Metacritic Movie Ratings
Fired Up! Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 67

  out of 100

  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.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Passable in its efficiency, Fired Up! is less offensive than it might have been while also managing to be staggeringly uninspired.

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• 50

  out of 100

  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.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

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

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• 30

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen

  It's like being trapped for an hour-and-a-half in a pound full of yappy puppies.

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• 25

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Here is a movie that will do for cheerleading what "Friday the 13th" did for summer camp.

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