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STICK IT
* out of *****
Reviewed by TJ McDonald
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Sports 2006
Written and directed by
Jessica Bendinger
Cast
Jeff Bridges .... Burt Vickerman
Missy Peregrym .... Haley Graham
Vanessa Lengies .... Joanne Charis
Nikki SooHoo .... Wei Wei Yong
Maddy Curley .... Mina Hoyt
Kellan Lutz .... Frank
John Patrick Amedori .... Poot
Mio Dzakula .... Ivan
Svetlana Efremova .... Dorrie
Jon Gries .... Brice Graham
Gia Carides .... Alice Graham
Tarah Paige .... Tricia Skilken
This film disgusts me. I really can't make that point enough. Nothing good can come from watching Stick It. If at some point in this review I mention some passable quality of this film, please understand that this is in context and at no point should you take it to mean that this film could ever be remotely worth viewing.
Clearly the plot is nothing to write home about. Haley Graham (Missy Peregrym) gets in trouble with the law and has to go back to Gymnastics school, but the gymnastics world hates her because she walked out of the international championships a few years back (turns out her coach was sleeping with her mummy – oops! I gave away a plot twist. Bite me.). Throw in quirky coach Burt Vickerman (Jeff Bridges – who is clearly desperate for a decent role since Seabiscuit (2003) (Bad choice there, Bridges) and you've got rebellious-teen-bucks-the-system-but-also-learns-life-lessons classic. Yawn.
Let’s run the list: the plot is terrible; the script is laughable - but ironically never actually funny; the acting is atrocious (Bridges tries his darnedest, but it's swing-and-a-miss there, champ); and the sound track made me physically sick. Stick It tries so hard to have a 'kick ass' soundtrack that is 'down with the kids' that certainly whoever compiled it should be tried for war crimes. Also, whoever came up with the line 'It's not called gym-nice-tics!' should be sterilised for the good of future generations.
OK, the lead is quite hot. That might be a reason to watch this film – with the sound off, on fast forward. But frankly, if jail bait in leotards is your thing you have issues that run far deeper than I care to discuss. If you are a lonely young man and this is honestly the reason you are watching this movie just go rent Bring it On (2000) – it's funnier and Eliza Dushku is way hotter (unless you're over 18, in which case buddy, just rent some porn). Watching Stick It is like having drunken sex with a really ugly chick – it may feel good at the time but you still feel dirty in the cold light of morning. No, I take that back, watching Stick It is like prison sex – there's no point when it feels good and you can never look at yourself in the mirror again. I'm no historian, but I'm fairly sure my grandfather fought in World War II so that movies like this would never be made. For shame. For shame. TJ McDonald's reviews also appear on DVD Compare, where they include details of the DVD release. For this review click here.
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