Stick It
by Jessica Bendinger
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Actor: Jeff Bridges, Maddy Curley, Missy Peregrym, Nikki SooHoo, Vanessa LengiesDirector: Jessica Bendinger
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-19
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Product features:
- Defy And Conquer. When a rebellious ex-gymnast is forced back into the rigid world of rules, conformity and spandex, she brings her in-your-face attitude along. As the battle of wills between coach and athlete evolves into mutual respect her teammates learn that some rules are meant to be broken. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?COMEDY Rating:?PG-13 Age:?786936700596 UPC:?
DVD Reviews of Stick It
DVD Review: "It's not called Gym'nice'tics"
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm not the world's most athletic person. I'll admit that freely. I'll also admit that when sports come on, I tend to fall asleep. But there's just something about gymnastics that captures my attention. I think that's part of what made this movie really capture my attention.
The plot follows failed gymnastic athlete Hayley as she is forced to rejoin the world she left behind after a biking trick lands her in police custody. Universally hated for throwing her old team's chance at gold at the World Championship, Haley finds that picking up where she left is easier said than done.
I really did like this movie. I may not be able to understand everything that the gymnasts go through, but this movie made everyone's struggles easy to relate to. I also liked that the characters were well layered. Sure, we can all see Haley's reasons for being who she is but it takes a good script & acting to show that the mean girl teammate Joanne also has her reasons for being who she is. I really do like that they aren't pushing the whole "mean people are mean & the good people are good". I also loved Jeff Bridges in this movie. He pretty much made the movie for me.
I just really liked that this movie didn't fall prey to the usual cliches of teen & feel good movies. Too often you see the film have a cliche of "the main character wins", so it's nice to see something different for a change.
Even if you aren't a sports fan, you'll like this movie. There's a moral to the movie of course, but the biggest draw of the movie is the teamwork. Even the least athletically inclined can get into this movie!
DVD Review: Awesome movie BUT
Summary: 4 Stars
I did not expect much from this movie to be honest. I saw it advertised and I saw it out on DVD. I thought it would be very lame. That is why it took me this long to watch it. I only watched it because it came on television and there was literally nothing else to watch. To my complete shock, it was terrific! The actress was the main reason this movie was so great. She was definitely channeling Hillary Swank (circa Karate Kid 3). However, she is a much prettier Hillary Swank. Having said that, she is also hilarious. To be honest, I see this actress having a great future b/c she made the whole movie. If it had not been for her, this movie would have just been another "made for tv" type of movie.
My daughter was in competitive gymnastics for many years so we also enjoyed the message behind it. It was especially true how a lot of coaches will fill people's minds with hopes of the Olympics so that they can get their money.
The reason I did not give this 4 stars is because of the cheesy sections where it suddenly felt like I had been pulled into an early 80's MTV video. A bad one.If not for these horrid detours, I would have given it a 5.
DVD Review: Stick it in your video library, why don't ya?
Summary: 4 Stars
I am LONG past the age where I seek out teen comedies to watch. Just don't have the appetite for them anymore. But I stumbled on this today while channel surfing. It is witty, sassy, not at all vulgar or in poor taste, and hovers around being corny and formulaic without actual landing on it. In other words, it rises head-and-shoulders above the vast majority of teen comedies.
The lead actresses are not competition-caliber gymnasts, but you'd never know it. The editing is so SEAMLESS that I just couldn't tell where the actresses ended and the stunt doubles began. In fact, I had to check Wikipedia and the Internet Movie Database just to see if the film used real gymnasts as the leads. THAT'S how hard it was to tell the actresses from their doubles.
Okay, so this movie WAS a bit formulaic. But it was executed well, and that counts for a lot. I enjoyed it a great deal.
DVD Review: Terrific insight into the world of sports
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't add any comments to the general storyline that haven't already been made by other critics, so I won't try.
The entire film is enjoyable, but of course my favorite was the rebellion at the end. Anyone who has competed in a subjective sport (mine was figure skating) knows about the catfights, the favoritism, the back-room deals and the politics. One reviewer says the ending is unbelievable - and it is - but, oh, how we athletes WISH.
The gymnastics routines are fabulous, the story is great, the team is charming, and I highly recommend this movie for all ages.
DVD Review: Stick It DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
I am very satisfied with my purchase it plays excellent and is just as I ordered
Description of Stick It
From the writer of BRING IT ON comes STICK IT, the fun, irreverent comedy that turns the competitive world of gymnastics on its head. After walking out on her teammates at the gymnastics championships two years before, the talented but rebellious Haley Graham is forced to return to the rigid world of rules, catfights, and spandex. Her in-your-face attitude quickly collides with her hard-nosed coach and teammates. But as her love of the sport resurfaces, Haley slowly earns their respect by doing what she does best -- tossing out the rules. And in the process, she learns there are more valuable things to win in life than medals and ribbons.The writer of cheerleader classic Bring It On makes her directing debut with another movie built around a classic sport for girls: gymnastics. No one knows why Haley Graham (Missy Peregrym, Life As We Know It) walked away in the middle of a high-profile gymnastics competition--but after given a choice between returning to gymnastics or going to juvenile detention, Haley finds herself under the tutelage of Burt Vickerman (Jeff Bridges, The Big Lebowski, Fearless), a trainer with a tough-love approach and a dubious reputation for getting his students injured. As they learn to work together, they discover they share a hatred for the narrow, unbending rules by which gymnastic routines are judged. Almost all sports movies are fables of wild talent getting harnessed by discipline. In Stick It, wild talent bites back with a little political awakening--in fact, the movie's main weakness is that it doesn't get political enough; the rebellion at the end happens too quickly, too easily. But what you'll remember from the movie are sequences that revel in the sheer beauty of gymnastics, montages that fuse the visual styles of Busby Berkeley and Leni Riefenstahl into a dizzying adulation of grace and athleticism. --Bret Fetzer
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