Directed by:
Jamie BabbitScreenplay:
Brian PetersonCinematography:
Jules LabartheComposer:
Pat IrwinCast:
Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Cathy Moriarty, Bud Cort, Michelle Williams, Mink Stole, Melanie Lynskey, Katharine Towne, RuPaul, Eddie Cibrian, Dante Basco (more)Plots(1)
The Candy-box colored comedy of sexual discovery chronicles the life of Megan (Natasha Lyonne) a typical teenager coming of age in anything but typical fashion. Megan's super normal suburban existence is filled with friends, pom-poms and rah-rah enthusiasm under her straight laced parents (Mink Stole and Bud Cort) suspect that their "little poodle" may, in fact, be showing deviant tendencies.In a complete panic, Megan's parents elicit the help of her friends and the guidance of a rehabilitation camp to mount an all out intervention. Mike (an out-of-drag RuPaul Charles,) A True Directions counselor, leads the intervention and before Megan can pack herpom-poms she is whisked off to learn how to be a perfect woman. True Directions is run under the strict, all-seeing eyes of sadistic Mary (Cathy Moriarty). Megan dutifully gets with the deprogramming so she can quickly return to her life of boyfriends, football games, and her absolute favorite activity-cheerleading. Everything seems perfect, but the fun begins when her hormones start to rage,and her friends and family wonder where she'll find love! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Natasha Lyonne
USA
Best movies:
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV movie)
American Reunion (2012)
Detroit Rock City (1999)
Clea DuVall
USA
Best movies:
21 Grams (2003)
Zodiac (2007)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Cathy Moriarty
USA
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Forget Paris (1995)
Digging to China (1998)
Bud Cort
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
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Sweet Jane (1998)
Michelle Williams
USA
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
The Station Agent (2003)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Mink Stole
USA
Best movies:
Lost Highway (1997)
Female Trouble (1974)
Hairspray (1988)
Melanie Lynskey
New Zealand
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Le Monde de Charlie (2012)
Up in the Air (2009)
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Katharine Towne
USA
Best movies:
Mulholland Dr. (1999) (TV movie)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
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RuPaul
USA
Best movies:
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Brooklyn Boogie (1995)
Crooklyn (1994)
Eddie Cibrian
USA
Best movies:
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
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Dante Basco
USA
Best movies:
Blood and Bone (2009)
Hook (1991)
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
Douglas Spain
USA
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Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995) (TV movie)
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Kip Pardue
USA
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Loggerheads (2005)
Bobby (2006)
Richard Moll
USA
Best movies:
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How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Jericho Mile (1979) (TV movie)
Robert Pine
USA
Best movies:
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Independence Day (1996)
Julie Delpy
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Europa Europa (1990)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Brandt Wille
Best movies:
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
Ione Skye
UK
Best movies:
Zodiac (2007)
Mindwalk (1990)
Four Rooms (1995)
J. Eddie Peck
USA
Best movies:
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
Curse II: The Bite (1989)
Dangerously Close (1986)
Rachelle Carson
USA
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But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
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