The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain Torrance, the Toros' road to total cheer glory takes a shady turn when she discovers that their perfectly-choreographed routines were in fact stolen.
Writing
Sharp teen dialogue that actually sounds like teens, rare for 2000.
Direction
Peyton Reed's kinetic cheer sequences still slap 24 years later.
Acting
Gabrielle Union's Isis owns every scene she's in.
Director
Peyton Reed
Kirsten Dunst
Torrance Shipman
Eliza Dushku
Missy Pantone
Jesse Bradford
Cliff Pantone
Gabrielle Union
Isis
Sherry Hursey
Christine Shipman
Holmes Osborne
Bruce Shipman
Clare Kramer
Courtney
Nicole Bilderback
Whitney
Tsianina Joelson
Darcy
Shamari DeVoe
Lava
Natina Reed
Jenelope
Richard Hillman
Aaron
Lindsay Sloane
Big Red
Nathan West
Jan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the first mainstream teen films to explicitly address white suburban schools stealing from Black talent, though it still centers white protagonists.
The Clovers' routines were choreographed by real competitive cheerleaders; Union had two weeks to learn while filming another movie.
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