Who Knew Cheerleaders Could Whine This Much?
Well to be honest, this movie basically had me at Cheerleader and ***, but I was actually hoping to get a little more from this then just another teen movie. It turns out that the film is actually quite a bit intellectual compared to the American Pie genre of film. Overall though, I was very disappointed with this film because of how "preachy" I found the film.
The film follows the story of a young cheerleader who is sent to an anti-gay camp by her parents after she exhibits the classic signs of being a ***. While at the camp, this innocent teen falls in love with another woman and her parents are forced to deal with their daughter becoming a ***. The premise of the film is actually a little funny, but the church scenes were really over the top and I found that while the film tried to be serious, I couldn't get over how ridiculous the whole premise really was. Everytime the film encountered religion or a straight viewpoint, it characterized it in hyper-dramatic fashion and one is left with the impression that all gays face severe homophobia when in reality this isn't the case. I think overall they could have presented a balanced side to both issue, but I found the constant church bashing and the glorification of anything gay to be pretty annoying and couldn't help but feel that I was watching rainbow propaghanda as opposed to seeing a unique viewpoint of a filmaker who obviously has issues with the straight world. Overall, the film didn't offer enough enjoyment for me to recommend it to anyone and unfortunately this was a case where I wished that I could get my 90 minutes back.