Gymnastics movie takes a tumble
‘Stick It’ features fall short compared to entertaining film
By Lisa Roney, staff writer
Posted on September 21, 2006

Stereotypical teenybopper movies are being made daily.  “Stick It” tries, and pretty much succeeds, in making itself stand out from the crowd.

The DVD is filled with a surprisingly large amount of features — a trait not common with youth-targeted movies.

“Buttahoras” is a three-and-a-half minute blooper reel. Featuring more goofy faces than line screw-ups, it seems that filmmakers today have forgotten that the purpose of a blooper reel is to highlight mess-ups and pranks, and tend to fill the time with the cast just looking stupidly at the camera.

“Hard Corps” spends four-and-a-half minutes looking at the real-life gymnasts who did all the real work of the film. It starts off showing the gymnasts with the actresses they represent, then goes on to give short bios of each girl.  It is a nice tribute, but kind of boring to sit through.

“The Elites” shows each routine from the film in full.  Nine minutes of hardcore gymnastics and “Skinny Fat” is a compilation of eight lackluster deleted scenes.

“The Judge’s Table” shows the uneven-bar segments in slow motion to show the intricacy of each movement. It also gives gymnastics fanatics a chance to learn some new routines.

Two music videos are also included in the DVD: Missy Elliott’s “We Run This” and Jeannie Ortega’s “Crowded.”

The film itself is much more entertaining than any of the features. A teen flick and nothing more, the writer of “Bring It On” has created almost the same environment of the classic cheerleading movie, tailored to today’s high school audience. However, it is fun to watch and is a great choice for a girls’ night in.