But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)
Directed by Jamie Babbit
Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.
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I kept wondering what Alexander Payne ("Citizen Ruth," "Election") would've done with all this.
In addition, the movie features a terrific performance by DuVall and a refreshing, Citizen Ruth-like fairness in its satirical aim (the Christian Right gets theirs, but so do those folks who buy everything Rainbow -- cups, curtains, kitchen accessories -- to decorate their homes).
In addition to Moriarty, Charles, Lyonne and the scene-dominating DuVall, the cast includes -- watch fast -- Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise, Killing Zoe) and, as Megan's parents, John Waters regular Mink Stole and Harold and Maude/Brewster McCloud star Bud Cort.
At this point, John Waters should probably team the two of them in a glorious boomer-hag remake of ''What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?''
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Is it the former neo-noir sexpot of ''Raging Bull'' or the former neo-noir sexpot of ''Body Heat''?
Mary believe him to be the bastion of straightness, and uses him as a model for righteousness when she's teaching her charges, teens (among them, What Lies Beneath's Katharine Towne, Heavenly Creatures Melanie Lynskey, Dante Basco, Joel Michaely, and Richard Moll) whose self-concerned parents have sent them for a month-long regimen that resembles deprogramming.
In addition to Moriarty, Charles, Lyonne and the scene-dominating DuVall, the cast includes -- watch fast -- Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise, Killing Zoe) and, as Megan's parents, John Waters regular Mink Stole and Harold and Maude/Brewster McCloud star Bud Cort.
It’s also perfectly cast, with Natasha Lyonne playing the slightly-confused Megan to perfection and Clea DuVall (The Faculty) turning in another of her trademark ‘moody’ teens.