The Cheetah Girls
Movie, 2003, Original movies, Set in Manhattan
The Cheetah Girls is #13 of 23 in release order and #13 of 23 in chronological order in the Disney Channel Classics.
The story
A four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to win the talent show in the school's history. During the talent show auditions, they meet a big-time producer named Jackal Johnson, who tries to make the group into superstars, but the girls run into many problems.
The Cheetah Girls recap
Galleria, Chanel, Aqua and Dorinda are Manhattan high school freshmen who sing together as the Cheetah Girls and want to win their school talent show. After an audition, a record producer and alumnus, Jackal Johnson, offers to sign them. Galleria, who writes the songs, starts acting as the group's boss, decides they should skip the talent show for the deal, and criticises Dorinda, who is quietly a foster child and has been offered a paid dancing job. Chanel learns her mother may sell their apartment and move to Paris, and runs up her mother's credit card. When Jackal says the girls will have to wear masks and lip-sync to a new image, Galleria walks out, believing the others agreed to it.
The Cheetah Girls ending explained
Galleria's dog Toto falls into a hole in the street, and the four reunite on live TV to sing him calm and rescue him, which mends the group. Jackal apologises and offers again, but they turn him down, win the talent show and recommit to each other. The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006) sends them to Barcelona, and The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008) takes three of them to India without Galleria.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch The Cheetah Girls
The Cheetah Girls is streaming on Disney+ in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Google Play, and YouTube.
Ratings
IMDb 5.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes 75%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Lizzie McGuire Movie, before Phil of the Future.
- Chronological order: after The Lizzie McGuire Movie, before Phil of the Future.
Cast
- Raven-Symoné as Galleria Garibaldi
- Adrienne Bailon-Houghton as Chanel Simmons
- Kiely Williams as Aqua Walker
- Sabrina Bryan as Dorinda Thomas
- Lynn Whitfield as Dorothea Garibaldi
- Sandra Caldwell as Drinka Champagne
- Juan Chioran as Francobollo Garibaldi
- Lori Alter as Juanita Simmons
- Kyle Schmid as Derek
- Denton Rowe as Mackerel
- Vince Corazza as Jackal Johnson (as Vincent Corazza)
- Linette Doherty as Dana
Directed by Oz Scott.