Directed by:
Jamie BabbitScreenplay:
Brian PetersonCinematography:
Jules LabartheComposer:
Pat IrwinCast:
Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Cathy Moriarty, Bud Cort, Michelle Williams, Mink Stole, Melanie Lynskey, Katharine Towne, RuPaul, Eddie Cibrian, Dante Basco (more)Plots(1)
The Candy-box colored comedy of sexual discovery chronicles the life of Megan (Natasha Lyonne) a typical teenager coming of age in anything but typical fashion. Megan's super normal suburban existence is filled with friends, pom-poms and rah-rah enthusiasm under her straight laced parents (Mink Stole and Bud Cort) suspect that their "little poodle" may, in fact, be showing deviant tendencies.In a complete panic, Megan's parents elicit the help of her friends and the guidance of a rehabilitation camp to mount an all out intervention. Mike (an out-of-drag RuPaul Charles,) A True Directions counselor, leads the intervention and before Megan can pack herpom-poms she is whisked off to learn how to be a perfect woman. True Directions is run under the strict, all-seeing eyes of sadistic Mary (Cathy Moriarty). Megan dutifully gets with the deprogramming so she can quickly return to her life of boyfriends, football games, and her absolute favorite activity-cheerleading. Everything seems perfect, but the fun begins when her hormones start to rage,and her friends and family wonder where she'll find love! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Natasha Lyonne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/067/166067507_18ef6c.jpg)
Natasha Lyonne
USA
Best movies:
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV movie)
American Reunion (2012)
Detroit Rock City (1999)
![Clea DuVall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/104/166104365_890c2d.jpg)
Clea DuVall
USA
Best movies:
21 Grams (2003)
Zodiac (2007)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
![Cathy Moriarty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268899_0458ab.jpg)
Cathy Moriarty
USA
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Forget Paris (1995)
Digging to China (1998)
![Bud Cort](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269134_d00bc1.jpg)
Bud Cort
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Sweet Jane (1998)
![Michelle Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/813/162813711_140c92.jpg)
Michelle Williams
USA
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
The Station Agent (2003)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
![Mink Stole](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/473/473450_f9b2f1.jpg)
Mink Stole
USA
Best movies:
Lost Highway (1997)
Female Trouble (1974)
Hairspray (1988)
![Melanie Lynskey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/421/162421245_363dcd.png)
Melanie Lynskey
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Up in the Air (2009)
Don't Look Up (2021)
![Katharine Towne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278672_ecbced.jpg)
Katharine Towne
USA
Best movies:
Mulholland Dr. (1999) (TV movie)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Without Limits (1998)
![RuPaul](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/847/164847774_7a8230.jpg)
RuPaul
USA
Best movies:
Nimona (2023)
Brooklyn Boogie (1995)
Crooklyn (1994)
![Eddie Cibrian](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273658_1a34d9.jpg)
Eddie Cibrian
USA
Best movies:
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
Not Easily Broken (2009)
In the Beginning (2000) (TV movie)
![Dante Basco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/405/405062_8b1c3f.jpg)
Dante Basco
USA
Best movies:
Blood and Bone (2009)
Hook (1991)
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
![Douglas Spain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273503_b6e31b.jpg)
Douglas Spain
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV movie)
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995) (TV movie)
Fix (2008)
![Kip Pardue](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269273_f30b90.jpg)
Kip Pardue
USA
Best movies:
Remember the Titans (2000)
Loggerheads (2005)
Bobby (2006)
![Richard Moll](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/362/362160_ed668e.jpg)
Richard Moll
USA
Best movies:
American Pop (1981)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Jericho Mile (1979) (TV movie)
![Robert Pine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/111/160111704_3b245f.jpg)
Robert Pine
USA
Best movies:
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Frozen (2013)
Independence Day (1996)
![Julie Delpy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/730/160730610_6bcb3d.png)
Julie Delpy
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Europa Europa (1990)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Brandt Wille
Best movies:
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
![Ione Skye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/646/167646474_f59om5.jpg)
Ione Skye
UK
Best movies:
Zodiac (2007)
Mindwalk (1990)
Four Rooms (1995)
![J. Eddie Peck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270909_f5cc0c.jpg)
J. Eddie Peck
USA
Best movies:
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
Curse II: The Bite (1989)
Dangerously Close (1986)
![Rachelle Carson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/467/467447_e17cf6.jpg)
Rachelle Carson
USA
Best movies:
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
Plus One (2019)
Stateside (2004)