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I could not stand watching this movie. The amount of times the mother screamed her daughters name *Amelie* drove me INSANE. Half this script is her repeating her daughter's name over and over. Amelie, Amelie.. AMELIE!! Couldn't finish this.

So basically what entitled dope head Amelie needed was a few good punches in the face by her mom. That's abour all I have to say about this stupid movie!

Very dumb movie and horrible acting. I'd give it a zero if I could. Probably one of the worst Lifetime movies made. Amelie is a dumb name by the way.

Wow, so she got away with murder twice? What a joke of a movie. She literally floors it and hits the guy, and you can see people in the background not even caring. I don't know, something about the cheer movies really put me off. They're my least favorite on Lifetime and this one just shows why. I think it's because they usually have 25+ years old trying to play teens and combine that with the camp, and it's too much. Speaking of camp: "DIE! DIE!" "This ring is MINE!" "It's your baby!" Three lines from the climax just really had me rolling. The movie is terrible for sure, but I couldn't help but laugh at this. The movie makes light of Nina being a murderer which is never appreciated, and she gets probation for assault. Um, what? Maybe if you looked into the obvious foul play of the drowning it might lead you to investigate. A bad movie with an even worse ending is not a good combo.

The motto for Brookville South High School is the bobcats. But the true creature that fits that description is the cheerleading coach, Nina Sednak. Coach Nina will stop at nothing to take her girls all the way to a national championship. But her tactics are not only devious, but those of a nefarious predator. Amelie Regan is an Amazon of a girl, dwarfing the other cheerleaders. Amelie has her sights set on becoming captain, and she falls prey to the machinations of Coach Nina. The coach believes that feeding her girls steroids will enhance their chances to get the nationals. She has become skilled at purchasing and mixing the illegal drugs herself. Coach Nina is haunted by her past as a young cheerleader who was abused by her own coach who not only hooked her on steroids, but got her pregnant. Nina had an accident, broke her arm, and lost the baby. She could never forgive her coach who was a married man who eventually dumped her. As a result, Nina ran him over with her car. There is significant collateral damage in the film when Coach Nina murders her drug dealer who was attempting to squeeze her with exorbitant prices. Another victim was Ethan, a high school athlete who sampled some of Nina's drugs and died of an apparent heart attack. She also murdered Nat, the kind assistant of Amelia's mother Kelly. Nat caught Nina sneaking out of the Scotts' home where she stole Kelly's championship cheerleading ring. As a result, Nat paid the ultimate price in the Scotts' swimming pool. The filmmakers were successful in handling a wide range of characters, and the film was well-paced with plenty of character interactions. Two of the most intriguing were Amelie's parents, Kelly and Scott Regan. The parents intuitively recognized that something was seriously wrong with the coach. The school principal, Lamar, is no help because he is having an affair with Coach Nina. As a result, the parents must take things into their own hands. There was an especially clever denouement in which there is a shake-up in the school staff. The principal is replaced by a kind woman who in turn hires a new cheerleading coach with stellar credentials in having made it to the national finals. Our young Amazon will now be in good hands with a familiar, loving face, who will be her new mentor.

Coach kissing student, brainwashing, mysterious pills? Dude jocks, girls that go, cha, when they look at you. Recycled lifetime movie.

The film was okay but left so many unanswered questions. There was just a lot that wasn't realistic. The police didn't bother investigating the deaths of Ethan and mother's best friend. To say that the woman died of accidental drowning before forensics looked was silly. And nothing ever came of the steroid pushing coach who threatened the head teacher in front of people on school. What was the point in adding the business guy character with the eccentric office? He played no part in the story but he appeared a lot. And it was shocking that really didn't add up.

I love LMN cheer movies, but let's be honest - some are better than others! this one falls sorta in the middle for me.. i think it's the semi-ridiculous storyline that drags it down more than anything else. (I'll have to research whether this might be inspired by real events - it shocks me to learn that sooo many of the LMN movies ARE based on true stories, especially the most implausible ones!) A few new fresh faces lend a lift to the acting here, which for me, honestly saves the *ugh-ish* plot... LOL if you enjoy Lifetime cheer genre movies with a whodunit twist, it's still good fun, so DO add it to your list, just maybe not as a TOP must-see priority haha :)