Metascore
39 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 30 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 30
  2. Negative: 14 out of 30
  1. 75
    Not a great, breakout comedy, but more the kind of movie that might eventually become a regular on the midnight cult circuit.
  2. This is one light comedy whose seriousness, hours later, lingers in the mind.
  3. 70
    Not as skillful, subtle, or hilarious as "Some Like It Hot," but its anti-essentialism vis-à-vis gender roles is just as sharp and exhilarating.
  4. 70
    As a ditz who's just smart enough to know something isn't right, Lyonne blends hyperbole and sincerity in perfect proportions.
  5. Amusing and good-natured, but necessarily thin.
  6. It's the year's funniest, most absurd sight gag.
  7. 60
    So campy it reflexively sends an elbow to its own ribs.
  8. 58
    Though no classic, the concept is a clever one.
  9. Disarmingly funny in its own naive way.
  10. Reviewed by: Monica Eng
    50
    Certainly no comedic masterpiece, but it does offer a few fine moments of biting satire.
  11. As featherweight as its title, but Lyonne gives a winning performance and the mischievous story packs a few good laughs.
  12. 50
    There is probably an amusing movie to be made about camps that try to "rehabilitate" homosexuals - but this thuddingly stupid satire isn't it.
  13. Reviewed by: Frank Lovece
    50
    Most of the film's imagination and energy seem to have gone into the clever casting and flamboyant costume and set design.
  14. Rises above its problems to deliver the essential goods.
  15. 50
    Too limp to deliver.
  16. 40
    The opening moments of -- are some of the funniest --the rest of the movie beats you over the head with jokes, and though funny in parts, it's never this smart again.
  17. Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    38
    It's a lame and painfully overextended satire of homophobia.
  18. Tries to be both poignant and wicked, and succeeds at neither.
  19. A fairy tale full of fascist, Bible-thumping straights, self-deluded and pathetic gay people who deny their impulses, and two honest lesbians who triumph.
  20. 30
    Limp satire isn't worthy of its good intentions.
  21. 30
    Even with the outlandish characters, gaudy colors and gay satire, this smug John Waters knockoff can't stand up to the real thing.
  22. Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    30
    So sniggeringly one-sided that the picture has no tension.
  23. Reviewed by: Emanuel Levy
    30
    A shallow, only mildly entertaining satire
  24. 25
    Tedious and trite.
  25. Repetitive and tedious.
  26. Reviewed by: David Ehrenstein
    20
    Many of the most absurd things on view in this film are absolutely true.
  27. Reviewed by: Gemma Files
    20
    Lyonne, as usual, does her best...but she's running uphill.
  28. Poisonously smug, one-joke indie comedy.
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. kellys.
    10
    I cant stop watching it, its awesome!
  2. JesseC.
    10
    This is the most funniest movie i have seen in quite some time.