Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)

Excellent but underrated film

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Anna (Melonie Diaz from Be Kind Rewind and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) catches Sadie (Nicole Vicius from Hal Nelson) tagging the windows where she works. She is a quiet, doormat kind of girl, and now she is in the middle of a group of radical women out to change the world.Will the experience change her? Will Sadie leave her current girlfriend for her? Will they change anything? Does it matter if you affect change, or is trying enough? Questions, questions, questions.Anna changes as things progress and becomes less of a doormat. This amid a continual stream of punk, home-movie like shots of girls just having fun, the politics of direct action, and, yes, sex; but only as an exclamation point, not a continual conversation.A "real" lesbian movie that was a real joy from start to finish.

Excitement, conflict and confrontation are key elements that this movie contains. It breaks the mold of status quo. The nudity was well placed, especially when the skin showing was mine (tee-hee-hee). They don't beat around the bush, too much, except for the sexual tension in the plot. Jamie Babbitt is a director like no other. She exudes the spirit of a pioneer, tackling the best scripts and conquering worlds we may never have imagined. This film shows tough exteriors and the mysterious interiors of the female psyche. Insightfully delivered, I recommend this to any open-minded souls or souls waiting to be opened. For all those lesbian-friendly folks, this is a great introduction to the wonderful world of empowered womyn. It also portrays many stereotypical actions of enlightened womyn, trying to find their niche.

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!

IBTC was the opening night film at the Indianapolis LGBT film festival and I did not enjoy it. The most frustrating aspect of this film is that it had a good premise and could have been something truly powerful for the community.For all of its expression of feminist empowerment, it is utterly amazing that the filmmaker expects the audience to accept that the main character can use and abuse the friendship of the transgender character and be together with the pretty little femme girl, who has a history of using and abusing other women. That ending completely undercuts many of the themes of the film itself.On top of that, the only characters with any depth at all are those that, interestingly enough, are more stereotypically feminine in their appearance. The more ambiguous characters are all very one-note.And that ending...the plot holes are glaring. How did Aggie find himself operating a camera on a nationally-syndicated television show without being discovered by those who already work there? Also, someone has clearly commandeered the control room and no one is attempting to take it back? Oh, and how long have such talk shows been broadcast live, with no delay or edit? I'm sure that someone will point out that this is a comedy, but it should still be consistent in its own logic.Once again, Jamie Babbit has come up with an interesting premise and refused to do it justice.