BOY CHEERLEADERS (James Newton, UK). 59 minutes. Rating: NN
This could have been a great portrait of a South Leeds troupe of cheerleaders – almost all of them the sons of single mothers – rehearsing for competition.
But the film gives too little time to the obvious gender issues, too little information about the cheerleading program – like who’s funding it – and too little background into freewheeling coach Ian Rodley.
Disappointing.
