To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar
starring: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner
directed by: Beeban Kidron
directed by: Beeban Kidron
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Car trouble strands three drag queens in a conservative midwestern town.Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca)Release Date: 12/28/2004Starring: Wesley Snipes Patrick SwayzeRun time: 109 minutesRating: Pg13Director: Beeban Kidron
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This clunky road movie about three drag queens (Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguziamo) who get stranded in a sleepy Nebraska town on their way to a beauty contest, is too uplifting for its own good. Released during drag's mid-'90s heyday when RuPaul and the Wigstock documentary were all the rage, To Wong Foo aimed straight for the mainstream with its inoffensive camp and "can't we all get along" moralism. While gay-activist groups howled about straights getting the lead roles in To Wong Foo, in the end the filmmakers really couldn't have done better than this trio of actors. John Leguziamo provides real sass and bite as a Latino (or should we saw Latina?) drag queen, and Wesley Snipes is surprisingly fierce as the imposing leader of the pack. Saddled with a cloying Southern accent and off-kilter wig, Patrick Swayze barely holds his own with his costars, though. To Wong Foo is best viewed as a cultural artifact of a time when it seemed as though drag could rule all tomorrow's parties. --Ethan Brown
Car trouble strands three drag queens in a conservative midwestern town.Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca)Release Date: 12/28/2004Starring: Wesley Snipes Patrick SwayzeRun time: 109 minutesRating: Pg13Director: Beeban Kidron
Amazon.com:
This clunky road movie about three drag queens (Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguziamo) who get stranded in a sleepy Nebraska town on their way to a beauty contest, is too uplifting for its own good. Released during drag's mid-'90s heyday when RuPaul and the Wigstock documentary were all the rage, To Wong Foo aimed straight for the mainstream with its inoffensive camp and "can't we all get along" moralism. While gay-activist groups howled about straights getting the lead roles in To Wong Foo, in the end the filmmakers really couldn't have done better than this trio of actors. John Leguziamo provides real sass and bite as a Latino (or should we saw Latina?) drag queen, and Wesley Snipes is surprisingly fierce as the imposing leader of the pack. Saddled with a cloying Southern accent and off-kilter wig, Patrick Swayze barely holds his own with his costars, though. To Wong Foo is best viewed as a cultural artifact of a time when it seemed as though drag could rule all tomorrow's parties. --Ethan Brown
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Hysterical...
This is so great.Love Patrick Swayze in all he has done. Did not know this existed.You truly fall in love with all of the characters.
Rating: - The Man is a Lady
This movie is fabulous! The boys are awesome in drag.It's almost like an American version of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Rating: 
- What a romp!
I've been a huge fan of this movie since it came out, so I can't say enough about it. It is at times hilarious and heartbreaking. It's a good forum for how lines are easily blurred between "outcasts" and "normals".
Heartwarming story that teaches us all that everyone, no matter their beliefs, dreams, and differences, are at their heart, all the same. And that sometimes getting "Lost" along the way is the best part of any journey. And Wesley Snipes in drag is worth the price of admission!
Rating: - Didn't knoe Patrick Swayze looked so good
I'm a hetero male, but I got a kick out of "To Wong Fu..."
When I first saw it a few years back. I even mentioned it was a delightful movie to a gentleman over dinner with a group of people, and later learned he was gay. He told me it was my fondness for the movie that made him feel safe to "out" himself to me. We're good friends and keep in touch since his relocation to California.
If you're a gay basher, don't bother..this movie will only upset you. If you believe in ... Read More
Rating: - love this movie
what can i say other then i love this movie and im glad i finally made it part of my dvd library...anyone who has seen this movie knows what im talking about and anyone that has not needs to watch it...
- Hysterical...This is so great.Love Patrick Swayze in all he has done. Did not know this existed.You truly fall in love with all of the characters.
- The Man is a LadyThis movie is fabulous! The boys are awesome in drag.It's almost like an American version of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
- What a romp!I've been a huge fan of this movie since it came out, so I can't say enough about it. It is at times hilarious and heartbreaking. It's a good forum for how lines are easily blurred between "outcasts" and "normals".
Heartwarming story that teaches us all that everyone, no matter their beliefs, dreams, and differences, are at their heart, all the same. And that sometimes getting "Lost" along the way is the best part of any journey. And Wesley Snipes in drag is worth the price of admission!
- Didn't knoe Patrick Swayze looked so goodI'm a hetero male, but I got a kick out of "To Wong Fu..."
When I first saw it a few years back. I even mentioned it was a delightful movie to a gentleman over dinner with a group of people, and later learned he was gay. He told me it was my fondness for the movie that made him feel safe to "out" himself to me. We're good friends and keep in touch since his relocation to California.
If you're a gay basher, don't bother..this movie will only upset you. If you believe in ... Read More
- love this moviewhat can i say other then i love this movie and im glad i finally made it part of my dvd library...anyone who has seen this movie knows what im talking about and anyone that has not needs to watch it...
