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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

1994

Stephan Elliott

Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Bill Hunter ...

6.7

10,001

Comedy. Drama Resplendent in flamboyant ballgowns, looking down over the vast red Australian desert: for three showgirls it was the dream of a lifetime, a four week cabaret engagement in Alice Springs. The problem is simply getting there intact, along with their bus Priscilla. It's not easy being a drag queen in the outback!

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[A] smart, lovable gem (...) It’s a tremendous film that was ahead of its time on LGBT issues and, in some ways, is ahead of ours (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's too bad that the requirements of plotting require movies like this to crank up the event count, when actually what works is just the daily minutiae of Bernadette's life (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"Those who find men in feathers inherently divine will have a high old time here, and there are enough hilarious cinematic moments for the gob-smacked rest (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Not everything works equally well in this road movie (...) but writer-director Stephan Elliott keeps things watchable."	NEU
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"[It] presents a defiant culture clash in generous, warmly entertaining ways."	POS
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"Stephan Elliott is obviously fond of his characters, and this may account for the upbeat story line, but it blinds him to how very annoying two hours of dishing can be."	NEU

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