But I’m a Cheerleader

But I'm a Cheerleader

But I’m a Cheerleader is a 1999 American satirical romantic comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit and written by Brian Wayne Peterson. Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan Bloomfield, a high school cheerleader whose parents send her to a residential inpatient conversion therapy camp to cure her lesbianism. There, Megan soon comes to embrace her sexual orientation, despite the therapy, and falls in love. The supporting cast includes Melanie Lynskey, Dante Basco, Eddie Cibrian, Clea DuVall, Cathy Moriarty, Katrina Phillips, RuPaul, Richard Moll, Mink Stole, Kip Pardue, Michelle Williams, and Bud Cort.

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Summary But I'm a CheerleaderBut I’m a Cheerleader is a 1999 American satirical romantic comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit and written by Brian Wayne Peterson. Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan Bloomfield, a high school cheerleader whose parents send her to a residential inpatient conversion therapy camp to cure her lesbianism. There, Megan soon comes to embrace her sexual orientation, despite the therapy, and falls in love. The supporting cast includes Melanie Lynskey, Dante Basco, Eddie Cibrian, Clea DuVall, Cathy Moriarty, Katrina Phillips, RuPaul, Richard Moll, Mink Stole, Kip Pardue, Michelle Williams, and Bud Cort. Many critics did not like the film, comparing it unfavorably with the films of John Waters and criticizing the colorful production design. Although the lead actors were praised for their performances, some of the characters were described as stereotypical. The final scene of the film shows Megan’s parents attending a PFLAG meeting to come to terms with their daughter’s homosexuality. It was Babbit’s first feature film. She had previously directed two short films, Frog Crossing and Sleeping Beauties, both of which were shown at the Sundance Film Festival. She went on to direct the 2005 thriller The Quiet Quiet and the 2007 comedy Titty Bitty Titty. She has also directed the short films The Frog Crossing, The Quiet Bitty, and The Quiet Titty, which were both shown at Sundance Festival in 2005.

She is married to the director of the documentary film This Film Is Not Yet Rated, John Waters, and has a daughter, Emma, with whom she has a son, Jack, who was born in 2007. She also has a stepdaughter, Emma. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children. She currently lives with her mother and two stepchildren in New Jersey. The film was inspired by an article about conversion therapy and her childhood familiarity with rehabilitation programs. When it was initially rated as NC-17 by the MPAA, Babbit made cuts to allow it to be re-rated as R. It was also inspired by the social construction of gender roles and heteronormativity, using artificial textures in intense blues and pinks. It has been described as one of the most influential films of the 1990s, along with “The Godfather” and “Spartacus” It was released in the U.S. on November 14, 1999. It is now available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Blu-Ray in the United States, and in the UK on November 25, 1999, and on November 26, 1999 in the US and the UK. It will also be released in Australia on November 27, 2009, in Australia and the United Kingdom on November 28, 2009. It also goes on sale in the Netherlands on November 29, 2009 and in Canada on November 30, 2009 in the Canada and the Netherlands. The U.K. and Australia on the same day.