But I'm A Cheerleader (DVD)

Description: Genre: Comedy / Theatrical Release: 1999 / Director: Jamie Babbit / Actors: Natasha Lyonne, Michelle Williams ... / DVD ... more

But I'm A Cheerleader (DVD) ... released 02 June, 2003 at Prism Leisure / Features of the DVD: Full Screen, PAL / Director Jamie Babbit's assured first feature But I'm a Cheerleader is subversive, smart and extremely funny, but not entirely original. Megan Williams (Natasha Lyonne) is a good Christian cheerleading girl. She doesn't think it at all strange that she can't get the image of tumbling cheerleaders out of her mind while her football player boy friend is trying to French kiss her. But her parents, played respectively by Bud Cort (Brewster McCloud) and John Water' s regular Mink Stole, have noticed Megan's odd behaviour and arrange an intervention. They send her off to New Directions, a sexual rehabilitation camp run by a straight-laced school madam, Mary (Cathy Moriarty), where she is forced to come to terms with her lesbian tendencies. But while on a strict regime of corrective therapy, Megan falls head over heels f or surly dyke, Graham--played by Clea DuVall (The Astronaut's Wife)--and is forced to reassess whether straight really is great. The zany script and over-the-top characterisations have the feel of a John Waters comedy; The day-glo sets and costumes give the film a surreal Pee Wee's Playhouse feel and Lyonne is charmingly dizzy and bewildered throughout. RuPaul excels as Mike, a former gay exercise trainer, and Moriarty out-camps them all. On the DVD: The main feature is presented in letterboxed widescreen with Dolby Digital sound. Extra features are limited to a theatrical trailer and a 10-minute behind-the-scenes look at the film in which director Jamie Babbit explains the genesis of the film followed by hastily assembled footage of random scenes being shot. --Chris Campion

Newest Review: ... directions is a learning programme so homosexuals can relearn how to be straight and how to avoid the gay lifestyle, like a ... more

... gay rehab clinic. Megan denies being gay because she is a cheerleader she couldn't possibly be gay. As part of the rehab programme gays in the camp have to go through various steps to relearn their gender identity. They have to undertake gender stereotpyed roles (cleaning,cooking for the girls and gardening and cars for the guys). They are forced to wear pink and blue outfits. The pinnacle of the programme is simulated straight sex and if they pass, graduation. Megan starts falling in love with Graem...more

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But I'm A Cheerleader [1999] [DVD]
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But I'm A Cheerleader (DVD): Lesbian's Can't Be Cheerleaders (774 words)
by - written on 20/03/08 (Very useful, 90 readings)
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Megan Bloomfield (Natasha Lyonne) is a normal teenage girl, a devout Christian, inspiration to the school, straight A student, and cheerleader. But when Megan kisses her boyfriend she finds that her mind wanders elsewhere. When driven home one afternoon after school by her boyfriend she discovers an unusual gathering waiting for her, all waiting to confront her with a terrible truth. Her family, boyfriend, and friends all believe that Megan is a lesbian; but how can this be possible Megan is a cheerleader? But I'm A Cheerleader is one of those movies that works ONCE, I remember watching it about four years ago and enjoying it tremendously, it's very much a ... Read the complete review

I'm A Cheerleader! (751 words)
by - written on 27/05/05 (Very useful, 96 readings)
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The first time I saw this film was when I went over to my friends house and she had just put it on, so I had to watch it. Since then I've had to buy it!! ***The Stars*** Megan - Natasha Lyonne Graham - Clea DuVall Mike - RuPaul ***The Characters*** Megan - Megan is a popular cheerleader, from a very religous background who is dating the captain of the football team, and she doesn't think she is gay, its her friends and family who do! Graham - Graham is already at the True Directions camp when Megan arrives, she is quite rebellious, is only at the camp really to please her parents. Graham has ... Read the complete review

But I'm A Cheerleader (DVD): Rah rah girls (569 words)
by - written on 15/03/02 (Very useful, 175 readings)
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If I’m a cheerleader I can’t be lesbian can I? In a nutshell, this is what this quirky, cultish, and very funny movie is all about. Megan is a 17 year old cheerleader, in smalltown America (where else?). She looks like a stereotypical girl in high school, Sandra Dee goodlooks – like a cheerleader, in fact – and, off course she is a cheerleader for the school team, too. But… there are some little things that are just a little, well, queer… there are photos of women in her locker… she has a boyfriend, and he’s a hunk, the captain of the football team… but she hates kissing him… It could be that he’s ... Read the complete review

Pink and missundaztood (714 words)
by - written on 18/05/04 (Very useful, 61 readings)
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“But I’m a cheerleader” is a quirky and very funny cult movie. It’s based around Megan, a 17 year old cheerleader, in smalltown America (where else?). She looks like a stereotypical girl in high school, Sandra Dee goodlooks – like a cheerleader, in fact – and, off course she is a cheerleader for the school team, too. But… there are some little things that are just a little, well, queer… there are photos of women in her locker… she has a boyfriend, and he’s a hunk, the captain of the football team… but she hates kissing him… It could be that he’s really ... Read the complete review

But I'm A Cheerleader (DVD): Gay Rehab (323 words)
by - written on 17/09/09 (Useful, 23 readings)
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A 1999 satirical romantic comedy starring Natasha Lyonne, Michelle Williams, Clea duVall, and directed by Jamie Babbit. It is a tongue in cheek film about homosexuality. The Plot Megan's friends and family think she is a lesbian as she has pictures of women in her locker and doesn't like kissing her boyfriend. They take action to combat her gay-ness by sending her to gay camp for de-gay-ification. True directions is a learning programme so homosexuals can relearn how to be straight and how to avoid the gay lifestyle, like a gay rehab clinic. Megan denies being gay because she is a cheerleader she couldn't possibly be gay. ... Read the complete review

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