The Cheetah Girls (2003)

A "bro"-saying Hispanic classic. Adrienne Bailon plays Chanel, a sweet, ghetto Latina who desires to be famous. She's a very sweet girl as well, like most Nuyorican girls I know, I'm Nuyorican. Sabrina Bryan is also talented as well, and who can forget Raven Simone. But I love Adrianne Bailon the most. That's besides the point. Yeah the story is a bit cheesy, but this one was a good one, and I wouldn't be surprised if it won some awards. Much better than "High School Musical," it is cute and touching. A story of loyalty and friendship. It's a nice Hispanic movie. For all you guys who want a nice movie with hot girls, see this one, you won't be let down :D

Now, I don't comment on a lot of things. Especially not movies like this, but I'd like to say what I have to say.This movie is terrible...horrible acting, cheesy storyline, it was also confusing to understand. It was like a mess of scenes jumbled together in movie format.The songs are just...ugh...I don't even have a word for them. They don't really make sense, and obviously this movie is aimed at 6 year old girls.Whatever happened to the OLD Disney? Like Zoog? Sister Sister, Boy Meets World, Even Stevens, and the older D.C.O.M.S such as Brink!, Halloweentown, Johnny Tsunami, Quints, and many others. They need to bring back the good shows, and quit showing terrible movies like this.

Let's remember the audience here - pre-teen girls. While the ending "crisis" that causes the girls to get back together is incredibly unimaginative and completely absurd, the rest of the movie promotes self-confidence - certainly something all pre-teen girls can use.Perhaps more importantly, the Cheetah Girls themselves aren't tiny little waifs. They look, gosh, normal, and aren't complaining about it. So many other movies and TV shows aimed at the young girl set have chronic weight issues, it's refreshing to see characters living their lives without constantly freaking about body type. That alone separates this movie from 98 percent of the others.It entertains, it has decent lessons. There's a lot worse out there.

I haven't seen this movie but am more concerned with the British user's comment (first review - partial comment pasted below) that he/she knows Americans have the tendency to be cheesy. Please enlighten us on your version of what makes an American, "cheesy", because that was uncalled for and perpetuates trouble. And by-the-way, something attracted YOU to this "cheesy" American kid movie! So, with your comment in mind, who is really the cheesy one here? "Cheetah girls is a film about four girls, who aim to be singers. The characters are not rounded enough to carry this type of film through. I know that Americans do have the tendency to be quite cheesy, but there's absolutely no excuse for this film."...