Itty Bitty Titty Committee

With Obama soon to be in the White House and a renewed sense of hope amongst the American left, Jamie Babbit’s follow up to But I’m A Cheerleader may be the last of its kind. A punk romance, the film follows buttoned down receptionist Anna (Diaz), who joins radical feminist group Clits In Action (or CiA), less from a desire to change the world than to cosy up to ringleader Sadie (Vicius). Taking gleeful pot shots at breast enlargement surgery, marriage and raunch culture, the film plays like The Strawberry Statement re-written by Ariel Levy. In the end, however, it is a fairly conventional coming of age tale, structured like standard Robert McKee fare and packed with more music montages than your average Rocky. While it may not be as punk as it thinks, then, it still manages to be charming and disarming, with a finale involving the George Washington monument that will make you think twice about reading any more DH Lawrence.