Fired Up!

"2 Guys. 300 Girls. You Do the Math."

2009 1h 30m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 724

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Synopsis

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Popular high schoolers and best friends Shawn and Nick decide to ditch football camp for cheerleader camp. For the girls and for the glory.

“2 Guys. 300 Girls. You Do the Math.”

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Cast

Nicholas D'Agosto
Shawn Colfax
Eric Christian Olsen
Nick Brady
Sarah Roemer
Carly
Molly Sims
Diora
Danneel Ackles
Bianca
David Walton
Dr. Rick
Adhir Kalyan
Brewster
AnnaLynne McCord
Gwyneth

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Will Gluck
Writers: Ryan Falkner, Will Gluck
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 93% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Will Gluck, shot by Thomas E. Ackerman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Richard Gibbs. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tracey Wadmore-Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Nicholas D'Agosto and Eric Christian Olsen and Sarah Roemer carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "2 Guys. 300 Girls. You Do the Math.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Will Gluck directs. Thomas E. Ackerman behind the camera. Richard Gibbs scores. Tracey Wadmore-Smith cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Earned back only 93% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 17 years ago.
4Directed by Will Gluck, shot by Thomas E. Ackerman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Richard Gibbs. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Tracey Wadmore-Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Nicholas D'Agosto and Eric Christian Olsen and Sarah Roemer carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "2 Guys. 300 Girls. You Do the Math.".
9IMDB entry: tt1083456 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "high school", "cheerleader", "cheerleading", "teen comedy".

The technical file

Cinematography: Thomas E. Ackerman
Original score: Richard Gibbs
Editing: Tracey Wadmore-Smith
Production design: Marcia Hinds
Makeup / hair: Jose Zamora
VFX supervisor: Rocco Passionino
Stunt coordinator: Johnny Martin
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $18,599,102
Return: 93% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Fired Up! (2009)

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The Movie Mob2022-12-09
★ 9/10
The better cheerleading movie! (Although it's much more focused on the laughs than the cheerleading) Fired Up is the cheerleading version of Pitch Perfect. It overflows with dorky characters, hilariously strange situations, and gut-busting quotes that will stick with you. Fired Up knows it's completely and outlandishly ridiculous and enjoys every goofy second of its insane existence. The premise of 2 guys skipping football camp to chase girls at cheerleading camp sounds like every other teen film but Fired Up is surprisingly fun, witty, and at moments even endearing. Eric Christian Olsen and Nicholas D'Agosto make a fantastic comedy duo, building one-liners on top of each other with excellent chemistry and hilarity. And John Michael Higgins is just as crazed and entertaining as ever. Overall, Fired Up is a much better-than-average stupid humor movie with a cast and director that know how to do comedy.
Wuchak2024-02-10
★ 7/10
Hilarious and heartwarming, but too much raunch in the air Two popular high school football jocks (Eric Christian Olsen and Nicholas D'Agosto) decide to go to cheerleading camp in the summer instead of football camp in order to score with the ladies. Their plans go awry when one falls one of the head cheerleaders (Sarah Roemer) and they both find themselves wanting to help the squad win the camp competition. The purpose of a teen dramadies like this is to entertain and elicit laughs; the great ones avoid too much raunchiness, etc. and offer strong subtexts (like 1995's "Clueless" and 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"). The good news is that "Fired Up" (2009) is surprisingly funny from beginning to end and it does have heartwarming elements. Despite being direct-to-video, it's obvious that a lot of thought and effort was put into the film. For it to be effective, Olsen and D'Agosto have to work well together and they do. Olsen was 31 during filming and D'Agosto was 28, hardly high school age, and – while they do a good job of appearing high school age – their overall demeanor give 'em away. As for the females, Sarah is striking as Carly and there are quite a few curvaceous beauties, including the brunette cheerleading coach. I would easily give "Fired Up" a grade of 'A-' if not for some unnecessary coarseness, implied raunch (in other words, there aren't any overtly raunchy scenes) and way too many 'gay'-oriented jokes. These aspects remove it from the realm of greatness, as far as I'm concerned. The movie runs 90 minutes and was shot in the Los Angeles area. GRADE: B
r96sk2024-04-16
★ 7/10
So very dumb, yet kinda, actually, good... one to file under 'better than it has any right to be'. I'm not entirely sure how, but 'Fired Up!' suffices. Nicholas D'Agosto and Eric Christian Olsen make it work enough, they have decent chemistry and fit their respective roles - and that was needed, different casting and events would've flopped. The humour is silly yet mildly amusing, don't get me wrong I wasn't laughing or even chuckling but I wasn't cringed out for the most part and I smirked a few times to be fair. There are some solid music choices in there, tracks from the likes of Akon and Avril Lavigne somehow fit. I was expecting the story to a play out a little differently (worse), it actually portrays the development of the two main characters fairly well. It is quite funny how many of these 00s movies exist that involve the same sorta plot, almost a signature of the era. I decided to watch this as I noticed it was the only one of Will Gluck's movies that I had yet to see. '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/annie-2014/" rel="nofollow">Annie</a>' aside, he is a very reliable director. '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/friends-with-benefits/" rel="nofollow">Friends with Benefits</a>' is his best thus far, I'd say.