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But I'm a Cheerleader(Movie, 1999)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 25min | Genres: Comedy, Romance / Love
But I'm a CheerleaderRating: 3.5/5 (with 247247 votes)
But I'm a Cheerleader is a 1999 American satirical teen romantic comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit in her feature directorial debut and written by Brian Wayne Peterson. Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan Bloomfield, a high school cheerleader whose parents send her to a residential in-patient conversion therapy camp to "cure" her lesbianism. At camp, Megan realizes that she is indeed a lesbian and, despite the "therapy", comes to embrace her sexuality. The supporting cast includes Clea DuVall, RuPaul, and Cathy Moriarty. Babbit was inspired by an article about conversion therapy and her childhood familiarity with rehabilitation programs. She used the story of a young woman finding her sexual identity to explore the social construction of gender roles and heteronormativity. The costume and set design of the film highlighted these themes using artificial texture... ()
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About But I'm a Cheerleader

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 17 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 08/03/2000 (World premiere: 07/07/2000)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Nunca Fui Santa"
"Weil ich ein Mädchen bin"
"יחידה במינה"
"Gonne al bivio"
"Go!Go!チアーズ"
"하지만 나는 치어리더예요"
"Cheerleaderka"
"Неисправимые"
Budget: 1,200,000 USD
Revenue: 2,600,000 USD (= 217%)

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