The Cheerleader Escort

There is a hilarious commercial where a bunch of teens are looking for a place to hide so they decide to run into an open garage door where there is nothing but a bunch of chain saws hanging from the ceiling and the killer is lurking inside the garage in anticipation, and yet these dummies still run into the garage.

The above commercial's scene is what this Lifetime made for TV film reminded me of throughout. This innocent young girl named Cassie Talbot (Alexandra Beaton) joins the cheerleader team on her very first day of arriving on her college campus with her best friend and her life experience as a new cheerleader is so overwhelming when her team mate tells her that one of the alumni is very generous so she is going to take her out on the town (still on her very first day of arriving on campus) and get a complete re-do, hair, makeup and a whack of expensive clothing. What college would this ever happen at for a bloody cheerleader recruit?

The film just gets worse and worse as Cassie ignores all the warning signs of getting into prostitution by meeting middle aged men, and of course her mother is spiraling into financial stresses as her husband and Cassie's father is delinquent on his child support, spousal support, and his $20,000.00 cheque for Cassie's tuition bounced. So what's a young girl to do eh?

I think this storyline must have been written in less than a day, and filmed by the end of the same day, just as quickly as Cassie came on Campus and became a paid for virgin cheerleader escort.

Do not waste your time on this poorly written story line. Avoid it as Cassie should have avoided becoming a cheerleader escort. No brains, no story here. I give it a 2 out of 10 IMDB rating.

I hated this movie for being boring for most of the time until near the end when twist happened. The most boring was annoying usual talk in form of greeting, saluting, lieing, faking, and doing things out of fear or just to get something. There are completely skipped scenes of attacks, unlike in better lifetime moves. The topic is not that good - extortion and doing all for money and using girls as slaves, but other things are more interesting such as possible pedophilia or at least something very close to that such as prostituion. Ending is bit good because of the twist, but still talk only, so this is one of worse lifetime movies. Makeup and look of people at least show that actors put in some effort, so not the worst movie.

This film succeeds as a warning to young women about being exploited by others and not just older men who might have their own ulterior motives. The pressure of adolescence and coming of age have their challenges. But sometimes the dangers lurk in the role models most close to them (female coach) who often put their own needs first before their responsibilities as adult mentors. If the film succeeds on this level it has greater value than mere entertainment and that makes it worth a view.

Fresh-faced Alexandra Beaton plays freshman Cassie Talbot who needs money to pay her college tuition. Enter Gabby, who suggests that she try out for cheerleading. Cassie makes the squad and receives all the perks that come along with it! Good girl gone wrong but it does have a happy ending! Definitely recommend!

A sad reality of today as rising college costs drive young women to sugar daddies and the like - this is a good movie that, as Lifetime often does, goes a wee tad over the top. But better than most LMs and insightful. This stuff goes on!