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- 2006
- R
- Regent Releasing
- 1 h 47 m
- 2006
- R
- Regent Releasing
- 1 h 47 m
Summary A whimsical, contemporary ensemble comedy, Queens stars five of Latin Cinema's most celebrated and beloved actresses as hard-hitting mothers coping with the marriages of their sons during Spain's first-ever gay wedding en masse. (Regent Releasing)
Directed By: Manuel Gómez Pereira
- 2006
- R
- Regent Releasing
- 1 h 47 m
- 2006
- R
- Regent Releasing
- 1 h 47 m
Queens
49
4.4
Where to Watch
Summary A whimsical, contemporary ensemble comedy, Queens stars five of Latin Cinema's most celebrated and beloved actresses as hard-hitting mothers coping with the marriages of their sons during Spain's first-ever gay wedding en masse. (Regent Releasing)
Directed By: Manuel Gómez Pereira
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
49
35% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
47% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
18% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
49
35% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
47% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
18% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Pleasant, light-hearted fun that's soft, not edgy, but lest you think it's a Spanish "Birdcage," consider that Forque's nymphomaniac, who gives way to her urges "in the worst moments, and with the least appropriate people," seduces her son's fiancee by "accident."
Although not quite as uproarious or as wickedly subversive as Pedro Almodóvar's more substantial body of work, Queens is content to scamper gaily in the wake of his achievements -- and to offer one more reason for old Franco to roll anew in his grave.
Veteran director Manuel Gomez-Pereira (Boca a Boca, Between Your Legs) falls short of the manic screwball farce he was aiming for.
It's called Queens and, no, silly, it's not about six gay men who want to get married. It's about their MOTHERS. And this being a Spanish comedy of the lowest Almodovar-ian order, the moms are a lot more flamboyant than their sons.
It's the kind of sprawling ensemble piece that screams out for a Pedro Almodovar, but in the absence of an Almodovar it simply screams out -- in persistent, tedious intervals.
There's potential here, but the script is entirely too, shall we say, Hollywood. There's even a dog-poop joke.
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Based on 7 User Ratings
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
4.4
29% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
14% Mixed
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57% Negative
4 Ratings
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Production Company
Warner Bros.,
Lucky Red,
Fortissimo Films,
Canal+ España,
Antena 3 Films
Release Date Aug 25, 2006
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating R
Tagline Here come the grooms...and their mothers!
Website
http://www.queens-themovie.com/
