| The Cheetah Girls 2 | |
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| Distributed by | Disney Channel |
| Directed by | Kenny Ortega |
| Produced by | Deborah Gregory Whitney Houston |
| Written by | Deborah Gregory Alison Taylor |
| Starring | Raven-Symoné Adrienne Bailon Sabrina Bryan Kiely Williams Belinda |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Release date | August 25, 2006 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Preceded by | The Cheetah Girls (2003) |
| Followed by | The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008) |
The Cheetah Girls 2 (also known as The Cheetah Girls: When in Spain) is the 2006 sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls. Its premiere received the highest ratings of all Disney Channel Movies at its time, a total of over 8.1 million viewers, beating the premiere ratings of High School Musical (7.7 million), and beating previous highest rated DCOM record holder, Cadet Kelly (7.8 million) as well as becoming the highest rated Cheetah Girls movie in the trilogy.[1] The sequel is about a talented teen quartet who take a whirlwind tour of Spain to pursue their dreams of pop superstardom. Unlike its predecessor which incorporated karaoke-like musical numbers, The Cheetah Girls 2 turned into more of a musical.Originally planned for release in theaters, but average change due to failure of Ice Princess. This is also the last film in the series to star Raven-Symoné. The film is currently the 6th highest-rated Disney Channel and most highest-rated Disney Channel of the year 2006.
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The movie begins in Manhattan, three years after the first movie, where the Cheetah Girls have just completed their junior year and are performing at a Graduation Party for the Manhattan Magnet's Class of 2006 ("The Party's Just Begun").
Later while having a sleep-over/Chinese food night at Galleria's (Raven-Symoné), Chanel (Adrienne Bailon) tells the girls that her mother, Juanita (Lori Anne Alter), is planning a trip to Barcelona, Spain, where they will be visiting Luc (Abel Folk), Juanita's boyfriend. Chanel is bummed and does not want to see Luc while the other girls are upset about being separated for the summer when Aquanette (Kiely Williams) sees a shooting star and the girls make a wish together - to go to Spain with Chanel. At that very moment, one of the girl's magazines flips pages until it comes across an ad for a Barcelona music festival. Galleria enters the Cheetah Girls and the next day, her mother Dorethea (Lynn Whitfield), Juanita, and the Cheetah Girls all travel to Spain.
When the girls arrive in Barcelona, they do some shopping before resting in a Cafe. Soon they hear a guitar playing and meet Angel (Peter Vives), a mysterious guitar player who accompanies them around Barcelona as they sing to the entire city, and he becomes Galleria's love interest ("Strut").
The next day the girls audition for the festival and earn a spot ("Cheetah Sisters (Barcelona Mix)").
The next day at breakfast, they meet Joaquin (Golan Yosef), an accountant, Luc's godson, and a handsome dancer who becomes a love interest for Dorinda (Sabrina Bryan). The next day after Dorinda finds out Joaquin is a dancer, she goes to his studio, where he teaches her tango ("Dance With Me").
That night Joaquin takes the Cheetahs to the Dancing Cat, a local Spanish night club where all the new artists perform their songs ("Why Wait")("A La Nanita Nana").
There they meet Spanish pop artist Marisol (Belinda), who will also compete in the Music Festival, and her manager/mother, Lola (Kim Manning), who plans a scheme to break up the Cheetah Girls, as they pose a threat to her daughter's chances in the competition, and she starts making Marisol distract Chanel from The Cheetah Girls. Meanwhile, Aqua and Dorothea have been designing clothes with Dorothea's old friends, Juanita is trying to get a proposal out of Luc, Dorinda is teaching hip hop to Joaquin's class, and Galleria is the only one focused on the competition, as she is writing a song called, "Amigas Cheetahs", which they will sing at the competition ("Do Your Own Thing").
Galleria notices that everyone is getting involved in other activities except for her ("It's Over"), and eventually decided to take a train to Paris, where she can meet up with her father, Francobollo, and he will take her back home to Manhattan. While at a train station, the other three girls find Galleria and sing the starting sequence of "Amigas Cheetahs", and Galleria says she will only come back if they stay focused. While Chanel walked around the house, she overhears Juanita talking to Dorothea about how she believes that Luc doesn't want to marry her because Chanel doesn't like him. Luc later proposes to Juanita, after Chanel gives him permission, and she gladly accepts. Luc tells Chanel that she can stay in New York with her friends for her upcoming senior year. However, the Cheetah Girls' dreams are in serious trouble. While they were performing Step Up, Lola convinces the Dancing Cat's manager to pay the Cheetah Girls money. The competition will only allow amateur performs to compete. Accepting payment from the Dancing Cat makes the Cheetah Girls professional performers. Angel, who was present during the entire exchange, investigates.
Right before Chanel is going to get changed to perform with Marisol, the Festival Director informs that the Cheetah Girls are able to perform after getting a tip. Everyone is surprised when they see that the informer was his nephew, Angel. He informed that Lola tried to sabotage the Cheetahs, and his uncle reinstates the girls as the Cheetah Girls. Lola tries to dispute, but the Director will not hear it. Marisol finally tells off her mother, saying she is quitting the competition because she loves to sing and her mother is just desperate to make her a star. The Cheetah Girls then perform "Amigas Cheetahs", and as a surprise, bring Marisol onto the stage, along with Joaquin's dancing crew, Angel on the guitar and the Director on the trumpet. Their song is a hit with the crowd. Another ending concludes after this, where Juanita and Luc are having their wedding, and with everybody enjoying themselves ("Cherish the Moment").
The soundtrack was released on August 15, 2006.[2] It debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 1.4 million copies to date.
All songs performed by the Cheetah Girls
The premiere of the movie became Disney Channel's highest rated Disney Channel Original Movie with a total of 8.1 million viewers, beating the previous record holder Cadet Kelly, which had a total of 7.8 million viewers. This was then beat by Jump In!, which closely beat it with 8.2 million viewers. Currently, the highest-rated DCOM is High School Musical 2 with 17.2 million viewers. The Cheetah Girls 2 is currently the sixth highest-viewed DCOM as of September 2010. It was the highest-viewed DCOM of 2006, following the footsteps of the first film, which was the highest-viewed of 2003. Feedback to the movie has been generally positive for the target audience.
Ultimate Disney said "this film lays off on some of the annoyances found in the first film. The Cheetah Girls have grown up and thus grown out of the annoying tweenage girl characterizations that are now seen in the snobby minor characters of Hannah Montana." The review went on to say "the nicest thing about this sequel is that on screen, the Cheetah Girls still seem to exemplify a deep friendship among a group of young women. The chemistry between the central actresses is strong, making them a believable group of friends who appear to be having a lot of fun making this movie."[3]
About.com was also favourable, commenting "The Cheetah Girls 2 contains the expected cheesiness, drama, and unrealistic plot, but I have to admit that I was totally taken in."[4] Common Sense Media also stated "The characters have aged, and their flair for drama has taken a backseat to introspective decision making and goal setting, making them more realistic (and positive) role models."[5] The Cheetah Girls 2 DVD currently holds a 4 and a half star rating on Amazon.com.[6] Its score on Internet Movie Database, while the highest of the series, is only 4.3 out of 10.
In the United Kingdom, 282,000 viewers tuned in on its premiere night, becoming #1 of the week on Disney Channel UK.[7] After the movie's premier in Britain, the press was quite harsh toward the film: The Guardian: "absolutely bloody dreadful....the most contrived piece of shat we've ever reviewed, and we did the first one, so that's saying something.", The Sun (newspaper): "Disney has really outdone it's self this time, the songs were crap, the girls were bleedin' cows, need we say more? Even if the girls went all sixes and sevens on each other in a naked pillow fight we could not, in good conscience, give this rubbish anything above 2 out of 10 stars" The Daily Mail: "this is the perfect film to turn the sound down and make rude comments to, just bleedin' torture, we're so serious, we'll pay the first person who can prove they sat through the whole bloddy mess 50 quid and a free year-long subscription", The News Of The World: "we understand the the [sic?] lads at Disney are trying to appeal to a broad base of young girls but seriously? At least two of these birds could play Defender for Arsenal, they're that big, when the smallest member of the group is 11 stone, it's just not up to the mark now is it? This movie is setting a dangerous precedent for what our American cousin's call "fat chicks" in the film industry, something of which we are not looking forward to."
| Country / Region | Network(s) | Premiere |
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| United States | Disney Channel | August 25, 2006 |
| Canada | Family | September 1, 2006 |
| United Kingdom | Disney Channel UK | September 29, 2006 |
| Italy | Disney Channel Italy | December 2, 2006 |
| Mexico | Disney Channel Latin America | December 3, 2006 |
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| Taiwan | Disney Channel Taiwan | December 8, 2006 |
| South Africa | Disney Channel South Africa | December 9, 2006 |
| Poland | Disney Channel Poland | |
| Brazil | Disney Channel Latin America | December 10, 2006 |
| France | Disney Channel France | December 19, 2006 |
| Belgium | Disney Channel Belgium | |
| Japan | Disney Channel Japan | January 1, 2007 |
| Brunei | Disney Channel Asia | January 27, 2007 |
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| Australia | Disney Channel Australia | January 28, 2007 |
| India | Disney Channel India | July 28, 2007 |
| Romania | Disney Channel Romania | January 23, 2010 |
Greece ERT January 9, 2010
The DVD debuted at #10 on Billboard's "Top DVD sales" chart in the U.S., where it has sold nearly one million copies since its release and has grossed over $17 million in revenue.[1]
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