My friend from Oklahoma is conviced that was his family...no exaggeration!

Very Campy Fun with lots of laughs... Loads of Characters to enjoy... Over half the crowd was there to see it a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th time.... I plan to see it again and bring friends with me... it will become a Cult-Classic !!! Just plain funny!!!

I've only seen this movie four times - and I continue to be entertained. I'ts definitely a cult film - and has enough sexual equality to please a nun.

With Beth Grant and Delta Burke I knew Del Shores couldn't go wrong! The movie is a riot - I can't remember when I laughed so hard. And who would've guessed Olivia Newton-John as a gum chewing, lesbian, ex-con, with tattoos??:)

One of the funniest films I've seen EVER!

Finally a movie not afraid to laugh at our own dysfunction of loving to watch dysfunction! In a shocking yet delicious casting coupe, Olivia Newton-John tops it off with a performance that punctuates the hilarity!

I don't know where the reviewers sense of humor went when they saw this.....Everyone of my friends loved it and my husband and I liked it so much we are hoping to see it again on Video.

The critics just don't know great comedy when they see it. Growing up Gay in a Southern Baptist Family, this film is not only the funniest I've ever seen, it's so, so true! I went three times, took all my friends and they loved it too. Can't wait until it's available on DVD.

I Loved It!!! I just saw it yesterday, and it will remain in my mind for a long, long time. I laughed and cried at the same time. Thanks to all the cast and crew. A wonderful contribution to this world.

I have not laughed so hard or so long at a movie in many many years. Wonderful cast and a fine play/movie.

Great humor, great story, so extremely exaggerated, that it is life-like, true, real and poignant. The actors are all great--all deserve awards. Even Olivia Newton John pulls off the southern honky-tonk. Leslie Jordan is his usual great self, Delta Burke acts great, and looks great too. Ann Walker & Beth Grant are also fantastic and deliver some unforgetable lines. You have to see this movie, then again & again.… Expand

I haven't laughed at a movie this much in YEARS. I have seen it 3 times and am going back tomorrow. I keep taking different friends to see it and EVERYBODY loves it!!

This film is my favorite comedy of all time. 100% of the humor is in the characters, their expressions, actions, lives, and backgrounds. When I read all of the negativity from professional critics, I can't disagree, but it is completely irrelevent. It would be like trashing a sculpture because it lacks the colors that an oil painting is supposed to have. Buy it! Y'all will like it.

As black comedy, this rates right up there with "A New Leaf" and "Fargo", taking the viewer into another lifestyle and laughing all the way. The cast was perfect in every role, especially "Brother Boy", played by Leslie Jordon. I'm still repeating some of his lines and laughing - "Shoot her, Wadell. Shoot her right in the head." Not a funny line unless seen in context along with Jordon's perfect delivery. Olivia Newton John can still belt a song with the best of them and her role, though minor, is well played. See this movie. You will howl and take more away from it than an entire series of BBC faldolrall.… Expand

Absolutely loved it! Really brought me out of a depression I had fallen into. Can't wait to get my own copy.

This is truly one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

Very seldom I stay put after a movie and keep on laughing for a minute. This movie is deep and funny. You love at others and yourself. Without the pretty boy for the sterotype and obligatory "eye candy", this movie would be perfect.

This movie is absolutely phenomenal. Happy, sad and campy. Destined for cult classic. Cant wait till it comes out on video/DVD.

This movie is a laugh riot. Although the plot line with the gay son at his shrinks office seem disconnected from the insanity going on through out the rest of the movie.

I loved this movie! I'm so glad I saw it before reading any of the reviews. I really believe those people must have seen a different movie with the same name.

I LOVED this movie. I have seen it three times but know many people who have seen it six and seven. It is funny, sad, warm and real. You must see it.

A fun movie.

Fabulous.

Awesome movie, great laughs. I've seen it 5 times and everyone I have taken has laughed hysterically through the movie. A definite must see...

Excellent movie. Laughed all the way through. That is why it has played over 26 weeks in Palm Springs, CA.

Actually 10+++++ Finally a funny movie.. It seems like it has "hit some nerves" with some people. I have lived in the "south" and Texas... Thanks to all the actors and crew.

I am not getting these reviewers? the film is FUNNY and wise, well acted, well directed, what the hell else do they expect. I've called a lot of friends to see this film,but none of them has heard of it. I'm talking about big towns. SF, NY, and boston. What goes?

A very odd combination of comedy and tragedy, and unfortunately, the viewer isn't quite sure when to laugh or cry. The psychiatrist's treatment of "Brother Boy" was way too cruel to be funny.

Despite the weak "gay son" plot line, I laughed from start to finish...just like everyone else in the audience that night. I can't wait for the DVD version so I can hear EVERY funny line. As they say, this family puts the FUN back in Dyfunctional!

This has to be one of the funniest movies of this year, lastyear, next year EVER. It balances humour and pathos to perfection and is a wonderful insight into the lives of these people. I NEVER tell people they have to see a movie, I always say...well I liked it...you might...but with SORDID LIVES.. YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE.

Exceptionally funny and entertaining.

Great Film- Unexpected. Too bad it's been out for over one year and very few Cities or people have seen it. Somethings wrong with that sort of promotion. Go SEE IT!

I'm only 15 (14 when i first saw it) and i fell in love with it! i get tired of all those other movies that are all the same. i would give anything to see the play directed by leslie jordan. or even play in it.

No exaggerations. No pimping. "Sordid Lives" is likely the funniest movie in existence. Too hard to swallow that information? Then it's the best black comedy ever, bar none. Much like the other raters here, I have no idea what film the critics saw, because what I saw was a clever portrayal of difficult characters, who in the hands of a less capable team would come off as cliché;s or camp. I think the hidden strength of the film is in its believability, which comes ironically after a hyperbolic death. Every performance is perfect, even a jilted actress who would otherwise be wasted (or end up on the cutting room floor) is taken to the brink of psychotic without quite jumping off - an ideal portrait of unrequited love. By the way, I'm neither southern nor gay, nor have been any of the people who i have exposed to this movie, and it's 10s all around. I was lucky enough to find this in a dollar bin of used VHS, had a dollar, and had read this on a list of the 10 best black comedies of all time. What the review didn't say is that it is THE best. I plan on buying the DVD soon, because we're going to wear out the tape!… Expand

Regardless of the reviews listed by the critics, I thought this was one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time!!

Saw it three times and will see it again! EVERY character is worthy of themselves. Go with a group of GAY friends...if you don't have any MEET some first!

I don't know what all those critics are thinking. I laughed like crazy at this movie from start to finish, and all the way home. It's absolutely hysterical!

You don't have to be born in Texas to appreciate the true to life characters that reflect life in a small "white" Texas town where most of the residents have been inter-marrying for generations. This movie is not about denial but rather the fragility of self esteem.

Loved it.

I haven't been to a movie with this much audience laughter in years! Don't believe the critics, this is one funny movie!

Once--even twice or more--is not enough to permit one to begin to enjoy all the gems of writing and delivery in this "sure to become a classic" film.

Why are you hiding this movie? This is the next "Rocky Horror" cult classic....

This is the funniest movie I ahve ever seen. I will admit that at the begining it was a little slow for my taste but as the story unfolds and the characters arre revealed, you get involved in thier lives, I guess you really have to be southern or gay to understand this movie, many of the critics do not. I will admit to being both and attest to the fact that this really happens in the good ole south.… Expand

This film captures so many of the characters that one grows-up with in the South. It reawakens an appreciation for those crazy people we call family and those that we had became too familiar with to recognize how entertaining the madness really was. If you grew up in the South you know someone that is everyone of these characters.

Loved it. Totally hilarious. My favorite movie of the year so far and it's November. The gay son monologues should've been cut and put into a Lifetime movie because his problems were too serious for this movie. The rest way makes up for it. Must buy DVD because it's not really well known but should be.