Cheerleader Queens

Cheerleader Queens
Directed by	Poj Arnon
Written by	Haokrati Film
Produced by	Chareon Iamphongporn
Starring	Montonn Pariwat Wongeap Kunarattanawat Sumet Saelee Sittichai Leonseri Prathanporn Puwadolpitak
Cinematography	Panya Nimchareonpong
Edited by	Sunit Asawanitkul
Music by	Sunit Asawanitkul
Production company	Five Star Production
Release date	21 February 2003 (2003-02-21)
Running time	119 min.
Country	Thailand
Language	Thai

Cheerleader Queens (Thai: ว้ายบึ้ม! เชียร์กระหึ่มโลก; aka I'm Lady) is a 2003 Thai film directed by Poj Arnon.

Plot

Four kathoey—Mod, Som, Kam-pang and Wa-wa—move from a rural town to attend St. Mary's High School in Bangkok. Once there they try to join the school's cheerleading team, only to be rejected because of their sexuality. Instead they join the school's struggling rugby team, making friends with the other team members after they score a number of tries in an important game.

Toey, another kathoey from the boys hometown, comes to Bangkok with the idea of forming a new cheerleading team, which they name "The Queen". From the start the boys have to face a number of problems, but with the help of their friends on the rugby team they manage to get to the finals of the national cheerleading competition.

Reception

Ronnie Scheib of Variety reviewed Cheerleader Queens at the 2004 New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival. He described the film as, "A fun date flick for all persuasions, with sexual content limited to a few chaste kisses and endless eye-batting innuendo, kitschy curio should perform cheerily on the gay fest circuit."

External links

• Cheerleader Queens at IMDb
• Cheerleader Queens at AllMovie