![]() Heterosexual straight (no pun intended) and narrow have not escaped their notice, including little things like Megan being a vegetarian and liking Megan's ultra conservative parents Peter (Bud Cort) and Nancy (Mink Stole) have been conspiring in the background with a number of Megan'sįriends, including Jared, and Megan soon finds herself in an "intervention" since a number of other "clues" that Megan has been straying from the That little "reveal" may in fact have been a mistake, since it clarifies a "truth" of which Megan herself may not be consciously aware. That she tends to think of her fellow cheerleaders when Jared is attempting unsuccessfully to thrust his tongue into her mouth in a car make out Megan (Natasha Lyonne) is a young high school girl who is a cheerleader dating football player Jared (Brandt Wille), but an early vignette Other than the expected emphasis that "being yourself" is always the best choice, no matter what the outside world in general or your family in Mishmash with an enjoyably cartoonish production design and some fun performances, but perhaps neither enough laughs nor enough real insight, But I'm a Cheerleader seems to want its cake and eat it, too, in a way, in that it's intentionally broad, arguably evenĭownright campy, but it also is striving to make some sober points about sexual preference and gender roles. Surprisingly (maybe even shockingly), almost twenty years before another film had broached this potentially perilous subject, and as aĬomedy, no less. Namely that they were both released theatrically in 2018, capturing a certain cultural zeitgeist that had become more and more apparent over the ![]() Both The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Boy Erased shared one other aspect, Needed "help" to cure "sinful" behaviors. ![]() Moments, and both shared some obvious commonalities, including stories centered on religiously conservative families who felt one of their own Bothīoy Erased and The Miseducation of Cameron Post had some really effective Two pretty deadly serious films about so-called "conversion therapy" (i.e., "pray the gay away") have crossed my review queue over the years. Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, June 4, 2021 Producers: Effie Brown, Michael Burns, Marc Butan, Leanna Creel, Donald Kushner, Peter Locke Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, RuPaul, Cathy Moriarty, Michelle Williams, Bud Cort Writers: Brian Peterson (XXIII), Jamie Babbit ![]() At first, Megan resists "rehabilitation." Then she meets Graham, a sexy tomboy who shows her exactly what her "true direction" is.įor more about But I'm a Cheerleader and the But I'm a Cheerleader Blu-ray release, see But I'm a Cheerleader Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on Jwhere this Blu-ray release scored 3.0 out of 5. a lesbian! Their solution is to send Megan to True Directions, a "rehabilitation camp" run by homophobic counselor Mary Brown. But she's also a vegetarian, likes Georgia O'Keefe and hates kissing her boyfriend, leading her horrified parents to conclude that she's. She's popular, pretty, a model student, dates the captain of the football team and is a cheerleader. But I'm a Cheerleader Blu-ray delivers stunning video and decent audio in this enjoyable Blu-ray releaseĬonfident and opinionated, 17-year-old Megan is a high school student who has it all.
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