But I'm A Cheerleader

But I'm A Cheerleader (1999)

  • 34% of critics liked it
    (47 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (40,119 ratings)

In this satire, parents who are worried that their children might not be walking the straight and narrow path discover a rehabilitation camp designed to curb alternative lifestyles. Megan (Natasha Lyonne), a high school student and member of the cheerleading squad, seems like an ordinary enough… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Brian Wayne Peterson
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 23, 2000 Wide
Lions Gate Films

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, Variety

    Broadly conceived and schematically directed (or is it non-directed?), this is a shallow satire, basically a short extended into feature length movie, about a rehabilitation camp for gays and lesbians that wastes the talent of Natasha Lyons.

  • Heather Boerner, Common Sense Media

    Gay love satire for mature older teens and up.

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    Very quickly grows repetitive and groan-inducing.

  • Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

    The movie blows it by (A) trading in witless stereotypes and (B) not being remotely funny.

  • Moira Sullivan, Movie Magazine International

    But I'm a Cheerleader may seem too elementary to a sophisticated crowd

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jim H


    A lesbian cheerleader goes to a faith-based camp to "reform" homosexuality. When Ted Haggard claimed that he could essentially "pray the gay away," I thought that not only was it one of the most ridiculous things I had ever heard but that it would also work as… More

  • Jennifer X


    The title is much more interesting than the actual film, which can be quite dull given its subject matter. Definitely could have milked it more for the laughs.

  • Michael S


    Very clever and very funny. I don't know why I had this listed as "Not Inteested." I've seen it twice already!

  • Tim S


    Interesting love story.

  • Coxxie M


    wait a minute! this was actually pretty funny. (and hot) im starting to like Natasha Lyonne.

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