> It may be intended as a teen comedy, but many critics are suggesting that
> there
> is a lot that adults will like about Peyton Reed's Bring It On, starring
> Kirsten Dunst as a high school cheerleader. Joe Morgenstern in the Wall
> Street
> Journal, for example, writes: "You might not expect a movie about
> cheerleaders
> to be witty or wry, let alone thoughtful, but Bring It On is that." Kevin
> Courrier in the Toronto Globe and Mail also finds much to cheer about.
> "Who
> would have thought that a film about competing cheerleading squads would
> turn
> out to be the one very pleasant surprise in this very dismal summer
> season of
> moviegoing?" he writes, adding that the film "is simply a beautifully
> crafted
> piece of commercial filmmaking." Susan Wloszczyna in USA Today begins her
> review this way: "Give me an F, give me a U, give me an N-N-Y. What's
> that
> spell? Bring It On, a surprise late-summer bright spot." The chorus of
> cheers
> do contain a few off-notes, but of all the leading critics, only Roger
> Ebert of
> the Chicago Sun-Times sits on his hands. In fact, much of his review
> winds up
> as an attack on the motion picture ratings board for allowing this film
> to be
> released with a PG-13 label. He concludes his review this way: "The
> [MPAA's]
> principle seems to be: As long as we act sanctimonious by creating a
> climate in
> which legitimate adult films cannot be made, we can get away with
> maximizing
> the box office by opening up the PG-13. The MPAA in the summer of 2000
> reveals
> itself as more willing to peddle smut to children than to allow adults to
> make
> their own choices."