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| Stick It | 
 enlarge | Director: Jessica Bendinger
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Missy Peregrym, Vanessa Lengies, Nikki Soohoo, Maddy Curley
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 1787
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 103
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: DISD50196D
UPC: 786936700596
EAN: 0786936700596
ASIN: B00005JOZC
Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 2006
Release Date: September 19, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
After a run-in with the law haley graham is forced to return to the world from which she fled some years ago. Enrolled in an elite gymnastics program run by the legendary burt vickerman haleys rebellious attitude gives way to something that just might be called team spirit. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 03/28/2008 Run time: 103 minutes Rating: Pg13
Amazon.com
The writer of cheerleader classic Bring It On makes her directing debut with another movie built around a classic sport for girls: gymnastics. No one knows why Haley Graham (Missy Peregrym, Life As We Know It) walked away in the middle of a high-profile gymnastics competition--but after given a choice between returning to gymnastics or going to juvenile detention, Haley finds herself under the tutelage of Burt Vickerman (Jeff Bridges, The Big Lebowski, Fearless), a trainer with a tough-love approach and a dubious reputation for getting his students injured. As they learn to work together, they discover they share a hatred for the narrow, unbending rules by which gymnastic routines are judged. Almost all sports movies are fables of wild talent getting harnessed by discipline. In Stick It, wild talent bites back with a little political awakening--in fact, the movie's main weakness is that it doesn't get political enough; the rebellion at the end happens too quickly, too easily. But what you'll remember from the movie are sequences that revel in the sheer beauty of gymnastics, montages that fuse the visual styles of Busby Berkeley and Leni Riefenstahl into a dizzying adulation of grace and athleticism. --Bret Fetzer
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stick it October 30, 2008
a nice film. my girlfriend made me watch it and i enjoyed the film. (just dont tell her that..)
Just plain fun to watch!! August 29, 2008
I thought this would be a cheesy movie the first time I watched it - but both my spouse and I really enjoyed it! Great entertainment with some fun one-liners. We liked it enough to purchase it and we do not purchase many DVDs. Highly recommend for when you just need to turn your brain off and laugh...
 Stick It July 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really like this movie. The dvd is in good shape and is exactly what I expected. The girls are really sassy and funny. Jeff Bridges does a real good job as their coach.
stick it July 18, 2008
great film, shows ins and outs of gymnastic training. busby burkley style visuals ! enjoy
Awesome! July 1, 2008
Stick it is a fun movie to watch with teenagers, especially if they are interested in sports and have lived through the arduous work-outs of gymnastics.
The main character, Haley Graham, beautifully played by Missy Peregrym, is a troubled teen who walked out of a competition because her family was coming apart, but her friends think she simply quit, giving up her right to win first place. A rather amazing pirouette on a bike lands her in trouble with the police, and she is sentenced by a judge to either go to juvenile detention or to a gymnastics camp, and she soon finds herselfe under the tutelage of Burt Vickerman, played by Jeff Bridges, a trainer that is tough, demanding, will take nothing from her, and sees through her every manipulation.
Burt Vickerman has the reputation of getting all his students injured, but as he says... "he has insurance to cover it." A love hate relationship is evident between coach and gymnast and soon we see Haley training to her potential, which is excellent. The other gymnasts are excellent characters, with some routines leaving us spell bound by their grace and aptitude. The battle between coach and student, between coach and judges, between a system of judging that leaves audiences upset by their lack of fairness are awesome. Don't miss this movie!
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