Flutterby™! : Stick-it

Occasionally we see movies where we think "how the hell did that get made?". Actually, that's probably most movies we see, but usually it's in the "who thought that was a good idea?" vein. In this case, it's the "witty dialog, impressive stunts, entertaining, how did that get through the studio system?" meaning.

The film is Stick It, "it's not called gym-nice-stics". For some reason it had caught my eye when it was on posters at The Lark, but of course we didn't see it there during its week or so run, but we've stumbled across it once or twice at the video store, and last night, looking for something completely brain-dead, we rented it.

We ended up watching it again this morning with the director's commentary.

Part of this may be expectations, it's a movie about obsessive teenagers, but from the really impressive stunts of the inciting incident through the banter and the fact that it's dealing with the flaws and beauty of gymnastics, not teen interpersonal issues, it kept us entertained both times. Recommended.