But I'm A Cheerleader (1999)
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34% of critics liked it
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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 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 teenage girl, but her habit of honestly expressing herself and lack of romantic enthusiasm for her boyfriend convince her very repressed parents, Peter (Bud Cort) and Nancy (Mink Stole), that Megan is becoming a lesbian. So Megan is shipped off to True Directions, a camp for gay and gay-leaning teens, where Mary Brown (Cathy Moriarty) attempts to deprogram kids with homosexual tendencies. The first step in the process is to get each teen to admit to their homosexuality, which Megan is loath to do, since she doesn't believe she's a lesbian -- or at least she didn't think so before she met her new friend Graham (Clea DuVall), who seems quite sure that she likes girls. Meanwhile, Mary's son Rock (Eddie Cibrian) may be exempt from the camp's activities, but he turns more than a few heads among True Directions' male inmates. Noted female impersonator RuPaul appears as a camp guide, and Julie Delpy has a cameo as a "lipstick lesbian." ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jamie Babbit
- Written By
- Brian Wayne Peterson
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jun 23, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- Lions Gate Films
Critic Reviews
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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.
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Heather Boerner, Common Sense Media
Gay love satire for mature older teens and up.
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
Very quickly grows repetitive and groan-inducing.
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
The movie blows it by (A) trading in witless stereotypes and (B) not being remotely funny.
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Moira Sullivan, Movie Magazine International
But I'm a Cheerleader may seem too elementary to a sophisticated crowd
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Cast
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Natasha Lyonne
as Megan
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Cathy Moriarty
as Mary Brown
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Bud Cort
as Peter
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Mink Stole
as Nancy
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RuPaul
as Mike
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Clea DuVall
as Graham
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Melanie Lynskey
as Hilary Vandermuller
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Eddie Cibrian
as Rock
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Julie Delpy
as Lipstick Lesbian
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Kip Pardue
as Clayton Dunn
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Dante Basco
as Dolph
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Rachelle Carson
as Graham's Stepmom
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Wesley Mann
as Lloyd Morgan-Gordon
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Richard Moll
as Larry Morgan-Gordon
- J. Eddie Peck
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Robert Pine
as Mr. Eaton
- Ione Skye
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Michelle Williams
as Kimberly
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Douglas Spain
as Andre
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Katharine Towne
as Sinead Laren
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Kyle Thatcher
as Joel's Father
- Robert P. Farrior
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Charles Braden
as Bruce
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Katie Donahue
as Cheerleader #1
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Joel Michaely
as Joel Goldberg
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Katrina Phillips
as Jan
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Danielle Reneau
as Cheerleader #2
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Brandt Wille
as Jared



