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Fired Up, 2009

Starring: Eric Christian Olsen, Nicholas D'Agosto

Directed by: Will Gluck

Written by: Freedom Jones

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 90 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:6.0

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The mood of Fired Up is witty, feel good, and humorous. The plot centers around womanizing, looking for sex, and gender. It is a comedy movie. In approach, Fired Up is not serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, at a high school. The setting is Illinois. Fired Up happens in contemporary times. It is especially suggested for teens and a date night.

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FIRED UP (or F.U. for short) is built on the infallible comedic concept of two randy high-school football stars (Nicholas D'Agosto of HEROES and Eric Christian Olsen of LICENSE TO WED) who lie their way into a cheerleader summer camp (instead of the football camp where they belong). The movie's aims are obvious: push for maximum sleaze, raunch, and over-the-top hilarity with the assurance that the boys will learn some valuable lessons, fall in love for real, and even get in some good cheers. It's AMERICAN PIE meets BRING IT ON, and there's nothing wrong with that if the choreography is right--and it is.

The cast is surprisingly good as well, with Sarah Roemer (DISTURBIA) and Molly Sims (THE BENCHWARMERS) lending charm and good sportsmanship as the "lucky" girls who eventually reach the boys where it counts (in the heart). Philip Baker Hall (HARD EIGHT) lends his welcome, craggy face as the foul-mouthed football coach, and instructing the cheerleaders with a special sort of zeal is A MIGHTY WIND's John Michael Higgins. It's the first time directing for Will Gluck (THE LOOP) and he keeps the gags flying fast enough to cover any loose ends.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	20 February 2009
Runtime:	90 min

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Eric Christian Olsen

as Nick Brady

Nicholas D'Agosto

as Shawn Colfax

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The New York Times

A kind of dumb but also kind of smart-about-being-dumb comedy. Full Review

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by: Manohla Dargis

Entertainment Weekly

The teensploitation premise is like something a porn filmmaker from the '70s might have come up with. But Fired Up! has one added quirk: The script, credited to Freedom Jones, is a riot of tongue-twisting ironic sleaze -- it sounds like the first... Full Review

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by: Owen Gleiberman

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04.August.2010
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by: Dan Cassavaugh
Dan Cassavaugh rated this movie0/10

Two high school football stars decide they don't want to go to football camp in El Paso, Tx, because there aren't girls there. Where is there a bottomless pit of hot girls? Cheerleader camp. That should be enough to make you run away from Fired Up!. But its demographic is not anyone over 18 years old or probably the people reading this. Its demographic is very specific: 16-18-year-old boys. Everyone else should stay far, far away. You'll know enough about the movie to stop watching after 10 minutes. Not necessarily because it's bad, but because the 10-year-olds (Yes, 10-year-olds. I checked.) in the audience with me were accurately and vocally predicting the movie. Nick and Shawn want to find fresh meat (crunch, badonka-donk, and snooch are some of the other descriptions used) at cheer camp, where there are 300 girls they haven't yet tapped. To do this, they must first convince their high school cheer squad to let them join. The Tigers are so bad they've finished dead last in the camp's cheer competition every year. They're desperate for help. The team's captain, Carly (Sarah Roemer), doesn't want Nick or Shawn on the team, but the coach allows it since it is the only hope of them winning. Nick and Shawn each meet one girl at camp they can't bag immediately. This forces them to learn about themselves and women before they get the girl. Luckily it only takes 89 minutes. There is nothing worth seeing in Fired Up!. That is, unless you're 16-18-years-old and a boy. I warn them too you don't see a full rack. Go watch Porky's for something far better and the nudity you may have hoped for in this one. What's Porky's? Ask your parents 16-year-olds. There might be some girls in that age group that will enjoy Fired Up! as well. It's a stupid movie, with a stupid plot and stupid characters making stupid jokes. One star. tinyurl.com/c9alkq

04.August.2010
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by: Dan Cassavaugh

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Witty, Unique, and Fast-Paced

This has become one of my favorite straight-up comedies (some others: Meet the Parents, Eurotrip, Grosse Pointe Blank). Basically, the film relies most heavily on the repartee of the two male leads, and their energy combined with their... Read and rate it

09.May.2010
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by: Katakin
Katakin rated this movie9/10Amazing

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