Sugar & Spice
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| Directed by | Francine McDougall |
| Produced by | Wendy Finerman |
| Written by | Mandy Nelson |
| Starring | Marla Sokoloff Marley Shelton Mena Suvari Melissa George Rachel Blanchard Alexandra Holden Sara Marsh James Marsden |
| Narrated by | Marla Sokoloff |
| Music by | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Cinematography | Robert Brinkmann |
| Edited by | Sloane Klevin |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $27 million |
| Box office | $16,908,947 |
Sugar & Spice is a 2001 American teen crime comedy film directed by Francine McDougall, and starring Marley Shelton, Marla Sokoloff, Mena Suvari, James Marsden, and Melissa George. The plot follows a group of high school cheerleaders who conspire and commit armed robbery when one of them becomes pregnant and desperate for income.
It was loosely based on a 1999 series of robberies perpetrated by four teenage girls from the Kingwood area of Houston, Texas. Sokoloff stated that "It's not the same, of course, yet I'm not sure if Sugar & Spice would have been made if that hadn't happened."
Bruce Westbrook of the Houston Chronicle wrote that "The actors didn't seem worried by taking a comic approach to teen crime."
The story is narrated by Lisa Janusch (Marla Sokoloff), the bitter and jealous head cheerleader of Lincoln High School's B-squad.
Diane Weston (Marley Shelton), the popular head cheerleader of Lincoln High School's A-squad, becomes pregnant by the star football quarterback Jack Bartlett (James Marsden). The two move out of their parents' homes to find an apartment of their own. Jack initially has problems staying in a job, due to his tactless personality, but finally gets hired at a video rental store. In spite of their problems coming up with the rent money, Jack and Diane try as hard as they can to survive while going to school at the same time. Lisa, Diane's bitter rival, occasionally runs into Jack at the rental store. She is interested in winning Jack's heart, but fails to get his attention.
After struggling with the rent and anticipating the financial hardship of supporting a family, Diane and her four cheerleader squadmates, Kansas Hill (Mena Suvari), Cleo Miller (Melissa George), Lucy Whitmore (Sara Marsh), and Hannah Wald (Rachel Blanchard), plan the perfect bank robbery. They promise each other not to tell Jack about their plan, because of his inability to lie to others.
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