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Natasha Lyonne in But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)

Metacritic reviews

But I'm a Cheerleader

39

Metascore

30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
  • 70
    Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
    Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
    As a ditz who's just smart enough to know something isn't right, Lyonne blends hyperbole and sincerity in perfect proportions.
  • 63
    San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
    San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
    It's the year's funniest, most absurd sight gag.
  • 60
    The New York TimesA.O. Scott
    The New York TimesA.O. Scott
    So campy it reflexively sends an elbow to its own ribs.
  • 58
    Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
    Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
    Disarmingly funny in its own naive way.
  • 50
    New York PostLou Lumenick
    New York PostLou Lumenick
    There is probably an amusing movie to be made about camps that try to "rehabilitate" homosexuals - but this thuddingly stupid satire isn't it.
  • 50
    TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece
    TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece
    Most of the film's imagination and energy seem to have gone into the clever casting and flamboyant costume and set design.
  • 50
    Rolling StonePeter Travers
    Rolling StonePeter Travers
    Too limp to deliver.
  • 50
    Chicago Tribune
    Chicago Tribune
    Certainly no comedic masterpiece, but it does offer a few fine moments of biting satire.
  • 38
    Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
    Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
    A fairy tale full of fascist, Bible-thumping straights, self-deluded and pathetic gay people who deny their impulses, and two honest lesbians who triumph.
  • 20
    Film.comGemma Files
    Film.comGemma Files
    Lyonne, as usual, does her best...but she's running uphill.
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