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Haley has a lot of complaints about the sport of gymnastics.
It hurts her body in 100 different ways.
The judging is too subjective.
The little dance moves are embarrassing.
Haley witnesses plenty of other shitty parenting from the overbearing moms at Vickermans gym.
She doesnt actually hate the act of gymnastics after all she just hates what it does to people.
The crescendo ofStick Itcomes toward the end when Haley and her teammates are at a national championship.
Its the gymnastics equivalent of worker solidarity.
Its also funny, charming, and inventive.
As a filmmaker, Bendinger leans into the details.
Bendinger said ina recent interviewthat she cast Bridges based on a suggestion from her psychic.
When Haley tells her to stop being nasty, Joanne delivers the truly iconic line Its not called gym-nice-stics.
Gymnastics is a beautiful and brutal sport.
It demands so much of the athletes bodies, while also asking the women to look pretty and graceful.
Its rules dont leave much room for innovation or change.
It was about us.
I didnt really care about the outcome, Biles said.
I was so happy that I made the routine and that I got to compete one more time.
