Two guys deciding they are better off at Cheer Camp than hanging out with the football team during the summer is a totally believable premise. What adolescent boy hasn't done something completely irrational and spontaneous at least once, with the goal of impressing a member of the opposite sex? The outcome isn't exactly what you'd expect, as the girls seem to accept the fact that Shawn (played by Nicholas D'Agosto) and Nick (Eric Christian Olsen) are at camp to hook up. The obvious gags and stereotypes are all trotted out, but not in such an obnoxious way that you'd be offended. It's all done very tongue-in-cheek, with "Shawnsie" and Nick presented as being so oblivious that you just have to laugh.
The actual cheering in the movie is done really well, and one of the special features talks about how hard everyone trained to come across as credible on film. Plenty of glorious moments are here, showing the spirit of a real cheering competition, but the majority of the action is physical comedy or witty banter from the two guys. Olsen is determined to show how well he can ape Jim Carey, and the entire cast has enough chemistry to keep Fired Up! from being nothing more than a loosely connected series of gags. The plot twists are things you will see coming a mile away, but that doesn't prevent you from having a good time, so long as you are willing to suspend a healthy amount of disbelief and political correctness. In that non-PC mode, we'll just say that no man ever felt his time was wasted after spending 90 minutes watching scantily clad, beautiful girls prance around.
