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.
Too often she substitutes petulance for the curiosity and determination the role requires.
– Amy Taubin,
Village Voice,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Dumb, heavy-handed satire.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
But I'm a Cheerleader is funny.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Broadly conceived and schematically directed (or is it non-directed?), this is a shallow satire, basically a short extended into feature length movie, about a rehabilitation camp for gays and lesbians that wastes the talent of Natasha Lyons.