But I’m a Cheerleader

A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.

Even though Jamie Babbit’s first feature film largely received a poor critical reception from most mainstream media outlets, often because it was perceived as engaging only stereotypes, more insightful critics began to notice its use of satire and camp to critique heteronormativity and some queer media outlets consistently ranked it one of the best queer films of all time.