Itty Bitty Titty Committee

Wickedly talented director Jamie Babbit once again has her finger on the pulse of queer culture with this wry romantic comedy in which anarchic punk twenty-somethings vivaciously vandalize patriarchal symbols under the name of the C(I)A (Clits in Action). Fresh out of high school, mundane lesbian Anna has no direction or motivation. Having recently broken up with her girlfriend, she is the maid of honor at her picture perfect sister's wedding and works a monotonous job at a plastic surgery clinic. It's not until she meets foxy Sadie as she's spray painting empowering statements on Anna's office window that she wakes up and finds a purpose. Intrigued, she follows Sadie down a seedy back alley to her guerrilla girls' headquarters and meets the other members—angst-laden artist Meat, brainchild Shulasmith and ally transman Aggie. Even though these rebels are a bit slapdash, their down-with-the-man attitude and infectious style has the precocious baby-dyke fired up and joining the fight! As the estrogen flows during a crucial road trip, frolicking friends and alluring glances ignite a steamy romance between Anna and Sadie that could upset the delicate order of the C(I)A. Set to the inspiring riot grrl music of Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Itty Bitty Titty Committee isn't your traditional feminist film: instead, it's an ode to grrl power for the gender-bending queer punk generation.

This film was a lot of fun! As passionate and serious as these anti-male-dominated-society grrls tried to be, they tended not to stray too far from reality and didn't take themselves too seriously. There were lots of hard laughs for me, starting with the name C(I)A and ending with the take-over of the Marcy Maloney TV set! In addition to all the fun and laughter, I also enjoyed the themes of friendship, loyalty, betrayal, and purpose. 10 stars!

I was waiting the whole film for someone to put these annoying teens in their place or for them to realize how cringey they are, but no. What did the poor mother and sister do to deserve such behaviour? The point that the movie was trying to make was that it´s ok to be rude to someone just because you don´t agree with them?? The poor woman who came in for a consultation to have her breasts enlarged - I honestly expected her to be a breast cancer survivor and for the protagonist to be ashamed at how she treated her, but no. This movie is why I cannot stand behind modern feminism or LGBT activism.

As far as the movie itself goes, the music is annoying, the shots of them being crazy are too jumpy and hard to follow and characters are just not consistant.

I rarely get this upset after watching a movie. It´s very bad.

I could really like a movie like this, if the characters and their attitudes weren't so utterly unlikable! The nicest person in the film is probably the receptionist the lead character works with- and she ends up being thoroughly disrespected and walked all over by the rude lead character that viewers are meant to root for. I'm sorry, but no! And anyone who would want to be friends with that grouchy gang she aligned herself with is a real problem-child, for sure. It's like if they didn't have something to be mad about all the time, they would lose their reason for living! They just looked for things to fight about!

Good music, bad movie (and the way this film showcases such a butchered and obscene version of Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation" is bad taste at its finest)! There were elements I enjoyed about it, but overall- supreme YUCK!

I saw the Itty Bitty Titty Committee at a screening and was quite surprised. Even though I - as a man, may be not the main target group, I really liked the movie. Director Jamie Babbit makes some very interesting stylistic choices and the camera work is really innovative; that was one reason why I really had fun watching the movie. Besides this the story is very well developed, it as a nice exposition, and before you even notice you are already a part of Anna's (the protagonist) life and in the middle of the IBTC. The actresses do a really great job, Melonie Diaz is already established in the independent movie scene and the Itty Bitty Titty Committee shows why - she has found a very sensitive way of interpreting Anna's part and it is amazing watching her playing this girl. Also to mention are several well-known faces who are also part of the IBTC as Daniela Sea (The L Word) or Carly Pope (Popular). Moreover I was really impressed of the editing that goes along with great music, that completely hits the atmosphere of the movie. So to bring this to an end: As a (independent) film lover I was happy to see the Itty Bitty Titty Committee and can only recommend it to everyone who is interested in good movies. And of course, seeing beautiful women making out is always a reason to see a movie ;-)

A bunch of gay-for-pay women and one honorary woman with a penis portray the authentic experience of hot lesbians as written and directed by a man.

It courageously challenges the opinions that Hollywood imagines exist outside of Hollywood, burning strawmen and tilting at windmills in precisely the way that Hollywood describes and schooling and owning people outside of their bubble that they'll never, ever meet.

That's the sum total of the plot and characters. To be fair, it's not badly made, acted or directed for a low budget indie, it's just selling a trite fantasy to infantalised performative outsiders who would have described themselves as lesbians in 2007, and chaos-bisexuals in CURRENT_YEAR, assuming that they've never grown up.

There's really very little to recommend it, except the 10* reviews from its cast and crew.