See why cheerleaders are mean hurtful all about belonging and superiority bullying .Do not care for Denise Richard.LMN does a better story line than either Hallmark channel.I am done with Hallmark too much Bethany Joy Lenz Danica McKellar Jill Wagner and Kristoffer Poloha Alexandria DeBerry not pretty enough to be head cheerleader really plays a mean bully though.
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A new transfer student reluctantly tries out for the cheerleading team at the insistence of her overly ambitious mother.
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Cheerleaders
Weathering Hurricane Katrina
"The Secret Lives of Cheerleaders" is about initiation rites. On the surface, the rites are those abhorrent practices of hazing of the members of the Roosevelt High School cheerleading squad. But on a deeper level, the rites of passage pertain to a movement from adolescence to adulthood for Miss Ava Scott.
Ava has transferred to Roosevelt after a painful experience of loss at the death of her father. Ava began to use Adderall, and she landed herself in a program for troubled teens. Ava's caring mother Candace tries to be supportive. But Candace also does not listen thoughtfully to her daughter or honor her with much trust.
Ava' great adversary in the film is Katrina Smith, the head of the cheerleading team and the darling of Coach Sinclair. Katrina lords it over the other team members and conducts late-night initiation ceremonies that are blatant examples of hazing. No one will stand up to Katrina because cheerleading appears to be so much a part of the lifeblood of the school.
The filmmakers were successful in developing the conflict between Ava and Katrina. When Ava begins to realize that she is becoming like the superficial Katrina, she takes action to define her own identity. The team nickname for the cheerleaders is the Lionesses, and Ava begins as a cub. But by the end of the film, she has emerged as a lion in her own eyes to become the genuine pride of Roosevelt High.
too typical and annoying
I liked this movie for being realistic and showing so common stuff around us, happening in our real lives like girls, makeup, school, hot guys, ego, pride, conflicts, law, parenting... Probably most of us have some association of our life events vs events in this movie. Also good topic: evil, justice, fixing problems especially relationship ones. But nothing special. Too much talk, walk, and mainstream usual things we can even see without a movie. Also not extreme like some other lifetime movies where there is stabbing, killing, overdose, and other more serious and scary crimes.