Itty Bitty Titty Committee… It’s the new film by Jamie Babbit, who made But I’m a Cheerleader, a movie I really liked when I watched it on the floor of someone’s dorm in college. Itty Bitty looks like it could be uncomfortably heavy-handed, which is always the risk with things that have such overt politics. But I have to say, I’m psyched. It’s a clear and unabashed celebration of feminism riot grrrl style (the tag line is “every generation needs a new revolution”), and it’ll be fun to watch. Looks like it opens in (likely very) limited distribution on September 28th.

Bizarrely, The Advocate has one male and one female critic reviewing the film, setting it up as a literal “he said/she said” thing. But their views on it are about the same (which, considering that the woman, Jessica Stities, writes for Ms. and the guy is The Advocate’s film critic Kyle Buchanan, is not so surprising).

Film Threat says:

Sure, there are moments of feminist-filmic stereotypes, like the idea of a happy-time road trip, aggro-fem punk as a full angst release and home movie-looking footage that could be argued as being similar to a million other "women getting empowered, look at them laugh and be happy in their anarchy" scenarios, but you can forgive it here because it fits.

Cinematical allows that the movie is "hard to hate," but asks:

When marginalized and traditionally-underrepresented groups make entertainment as weak, thin, shallow and laden with wish-fulfillment fantasy as the mainstream does, is that a moment of triumph against the dominant paradigm, or a statement of surrender to it?

The production company behind it, Power Up, also looks pretty cool. Their mission is “to promote the visibility and integration of gay women in entertainment, the arts, and all forms of media.”

Here’s the trailer. And here’s a behind-the-scenes thing.