It was a late, around eleven or so, but I did not feel like sleeping and was clicking through the cacophony of channels. On a random movie site, HBO, Showtime, probably not IFC, Cinemax, or some other - it really does not matterâ€"I came across Fired Up with the interesting title being shown as F.U. This grabbed my attention for not totally moral reasons, and I read the description. It seemed like a basic guy fantasy movie.
Two high school jocks skip football camp to go to cheerleading camp in order to be surrounded by lithe young women.
Okay, this certainly is not going to be a ground breaking film that pushes the envelope of depth and content. I immediately knew what to expect, low brow humor and lots of it. But whatever, it was late and I did not want to necessarily think. I settled in expecting a “B†quality movie that had been made a hundred times before, and that is not what I got.
Fired Up is certainly filled with low brow humor and an incessant stream of innuendo, but it manages to be new somehow.
Fired Up is certainly filled with low brow humor and an incessant stream of innuendo, but it manages to be new somehow.
Watching Shawn and Nick (the two jocks) chase girls around is hilarious as they accidentally fall for the good girls and hooking up proves to be much more difficult than they first anticipated. Nicholas D’Agosto plays the shyer and more level headed Shawn, while Eric Christian Olsen plays the meat-head, testosterone driven jock who has a surprisingly funny sweet side.
The two actors gel perfectly together and their give and take is spot on and it is believable that they have been best friends throughout elementary school. The dialogue and writing for Fired Up is astonishingly good. The witty comebacks and statements throughout the film are legitimately laugh out loud funny, even though the humor is crass. This helps to make an old story new and fresh, and one that I actually started to enjoy to my surprise.
The writing and dialogue is great, but it is delivered by a well rounded cast. John Michael Higgins plays Coach Keith and is absolutely hilarious. His ambiguity is directly contrasted to his stunningly beautiful wife, Diora, who is played by Molly Sims - and of course Olsen’s character falls uncharacteristic in love with her with amusing results.
It is easy to pass over a movie that looks to be catered to 16-26 year old males who can think of only one thing, but if you are looking for a good laugh with a fun movie then I highly recommend Fired Up. The
does not try be anything it is not and keeps the humor relevant while maintaining a wit that is sharp and biting. The dialogue is quick, crisp, and fresh and is not afraid to go too far.
It is easy to pass over a movie that looks to be catered to 16-26 year old males who can think of only one thing, but if you are looking for a good laugh with a fun movie then I highly recommend Fired Up. The
does not try be anything it is not and keeps the humor relevant while maintaining a wit that is sharp and biting. The dialogue is quick, crisp, and fresh and is not afraid to go too far.
For added laughs, please watch the deleted scenes that play during the credits. There are one liner gems from John Michael Higgins that shows why he is so good at comedy.
