But I'm a Cheerleader Page #4

Synopsis: Megan is an all-American girl. She's a cheerleader and has a boyfriend, but she doesn't like kissing him very much, and she's pretty tactile with her cheerleader friends, and she only has pictures of girls up in her locker. Her parents and friends conclude that she *must* be gay and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, full of admittedly homosexual misfits, where she can learn how to be straight. Will Megan be turned around to successful heterosexuality, or will she succumb to her love for the beautiful Graham?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jamie Babbit
Production: Lions Gate Films
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
35%
R
Year:
1999
85 min
$175,182
Website
10,433 Views


Mm-hmm, and Mike

and all others.

I'm already starting step two.

Father:
We're so glad,

and after all that money.

Mother:
We can't wait

to see you up there at graduation,

to have you home,

so we can all be together again.

Father:

Just remember we love you.

We would do anything for our Megan

to have a normal life,

- and if you need anything...

- Mother:
We'd better go.

Now you hang in there.

- Stay strong!

- Sweet dreams.

You too, Daddy.

See you at family therapy.

I love you.

And forward.

Backwards and forwards,

and backwards.

In a very clean line...

- you go in, and you go out,

And you go up

and you go down.

Girls, is everybody

paying attention here?

And you go in and out,

and in and out,

and in and out...

Get into every little crevice.

And in and out.

And you slip in...

and out...

add a little more oil,

and shove it in,

and take it out.

Put some muscle into it.

Shove it in and out.

And shove it in,

and take it out.

Okay, who wants

to go down with me?

# Climb before you hide #

# Then fool your pride #

# 'Cause we'll be waiting for ya #

# I go back to zero Henry #

# I see what you think you saw #

# When you passed me in the hall #

# I was... #

# There you go you're getting over #

# Tap an old friend on the shoulder #

# Penny fines for leaving empties #

# Lose your mind,

you're just like Henry #

# Let's go back to zero... #

You're turning into a pretty young lady.

Now hold still.

(whistle blows)

Come on!

All:

Die! Die! Die!

Okay then,

who's left to report out their root?

Andre?

Sh*t, Miss Mary, I ain't

the only one who don't got no root.

Andre, we don't use profanity,

or double negatives

here at True Directions.

Okay, who's next?

- Megan.

- Well, I've really been thinking,

but, I just can't think of anything.

I think our little prom queen

is too afraid to disclose.

Oh really?

What's your root, Graham?

We're working on your issue,

not mine.

You're deflecting.

Actually,

I think it might be

a great idea for Megan

to be reminded

of your root, Graham.

My mother got married in pants.

All right, let's see, Dolph?

Too many locker room showers

with the varsity team.

Hilary?

All girl boarding school.

Sinead?

I was born in France.

Clayton?

My mom let me play

in her pumps.

I like balls.

Why thank you for that, Jan.

Joel?

Traumatic breasts.

So, yeah.

Now, Megan.

Do you see how easy

it could be?

You just have to

dig down into those

painful memories,

and you'll find it.

Now, Hilary.

Will you please come up here?

Today we are going to learn

one of the most wonderful things

about being a heterosexual...

friendship.

So what I'd like you all to do,

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