Review: But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
2007-09-09 03:37 - reviews
I watched But I’m a Cheerleader tonight. It was pretty awesome, although the ending was kind of a bit contrived. Mmm, hot femme chicks. I definitely agree with the critics about the gay guys being excessively stereotypical, and there definitely wasn’t as much depiction of the relationship between Graham and Meghan as I would have liked. All in all, I’m really glad that I’ve started to have a pretty good sense of humor about gender stereotypes and movie quotes such as “we can’t allow you to live an unhealthy lifestyle under our roof” and “you’re choosing to cut us out of your life”. The scene in the film that resounded the most with me involved Meghan putting all of the pieces together about her orientation being different – the fact that she enjoys looking at the bodies of other women, that she’s very touchy-feeley with women, that she is revulsed by the idea of her boyfriend french-kissing her, and that she likes to keep photographs of women in her locker and bedroom.
I may need to go on a moviewatching binge and see some of the other LGBT themed movies out there that I’ve been missing out on.
Grade: B+
If your going to watch LGBT movies you MUST watch Better Than Chocolate if you have not already. It is by far my fav “gay” film. Own But I’m a Cheerleader as well and I have had a weird “what’s wrong with that? i have that? oh that’s why I’m gay” kind of thing through the whole movie.
— Chris Sep 9, 08:00 AM #