Sugar & Spice (2001)

A popular high-school cheerleader becomes pregnant by the star quarterback and turns to crime to support her desired lifestyle.

Director:

Francine McDougall

Writer:

Mandy Nelson

Stars:

Marla Sokoloff, Marley Shelton, Melissa George

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Marla Sokoloff	...	Lisa Janusch
Marley Shelton	...	Diane Weston
Melissa George	...	Cleo Miller
Mena Suvari	...	Kansas Hill
Rachel Blanchard	...	Hannah Wald
Alexandra Holden	...	Fern Rogers
Sara Marsh	...	Lucy Whitman
James Marsden	...	Jack Bartlett
Sean Young	...	Mrs. Hill
W. Earl Brown	...	Hank 'Terminator' Rogers
Adam Busch	...	Geeky Guy
Jake Hoffman	...	Ted
Nate Maher	...	Chris
David Belenky	...	Bruce
Kevin Kling	...	Factory Worker

Storyline

Jack and Diane were lovers, two crazy kids living in the heartlands. Airheaded Diane captains the cheerleading squad, who follow her through whatever she does. Jack is, of course, the football team's star quarterback. When Diane becomes pregnant, the two are thrown out of their homes and move into an apartment where they try to live on Jack's part-time salary from clerking at a video store. Meanwhile both continue in school - cheerleading and quarterbacking. When Diane realizes that they're not making it financially, she recruits the other cheerleaders to help her rob a bank. Their cheerleader oath of all for one commits them to helping her. A local hood gives them guns in exchange for their promise to put his homely daughter on the cheerleading squad.

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Plot Keywords:

dream girl | generation y | seductive behavior | attempted seduction | title directed by female | 

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Taglines:

Why would the most popular girl in school wear a mask?

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

PG-13

Did You Know?

Trivia

Uncredited writer Lona Williams based Cleo's obsession with Conan O'Brien on herself. Williams admits to admiring O'Brien while he was a writer on The Simpsons (1989) and she was an assistant to the producers.

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Goofs

In the doctor's office, Cleo places the ultrasound wand on Diane twice.

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Quotes

Diane: Morning sunshine, remember, these are the best days of your life so far.
[winks]
Diane: .

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Connections

References The Terminator (1984)

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Soundtracks

Blitzkrieg Bop
Written by Dee Dee Ramone (as Douglas Colvin) and Tommy Ramone (as Thomas Erdelyi); also credited Joey Ramone (as Jeffrey Hyman) and Johnny Ramone (as John Cummings)
Performed by The Nutley Brass
Courtesy of The Medicine Label, Inc.

User Reviews

An entertaining comedy

An entertaining comedy with Marley Shelton as the head cheerleader who gets pregnant with the star quarterback's child. Then, while watching that classic of modern cinema, "Point Break," on tv she hatches a plan that wouldn't it be great fun if her and her cheerleader buddies (including Mena Suvari) robbed a bank? Wouldn't that just help her with her financial problems? This is all very silly and the filmmakers wisely don't take any of this seriously, producing a very funny comedic take on cheerleading, high school and bad movies. GRADE: B+

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 January 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sugar and Spice and Semiautomatics

Filming Locations:

Webster Street & Randolph Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$27,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,891,176, 28 January 2001

Gross USA:

$13,305,101

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,923,761

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min 84 min (extended)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1