But I'm a Cheerleader

Pros: Pokes Fun At Stereotypes
Cons: Loses The Satirical Edge

Preamble
Gosh! I forgot how much I love to curl up on my big easy chair and watch a video. Thank gawd for the holiday shut down period at the grind.

Disclaimers
If you’re homophobic, you better back away verrrrry...

Pros: witty
Cons: at some point I felt like it was just too much

Some people complain that queer movies are very stereotyped. Jamie Babbit, though, made a clever gay comedy But I’m A Cheerleader solidly based on the stereotypes.

Megan [Natasha Lyonne – American Pie, Everyone Says I Love You] is a...

Pros: Funny, entertaining movie; Lyonne and DuVall's performances
Cons: Very campy; perhaps too much use of stereotypes

Many, many moon ago (about 1994), I was a senior in high school, and had a very good friend that was in several classes with me. One of these classes happened to be psychology. For some ridiculous assignment I can't entirely recall the details of, we ...

Pros: Direction/Script, Satirical Tone, Soundtrack, & Cast.
Cons: A Bit Predictable in its Plot.

When New Queer Cinema emerged in the early 90s, it was very clear that homosexuality was finally coming out in the closet. By the mid and late-90s, homosexuality was starting to gain some acceptance except in conservative landscapes. It was ...

Pros: cute, campy
Cons: could have been a bit more edgy

But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) Rated R
Stars: Natasha Lyonne as Megan, Clea DuVall as Graham, RuPaul (not in drag) as Mike and Cathy Moriarty as Mary J. Brown


As I mentioned in another review that I did recently I sprained my ankle....

Pros: Solid acting by Clea DuVall; outstanding soundtrack
Cons: over reliance on stereotypes; comedic/dramatic ambivalence; soundtrack apparently has not been separately released

Ah, the weekend! The work week is over, and for the first time in about a month, I’ve got the full expanse of an unscheduled weekend in front of me. I just want to kick back and relax, maybe watch something lightweight. Lemme see here…(perusing my...

Pros: Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall, they make a really sexy couple.
Cons: This kind of comedy won't appeal to everyone.

Who is straight; who is gay, who gets to decide? These seem like strange questions, when all most of us want is to be who we are, now think back ten or more years; how would you answer either of those questions. I saw this movie last night "But...

Pros: Cute constumes, Fun & happy script, cute cast
Cons: None

Are you a vegetarian? Do you listen to Sarah McLachlan? Then of course you must be a Lesbian. What a premise?!?! This movie had just that simply fabulous storyline. Such an original concept that many people have at times wished to express but felt afraid...

Pros: Laugh out loud till your tummy hurts and your eyes are watering kind of funny, touching, made me cry.
Cons: None, none and more none!

Let's face it: we live in a world where the population pretends to be okay with homosexuality, particularly lesbianism, so well that it is almost a convincing performance. But how comfortable is the general public with homosexuality? But I'm A...

Pros: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall & lesson to teens to be who they really are
Cons: verging-on-the-absurd concept...heavy on stereotypes

This candy-colored, satirical romantic comedy about sexual disorientation marks the directorial debut of award-winning short film-maker Jamie Babbit, who ventures into the campy territory previously staked out by John Waters. This tells the story...

Pros: Cute, good acting by Duvall and Lyonne, witty satire, entertaining story
Cons: Script could have been better

Unlike almost every other review of this movie I've read, anywhere, I really liked it. Maybe it's because, while I'm not a cheerleader, I'm a girl, and I really liked the "cuteness" of this movie.

In this film, Megan, played by...

Pros: A few funny lines
Cons: It was so overdone that it wound up falling flat.

I have never heard the word "homosexual" used so many times in a single film. For some reason, that word just grates on my nerves... it smacks of overt political correctness. Obviously, we're off to a rollicking good start here. The entire...

Pros: good acting by Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall
Cons: does rely too much on gay stereotypes

If you saw Megan in the hallway in her local high school,she would strike you as an Typical Teenage Girl. She's a cheerleader, she has golden brown hair, she has freckles, she's bubbly, she has a cute boyfriend, and she is looking forward to the school...

Pros: funny, wry, love-yourself kind of movie
Cons: why can't we buy the loopy soundtrack?

Liberal-minded sort looking for an evening of bubble-gum rental fun? But I'm a Cheerleader, the tale of an all-American girl shipped off to heterosexual rehab by her concerned parents and clueless friends, is a perfect way to while away ninety...

Pros: One-note satire that manages to stay hilarious for the film's entire length
Cons: It's still one note, though.

Sure, it’s preaching to the converted, but liberals everywhere will enjoy the heavy satirical edge of BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER, Jamie Babbit’s powder-puff critique of the ex-gay movement. While there are serious and important issues to discuss about the...