| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Natasha Lyonne | ... | Megan | |
| Michelle Williams | ... | Kimberly | |
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Brandt Wille | ... | Jared |
| Bud Cort | ... | Peter | |
| Mink Stole | ... | Nancy | |
| RuPaul | ... | Mike (as RuPaul Charles) | |
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Katie Donahue | ... | Cheerleader #1 |
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Danielle Rene | ... | Cheerleader #2 (as Danielle Reneau) |
| Cathy Moriarty | ... | Mary Brown | |
| Eddie Cibrian | ... | Rock | |
| Melanie Lynskey | ... | Hilary | |
| Clea DuVall | ... | Graham | |
| Katrina Phillips | ... | Jan | |
| Katharine Towne | ... | Sinead | |
| Joel Michaely | ... | Joel | |
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? Written by Martin Lewison <mlewison@utk.edu>
First of all, I must say that I am not gay and actually I watched this movie with my husband. While I am a bit more open-minded than he, we both got a kick out of the movie. Probably the most striking thing to me was the imagery. Right off the bat I made the connection that although it is set in modern times, everyone in Megan's family and school dressed in fifties style clothing. I definitely think that this was making a reference to the way that her community thought about homosexuality. They were back in the fifties, so to say, in their way of thinking. However, towards the end of the movie you see Megan dressing in more modern clothes (especially that cheerleader outfit!)
All in all, I don't think that this movie should be taken too seriously. It seemed to be a social commentary on the closed-minded people in our society. Especially since in the same movie saying that homosexuality is bad, that women should also be cleaning, cooking, and changing babies while the men should be out chopping wood and playing football. Basically it took all the gender stereotypes to the extreme in order to show how silly they are