Queens
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Betiana Blum, Carmen Maura, Marisa Paredes, Mercedes Sampietro, Verónica Forqué DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 107 minutes DVD Release Date: 2006-12-05 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Liberation Ent |
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Movie Reviews of Queens
Movie Review: Mindless Spanish Gay Comedy
Summary: 1 Stars
Despite taking place at the first gay weddings in Spain, don't expect any insight about marriage and homosexuality from this film. The couples could have been straight and the movie would have been the same. Also, despite featuring three Spanish actresses made famous by their work with Pedro Almodovar (Veronica Forque, Carmen Maura and Marisa Paredes), don't expect them to play anything that remotely resembles the gender-bending, sophisticated yet entertaining characters they portrayed for Almodovar. In this movie, their talents are uniformly wasted under the guidance of a far less talented director. "Queens" is just a frothy, mindless, and intermitently amusing comedy that centers of the mothers of three gay male couples that are about to get married. The women have plenty of star appeal, and they make the whole thing watchable, but one wishes that the director had fully taken advantage of their talents. My best advice is to get the DVDs of Almodovar's Matador, Kika, What Have I Done To Deserve This, Women on the Verge, The Flower of My Secret or All About My Mother to see these actresses at their best. As for the gay men in the movie, they're indistinct from any other six gay men in your average US gay movie. The movie hints at troubles between them (related to physical beauty, infidelity, social class, and nationality) but it simply glosses over them. Still, if you're looking for close to two hours of gay-themed visual bubble-gum, "Queens" will be good enough for you... just leave your brain out the door.