July 07, 2019 at 11:12AM
It's difficult for any film to be so intentionally clueless it's snarky, but that's exactly what Jamie Babbit's brightly colored middle finger to gender norms does. The 1999 satirical rom-com stars Natasha Lyonne as Megan Bloomfield, a high school cheerleader who's sent to a conversion therapy camp by her parents. As Megan spends more and more time in this pink and blue world, she starts to understand and embrace her sexual orientation like never before. So cheery it's painfully biting, this is a gem everyone should see at least once.
Photo: Everett Collection
It's difficult for any film to be so intentionally clueless it's snarky, but that's exactly what Jamie Babbit's brightly colored middle finger to gender norms does. The 1999 satirical rom-com stars Natasha Lyonne as Megan Bloomfield, a high school cheerleader who's sent to a conversion therapy camp by her parents. As Megan spends more and more time in this pink and blue world, she starts to understand and embrace her sexual orientation like never before. So cheery it's painfully biting, this is a gem everyone should see at least once.
Photo: Everett Collection