lisa Janusch (Marla Sokoloff) is ratting out the girls to the police. Jack Bartlett (James Marsden) is the popular school football jock who gets Diane pregnant. They get their own apartment but she is stressed out about money. After watching 'Point Break', Diane has an unlikely idea. To get a gun, they have to include the criminal's daughter Fern Rogers (Alexandra Holden) in the squad.The movie is deliberately quirky. The problem is that the main cheerleaders are not that funny. They aren't comedians and fail to deliver the humor properly. Some of it works. The funniest potential is actually Sokoloff. She could be the overly paranoid, jealous and ambitious lead like Tracy Flick in 'Election'. This movie has a great idea on the surface but fails to deliver the laughs.

elshikh4 The movie seems short, with unnecessary parts too. For instance it delayed till the end of its first half to hit its point of attack (the idea of the heist) to have us for quite some time watching just the problem which led to that !. Plus, what's the need for an extra girl (the daughter of the weapons' dealer) where she did nothing to the story or the comedy ??, or what's the need for free nasty scenes like the big black worker woman at the prison who looks lustfully to the young girls' short skirts ??!! Actually I suspect also how the 2 minutes of "where are they now?" part was added just to lengthen the movie's running time which's originally a 73 minutes long only. Let alone how its third act (the robbery itself) wasn't as hot and ironic as it should have been. However, it's fresh comedy, with smart conflict where the unexpected always happens. The cast was totally cute and comic with great sense of humor to mock scornfully at the teen girls. The hidden satire gives it a little deepness that could make it live longer; you must rob to survive, the perfect role models aren't that perfect after all, and it even shows how the dirty money financed the politicians, or how the politicians themselves can be so dull (to have a gang's head as a wife, and know nothing about it !). It's a good little crime comedy that assured how the unfair society must be robbed, and how the teen polished girls can plan and achieve the perfect crime. It looks like some revenge on anyone ever sees that girls are weak or less intelligent than men. No wonder I suppose, since it came from 2 girls already : director Francine McDougall, and scriptwriter Lona Williams (Mandy Nelson is an alias Williams used). (Williams) is the one who wrote (Drop Dead Gorgeous) 2 years earlier, where she illustrated how the girls got sugar and bad spice, here she clarified the existence of the good spice anyway. But it could have been better, lighter and stronger. Still its best moments are : dealing with life by Madonna's wisdom, and seeing (Melissa George) in this red underwear…That was SEXY!

Lucien Lessard Four cheerleaders friends (Mena Suvari, Rachel Blanchard, Melissa George & Sara Marsh) went to help their squad captain friend (Marley Shelton). When their squad captain is now pregnant by the school's new hotshot quarterback (James Marsden). Since their squad captain and the hotshot quarterback are in a much need for cash. The cheerleaders decide to stage a robbery to order to help their friend.Directed by Francine Mc Dougall made a entertaining, clever comedy that is at times, dark & biting satire in her directorial debut. Marsden steals the film as the goofy dumb football player, which he is a hoot. Marla Sokoloff (Dude, Where's My Car?) appears in a supporting role. Alexandra Holden (How to Deal) plays their new friend to the cheerleaders.DVD has an terrific anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer (Also in Pan & Scan) and an clean-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD Extras are Deleted Scenes, DVD-ROM Content (Which you can read the entire screenplay), Cast & Crew information & Trailers. This film has an good cinematography work by Richard Brinkmann (The Cable Guy, The Rules of Attraction). Sean Young has an fun bit part as Suvari's mother. Written by Mandy Nelson (Originall the screenplay was written by Lona Williams, who wrote:Drop Dead Gorgeous). Joe Dunton Camera Widescreen (J-D-C Scope). (****/*****).

leeanndemon I watched this movie on TBS. I didn't want to see it when it was in theaters or on the movie channels, but now that it's on TBS I was happy I saw it. It's about a pregnant cheerleader who moves into an apartment with her boyfriend (the father of her child) after their parents kick them out oft heir respective homes. Jack, the father-to-be, gets a job in a video store. Unfortunately, it's not much to live on. Diane, the soon-to-be-mother also has a job, working in a bank. Diane's friends and squad are behind her all the way and even agree to help her rob the bank she works at. The tale is told from the point of view of the B-Squad cheerleader who wants to be on the A-Squad.I didn't expect this movie to be Shakespere. I didn't expect it to be a masterpiece. I just wanted to watch a funny movie and expected it to be a little silly. And it met those expectations. This movie is great for a sleepover for the 15 and up crowd. It pokes fun at every stereotype in a not really all that serious way. I considered the time spent on this movie worth it. I'd recommend this movie only if you don't take it seriously.