Megan (Natasha Lyonne) is a normal All-American girl who's one of the best cheerleaders on the team, along with having the captain of the football team as the perfect boyfriend. But there are some very unnormal things about her, including the fact that she doesn't like kissing her boyfriend, she has posters of girls in her locker and at home, she's a vegetarian, and she likes listening to Melissa Ethridge. Does this mean that the normal Megan may, in fact, be...a lesbian?!?! Concerned, her parents and friends send her to True Directions, a gay-gone-straight camp led by the well-meaning, yet totally insane Mary (Cathy Moriarty) and the "ex-gay" counselor Mike (RuPaul Charles). As time passes before graduation, Megan starts to come to terms with the fact that she's a lesbian and that she's in love with Graham (Clea DuVall), who stays totally open with her sexuality, even though her parents are ready to kill her if she comes home a lesbian. Will Megan be turned around to successful heterosexuality, or will she succumb to her love for the beautiful Graham? Hilarity ensues.
Trivia: Cathy Moriarty asks a character if she wants to be a "raging bull-dyke." Moriarty received an Oscar nomination for her role in Raging Bull (1980). The song that Rock is dancing to, is "Party Train" by RuPaul. RuPaul plays Mike, one of the counselors, in this film.
This is actually a pretty funny movie full of gay and lesbian stereotypes, like the unpopular girl with the glasses, the Goth girl, the guys who can't catch and are threatened with having to watch sports as a punishment. The absurdity of the True Directions camp brings to a vivid point how idiotic these "straight" camps and "ex-gay" ministries are that allegedly "de-gay" teens. It would be funnier of is wasn't for the scary thought that these camps exist. Try typing "straight" camps into Google. It is sobering. Motto of this story? Just be yourself.
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