Fired Up!
Screen Gems | Release Date: February 20, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
7
Negative:
9
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67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
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 (and last) collaboration between Diablo Cody and Artie Lange. Read full review
63
PremierePatrick Parker
It’s surprisingly funny for another weak "American Pie" rip-off; Nicholas D'Agosto and Eric Christian Olsen make a hilarious pair; If you're under the age of 25 you’ll like it. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
I didn't half-mind Fired Up, but half a mind is more than it deserves. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMark Olsen
Passable in its efficiency, Fired Up! is less offensive than it might have been while also managing to be staggeringly uninspired. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Though not nearly as raucously funny as the leads in "Wedding Crashers," Nick and Shawn resemble junior versions of the one-track-minded womanizers played by Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
A kind of dumb but also kind of smart-about-being-dumb comedy. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kamal AL-Solaylee
The movie has a sharper and more acerbic screenplay than you normally find in bargain-basement, D-list teen comedies. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
If this movie were a teenager, you'd put it on Ritalin right away. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
If you loved "Wedding Crashers," then, for all intents and purposes, you've already seen Fired Up – because this new movie borrows from the 2005 Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson hit with such utter shamelessness, you have to wonder if royalty checks are already in the mail. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Fired Up feels like everybody's first time doing anything - writing, acting, directing, cheerleading. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
It's like being trapped for an hour-and-a-half in a pound full of yappy puppies. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Here is a movie that will do for cheerleading what "Friday the 13th" did for summer camp. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazinePerry Seibert
Raunchy. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Regardless of how low your expectations are regarding Fired Up!, it will still surprise you, and not in a good way. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Tries waaay too hard, just like its motormouth jock-snark heroes. Read full review
10
Village VoiceAaron Hillis
We're light years away from "Animal House," sure, but who ever thought we would long for the richer, funnier dignity of "American Pie?" Read full review
10
Washington PostJan Stuart
Will Gluck directs with frantic, go-for-broke pacing, which is what you do when your reserves of wit are bankrupt. Read full review
0
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
On the off chance that anyone out there would want to spend time with guys like this—and would appreciate a bonus plug for Staples' recycled paper products, too--this movie has been made just for them. Read full review
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