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But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)

Comedy, Romance • 1h 25m

Overview

Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.

Director: Jamie Babbit

Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Cathy Moriarty, RuPaul, Melanie Lynskey, Katharine Towne, Katrina Phillips, Joel Michaely, Douglas Spain, Kip Pardue, Dante Basco, Eddie Cibrian, Michelle Williams, Brandt Wille, Bud Cort, Mink Stole, Katie Donahue, Danielle Reneau, Kyle Thatcher, Robert Pine, Rachelle Carson-Begley, Wesley Mann, Richard Moll, Julie Delpy, Charles Braden, Jacqueline Aguirre, Amy Ash, William Bilaclac, Patricia Cadena, Thai Chau, Jeff Diehl, Tony Dimaio, Robert Francis, Katina Garrett, Terri Gloyd, Candi Guterres, Nathan Hayden, Ryan Nick Hilckmann, My Hua, Sam Irwin, Justine Jagoda, Jolynn Jones, Seth Jones, Bret Keisel, Carolyn Krieger, Rocky Leiva, Alfred Leivas, Linda Lichtman, Beverly Neufield, Lonnie Moreno, Sheri Ozeki, Charlene Pascall, Christopher Perez, Jenny Rounds, Marilyn Sanders, Andrew Seder, Bambi Shulte, Dawn Stobaugh, Heidi Sulzman, Manuel Tombakian, Jeffrey Vandenburgh, Dawn Michelle Hoffman, Lindsay Calnon, Charlene Hooper, Jamie Jessick, Angela Klein, Kristina Klein, Kimberly Martinez, Michelle Patterson, Bethany Swader, Katy Swader, Danielle Vachal, Jenni Pulos, Niki York, Ione Skye

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Best Video Release

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray is a disaster. The compression on the base layer is horrid, and the oversized 18 Mbps FEL barely helps.

Best Audio Release

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray includes original matrixed Dolby Stereo mix, albeit lossy, and a 5.1 surround upmix. The stereo track on previous BD and DVD releases is also lossy and sounds about the same.

Format

1080p Blu-ray

UHD Tiers

Worse Than BD
Lionsgate:

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Length

85 mins

Type

Movie

Last Updated

18 days ago

Contributors

Best English-Friendly Release
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Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray is a disaster. The compression on the base layer is horrid, and the oversized 18 Mbps FEL barely helps.

Best Audio Release

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray includes original matrixed Dolby Stereo mix, albeit lossy, and a 5.1 surround upmix. The stereo track on previous BD and DVD releases is also lossy and sounds about the same.

Format
1080p Blu-ray
UHD Tiers
Worse Than BD
Lionsgate:

Terrible compression, image completely destroyed and full of blocking, worst of the worst

Length
85 mins
Type
Movie
Last Updated
18 days ago
Contributors

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