Sugar & Spice | | Cast : | Marla Sokoloff, Marley Shelton | | Director : | Francine McDougall | | Studio : | New Line Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 26, 2001 | | DVD Released Date : | February 08, 2005 | | Language : | English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | May 16, 2005 | | Summary | A Waste of Time | Content
 | Dear reader, please don't waste any time or money on this film. It's not even in the category of "So Bad, It's Good." The plot is silly, the dialogue is poor and the actors are pratically winking at the camera, knowing their getting your money. I also didn't like the way it tried to put God in a bad light. Do yourself a favor and avoid this movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 14, 2005 | | Summary | A movie that has to grow on you | Content
| I'm willing to bet for many people(myself included) that this isn't the kind of film anyone will walk away from thinking "Phenomenal". No matter how many times you see this movie it will never reach phenomenal status, but it does get better every time you watch.
The first time I saw this movie I hated the annoyingly stupid characters and poorly delivered jokes. Then while laying in bed I start thinking about some of the corny jokes like "Im trapped under the ice" and "Trix Rabbit or Count Chocola". So I pop in the DVD again and every time I watch is better then the last, because you find more silly/corny scenes that stick in your head.
Directing=4 stars
Ending=2.5 stars
acting&cast=4 stars
replay value=4 stars
music=4.5 stars
OVERALL= 3.8 STARS
If you like corny humor like "Kung Pow, enter the fist", you might like this movie. If your looking for the same dark teen humor found in "Jawbreaker", this is not your film. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 17, 2005 | | Summary | Fun Movie with many very sexy young ladies | Content
| I have seen this movie a few times and the play off of movies like "Heat", "Dog Day Afternoon", "Reservoir Dogs" & "Point Break" was sheer brilliance. The characters were fun as well as the entire movie. I feel the soundtrack was fun as well with some cool rock & roll tunes. I bought both the movie on DVD and the soundtrack on CD and would recommend this movie to anyone who has not aborted their sense of humor and can just leave the critical part of the brain at the doorstep and just watch a movie for the fun of it. We can all pick things to pieces with critical thinking but this is not that kind of movie. Very few movies involving teenagers and adults can put a story together that tries not to be condescending or serious for either generation and that's what makes this unique satire such a hidden gem. If you haven't seen this movie but like movies that are fun just for the sake of being fun then this movie is for you!
About the movie: The entire movie is told in retrospect by a second string (B Squad) cheerleader named Lisa (Marla Sokoloff). The movie starts with Lisa at the police station looking at a lineup of suspected Bank robbers she witnessed. The bank robbers are the "A" Cheerleader Squad Team. The captain of the "A" Team is Diane Weston (Marley Shelton) whom upon meeting a new boy Jack Bartlett (James Marsden) the new football quarterback, gets an instant crush on him and then is asked to the Prom dance by him. They fall in love and she gets pregnant. After being rejected by their parents they find a dump of an apartment and make the best of it. While the "A" team is at Diane's watching Point Break it occurs to Diane how she can get the money she needs for her family-to-be. MONEY, money can give you what you want? They can rob a bank? After a few moments they go hands in on the deal and make a pact with each other. Each watch a movie like "Reservoir Dogs" and "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Heat" as well as "The Apple Dumpling Gang" by one of the girls who's from a Christian home who can only watch G movies. They make a practice run by stealing the schools lunch money and build a little self-confidence. The bank robbery looks like a combination of all the movies they had watched. If you want to see how it ends then you just have to watch it. If you like looking at pretty girls then this is a pleasing movie for this as well. When the movie was made the girls actual ages ranged from Mena Suvari being the youngest at age 21 and Marley Shelton being the oldest at age 26, The girls all pull off playing teenage girls quite convincingly and appear to have all had fun making this movie and working with each other. If I had any gripe at all it would be that the soundtrack for this movie did not include several songs heard in the movie and the soundtrack is only 36.5 minutes so it's not like there wasn't room on the CD. Anyway, watch the movie and have fun.
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| Rating | | | Date | October 01, 2004 | | Summary | Good Movie! | Content
| This movie was alot better than I expected. It was very comical and, in my opinion, better than Bring it On. But that might just be because of the Conan O'brien thing. One main character in this movie is obsessed with him (like I am...he's so hot!) |
| Rating | | | Date | April 28, 2004 | | Summary | Tarantino Laughs With The Varsity Pep Squad! | Content
| Cheerleaders are an easy target. They're always happy, peppy and have high standards, both in their morals and in their men. Such is the case of the five women in "Sugar and Spice." Everything is idyllic in their world... especially when the head cheerleader meets the transfer student quarterback! But after some extracurricular activity, there's a new student on the way. And after their parents collectively disown the kids for it, it's time to stop being polite and start getting a real job. After suffering through minimum wage jobs while trying to continue to study, and dealing with a flophouse style home with a sketchy super and desperately needing to plan for their arriving bundle, the squad comes up with a plan: rob the bank where their pregnant partner is employed! And what a plan it is! Complete with blond doll masks and star spangled outfits, the girls are set to pull their "Reservoir Dogs" routine. But can they get away with it? As implausible as the plot is, it's equally engaging, as we follow the team attempting to plan out this perfect crime, in order to help their friend. It's got a lot of heart and charm! Fans of the David E. Kelley TV series, "The Practice" will recognize Marla Sokoloff as the Cheer squad's main antagonist... but fans of J.J. Abrams TV series "Alias" might NOT recognize aussie actress Melissa George who here plays the squad member obsessed with Conan O'Brien! The DVD has both the widescreen and the standard versions of the film, plus a couple of deleted scenes (which, quite frankly, were correctly left out of the final cut, but are interesting to see here). A talented and amusing cast, and a fun story... definitely recommended! |
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