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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Watch With Your Teen Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 10/03/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 26 mins Studio: Universal Studios Members Wishing: 26 Genres: Comedy Drama, Satire, Teen Movie, Gay & Lesbian Films See Also: But I'm a Cheerleader

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 becoming a lesbian. So Megan is shipped off to True Directions, a camp for gay and gay-leaning teens, where Mary Brown (Cathy Moriarty) attempts to deprogram kids with homosexual tendencies. The first step in the process is to get each teen to admit to their homosexuality, which Megan is loath to do, since she doesn't believe she's a lesbian -- or at least she didn't think so before she met her new friend Graham (Clea DuVall), who seems quite sure that she likes girls. Meanwhile, Mary's son Rock (Eddie Cibrian) may be exempt from the camp's activities, but he turns more than a few heads among True Directions' male inmates. Noted female impersonator RuPaul appears as a camp guide, and Julie Delpy has a cameo as a "lipstick lesbian." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Natasha Lyonne - Megan
Cathy Moriarty - Mary Brown
Bud Cort - Peter
Mink Stole - Nancy
RuPaul - Mike
Clea Duvall - Graham

Jamie Babbit's satirical comedy But I'm a Cheerleader comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles accessible on this release. Supplemental materials are limited to a theatrical trailer. This fine disc looks and sounds good and will offer an interesting viewing experience to anyone looking for something outside of Hollywood's mainstream. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide