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Extract the lovable nutty nerds from Superbad, however
dirty minded, and substitute the reigning moronic matriculated
jock jerks on campus instead, and what you've got is Fired
Up!. Seemingly into competing less for athletic trophies
than who can achieve the lowest IQ on campus, the unfunny
foul mouthed football players turned cheerleaders, come
off as far too horny for high school. Earplugs, please.***
Two first timers, director Will Gluck and screenwriter
Freedom Jones, lay on the derivative lewd dirty talk from
other far better grossout flicks, with all the elegance
of a sledgehammer. This, as teen buddies Shawn (Nicholas
D'Agosto) and Nick (Eric Christian Olsen) conspire to quit
football for summer cheerleading camp, so they can 'get
chicks for our nutter butter.' Uh, okay. Not that the scantily
clad coeds are revolted shrinking violets about any of this.
Prospective female nutter butterers in the vicinity are
prone to announce all sorts of sleazy thunder stealing verbal
gems of their own about their 'sweaty yams,' or walking
away backwards 'so you don't talk about my ass.'***
And while spending the summer as the only pair of straight
guys hanging around that 'hot chick produce aisle' with
It girls like Carly (Sarah Roemer) may seem initially utopic,
there's unanticipated competition lurking around. Like suspicious
'pre-fiance' Dr. Rick (David Walton), a premed odd combination
of possessive womanizer, who suspects his sexual rivals
are as predatory as he is, and is not about to let any of
that happen. And for added comic relief for those in the
audience still not laughing, there's a gay squad member
fond of running around naked and doing circus tricks with
his private parts.***
The cheerleading routines are impressively choreographed
and dynamically executed, capturing the euphoria of raging
youth hormones gone creatively wild. But there's no way
to avoid crying foul about all the determined tastelessness
for the sake of cheap laughs. For instance, when sex education
turns out to mean a lesson in lust for the boys, from the
male and female instructors alike. ***
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Commentary with Director Will Gluck and Stars Nick D'Agosto
and Eric Christian Olsen; Featurettes: The is Not a Cheerleading
Movie: The Making-of Fired Up!; Double Duty; Gag Reel.***
Blu-ray and DVD Unrated Extras: UNCENSORED Gag Reel;
Backstage at the Fired Up! press junket.***
Exclusively on Blu-ray Disc: Includes both the Theatrical
and Unrated versions of Film; Digital Copy of the film for
PC, PSP®, Mac or iPod.***
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