Ready? Ok! (2008)

This ended up in my Netflix queue, as usual, because of a guy, Michael Emerson (who played Ben in Lost). I am glad I watched this. Its definitely not for everybody. Its very very VERY low budget, and most of the time comes off like a really cheap made for TV movie. However, the performances especially by Carrie Preston (who happens to be Michael Emersons wife) were really touching. Carrie plays a mom who is confused, not sure about what to do about her sons fascination with cheerleading. The boy, Joshua, wants to be a Cheerleader, and tries to get on the squad at his private Catholic School. Michael Emerson plays their next door neighbor who tries to help the boy learn to be himself. Though the movie never outright says it, its clear that the main fear(if we can call it a fear) is that the boy might be gay. It was a really good story. I loved so much about it, sometimes you can get past some bad acting (there were a few that I thought were not so great) and some low budget filming, etc...to get to a good story and a great performance. I thought Carrie Preston was really good, I thought it was a very honest performance. It is on instant Netflix so if anyone wants to give it a shot, its not the worst thing in the world...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1067084/