By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Jamie Babbit
Starring: Carly Pope | Guinevere Turner | Melanie Diaz | Melanie Mayron | Nicole Vicius
Country: united_states
Year: 2008
Running time: 86
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496328/
Philip says: “Director Jamie Babbit’s, ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE is the cure for any one wondering where all the great new lesbian indy films are. You may recall Babbit’s spoof of the ex-gay movement, BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (1999). It’s one of my guilty pleasures, not so much because it’s a fantastic film, but because its heart is in the right place and seeing RuPaul play one of the camp counselors out of drag is worth the rental. Babbit has since grown up cinematically and struck gold with her new feature, ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE. Gone is any awkwardness you may have felt watching BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER. ITTY BITTY is smart, tight, sexy, funny (the laugh out loud kind) as well as being a primer on feminism. Melonie Diaz (RAISING VICTOR VARGAS) and Nicole Vicius (LAST DAYS) play the perfect push-pull romantic leads, Anna and Sadie. Anyone familiar with the television show Popular will freak out over Carly Pope as Shuli as well as Leslie Grossman in a minor yet hysterical role as Maude. Babbit directed a few of the show’s episodes so it makes sense she’d pull talent from the familiar. Pope is amazing as the brains behind C(I)A, the feminist direct action group the plot of the movie centers around. Deak Evgenikos as Meat, the artist of the bunch has a great Eve Arden-esque presence and Daniela Sea (‘The L Word’) provides
the usual swoon material often for both sexes. The story is simple romantic comedy. The soundtrack is insanely good. The performances, directing and editing keep you in the moment, laughing and cheering for the girls’ happy ending. ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE is this season’s perfect date movie. 5 cats”
Julia says: “This movie was so well done and amazingly polished. Forget the fact it was a low budget film. Excellent music mixed perfectly with various film technique including intentionally grainy footage which gave the perfect effect. It was a fun, funny and entertaining story.
“I was surprised that it was not mentioned at all in the nominations committee (or was it perhaps originally put on the buried treasure list?). I think it’s worthy of consideration in the best movies category.
“This movie is well worth seeing. 5 cats.
“Here’s a very good trailer but I should mention that if you watch all the way through (past the awards section that comes up)
it has tiny SPOILER elements but only if you’re super picky about what defines a spoiler(like I tend to be!).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpQSJjK_ENg”
Carolyn says: “I agree completely with Julie! I actually just watched it yesterday. Entertaining and informative!!”