Movie Review: Stick It by Guest Blogger EuroRob

So, CapSwell and I went to go see “Stick It” the other night at the crappy theater on Wisco. Why, you ask, is the theater “crappy”? Five words: No. Deep. Fried. Snickers. Bars. I mean come on, how hard is that people? At least you don’t have to put up with the wankers and twits that go the Georgetown cine-monstrosity.

Ok. Stick It. We originally went to see “An American Haunting” but CapSwell forgot to grow a pair and chickened out AT THE BOX OFFICE. So, with MI:3 not playing at that theater and us anxious to rid ourselves of our less-than-disposable incomes, we decided to stick with “Stick It”. This was billed to us as the same genre as “Bring It On” – which deserves an entry unto itself . . . it is a particularly divisive film that pits pro-Kiki Dunsters vs. anti-Kiki Dunsters. CapSwell actually prefers Eliza Dushku over Kiki, which served him well for “Stick It” which seems to use the character Dushku played in “Bring It On” as a foundation for Hayley Graham, rebel gymnast.

The basic story is of a teenage gymnast who is tired of playing by the rules and walks away from gymnastics during the world championships. After a few run-ins with the law and one bitchin’ BMX trick, Hayley is “sentenced” to hard time at a gymnastics gym run by Jeff Bridges playing a mix of Bela Karolyi meets Norman Dale meets Beau Bridges. Anyway, Hayley wises up and begins competing so that she can enter the big meet and use the prize money to emancipate herself from a pair of miserable parents. Speaking of her parents, it’s always good to see Lazlo from “Real Genius” back on the big screen – if you haven’t seen “Real Genius” please do yourself a favor and rent it – otherwise I will come to your house, fill it with Jiffy-Pop and use a super-secret military satellite to shoot a laser at it and cause your place to explode with popcorn goodness (if you don’t understand this you haven’t see “Real Genius”). Anyway, the moral of “Stick It” is that the actress playing Hayley (Missy Peregrym) is 24 years old and so guys shouldn’t feel too bad about thinking she is cute. CapSwell doesn’t feel bad and he’s like 42 or something.