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But I'm A Cheerleader (1999)

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 31

Critics think that But I'm a Cheerleader could have been better. The acting is stiff at times and the plot is surprisingly unoriginal.

Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 9

Critics think that But I'm a Cheerleader could have been better. The acting is stiff at times and the plot is surprisingly unoriginal.

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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

R, 1 hr. 21 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Jamie Babbit

Written By: Brian Wayne Peterson

In Theaters: Jun 23, 2000 Wide

On DVD: Oct 3, 2000

Box Office:$0.2M

Lions Gate Films

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Cast

Natasha Lyonne
Megan
Cathy Moriarty
Mary Brown
Bud Cort
Peter
Mink Stole
Nancy
RuPaul
Mike
Clea DuVall
Graham
Melanie Lynskey
Hilary Vandermuller
Eddie Cibrian
Rock
Julie Delpy
Lipstick Lesbian
Kip Pardue
Clayton Dunn
Dante Basco
Dolph
Rachelle Carson
Graham's Stepmom
Wesley Mann
Lloyd Morgan-Gordon
Richard Moll
Larry Morgan-Gordon
J. Eddie Peck
Robert Pine
Mr. Eaton
Ione Skye
Michelle Williams
Kimberly
Douglas Spain
Andre
Katharine Towne
Sinead Laren
Kyle Thatcher
Joel's Father
Robert P. Farrior
Charles Braden
Bruce
Katie Donahue
Cheerleader #1
Joel Michaely
Joel Goldberg
Katrina Phillips
Jan
Danielle Reneau
Cheerleader #2
Brandt Wille
Jared

Critic Reviews for But I'm A Cheerleader

All Critics (75) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (32) | DVD (12)

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.

May 10, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

Top Critic

Gay love satire for mature older teens and up.

December 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Heather Boerner

Common Sense Media

Very quickly grows repetitive and groan-inducing.

January 7, 2010 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

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

August 11, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

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

May 11, 2003 Full Review Source: Movie Magazine International

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Moira Sullivan

Movie Magazine International

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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 fantastic fodder for satire. But I'm a

December 7, 2011

Jim Hunter

Super Reviewer

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.

November 19, 2007

Jennifer Xu

Super Reviewer

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