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But I'm a Cheerleader

Name: But I'm a Cheerleader
Director: Jamie Babbit
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Released: 1999
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Dante Basco, RuPaul, Eddie Cibrian

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Comedy
Romance

1999
Jamie Babbit
88 mins
15

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Megan considers herself a typical American girl and is stunned when her parents send her to a boot camp to alter her sexual orientation, suspecting her of being a lesbian. Romantic comedy, starring Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall and Michelle Williams

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Alan Jones

This sugar-coated satire is continually sacrificing the important points it makes regarding homophobia and prejudice for the sake of an easy gag. Teenager Natasha Lyonne is suspected of being a lesbian by her friends and family, so she's shipped off to a rehabilitation camp that promises to "cure" her sexual preference. There she meets the sexy Clea DuVall. Lyonne is good value and drag artist RuPaul is fun as the butch camp counsellor whose job it is to straighten the kids out. However, the initial spoofing of gay culture loses its edge after too many compromises, with the result that the film turns into a toothless sitcom-style plea for tolerance.

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6.9/10

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