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- Netflix
- Jan 10, 2020
- Netflix
- Jan 10, 2020
Summary The comedy series follows the adventures of a drag queen named Ruby Red (RuPaul Charles) and AJ (Izzy Gaspersz), the 11-year-old who stowawayed in Ruby's RV.
Created By: Michael Patrick King, RuPaul
- Netflix
- Jan 10, 2020
- Netflix
- Jan 10, 2020
Summary The comedy series follows the adventures of a drag queen named Ruby Red (RuPaul Charles) and AJ (Izzy Gaspersz), the 11-year-old who stowawayed in Ruby's RV.
Created By: Michael Patrick King, RuPaul
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
46
13% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
46
13% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The half-hour-per-episode version of this show might have ultimately been stronger, even though many episodes don’t feel overlong. Beyond those moments, there are so many freewheeling touches over the course of the season that keep the fun alive.
The story plays like a wobbly, if occasionally charming, amalgamation of La Cage Aux Folles, Every Which Way but Loose and Curly Sue. ... The show's nostalgia for slapstick, false identities, chase sequences and general "Let's get out of here!" hijinks may test some viewers' loyalty to RuPaul, but the narrative gradually evolves into a sensitive exploration of created families.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 43 User Ratings
6.5
65% Positive
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
5% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
30% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 43 User Ratings
6.5
65% Positive
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
5% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
30% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
People are disappointed just because its something different from drag race and that's why I love it. Drag race fans are the worse. The series are great, I had a really good time watching it.
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SEASON 1
There are moments that are absolutely transcendently funny. ... But the series is riddled with scripting snags, potentially by virtue of trying to balance camp and commentary in hour-long episodes. There are attempts at wordplay that just do not land, leaving viewers cringing. Meanwhile, Robert is charmingly unflappable, bordering on wry in his best moments, for much of the series. His introspective moments — in which he ponders aging, love, and identity — knit the series together.
I can’t say that the show is...good. Bless RuPaul for finding gravity and soulfulness in some upsettingly saccharine dialogue, a contrast to the sassily-delivered one-liners he delivers with grade-A charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.
AJ and the Queen might have been a lovely film, sweet and snappy and just on the right side of unique, but at 10 episodes, the premise grows strained and the pace is all over the place.
Unfortunately, Netflix’s “AJ and the Queen” has little to recommend it other than Ru himself, bringing to bear the star’s charisma on a tonally uneven, shaky story and trusting that glamour will carry the day. Even RuPaul has his limitations.
The acting is not great. It is bad. ... Whatever its intention, AJ and the Queen is indeed awful. But it’s not good because of it.
Sometimes corny, sometimes non-sensical, sometimes plain dumb, but always consistent fun.
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SEASON 1
The first few episodes are not superb, but they were good enough to make me keep watching, despite some terrible scenes (like AJ floating with a breastpad). Episode 5 is where it all crashes and burns: it feels boring, tiresome, filled with bad camp, terrible performances, and basically nothing works. The pace during the first four episodes never felt off, but episode 5 feels like a chore and throws any expectations out of the window. It made me burst out laughing more than once thanks to the terrible, terrible decisions that were made. I genuinely lost any interest for the series after I watched it. I just skipped to the final scene in the last episode, and was I glad I did that. The ending is as terrible as episode 5 is. I don't want to go back and watch the other episodes, at all.
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SEASON 1
I am a huge fan of RuPaul’s Drag Race and was really excited to see the arrival of AJ and the Queen on Netflix. Unfortunately, my excitement didn’t last long, for a myriad of reasons. First, the acting was way over the top at some points and completely flat at others. I’m sure that Izzy G is a nice little kid and all but her acting was like fingernails on a chalkboard...painful. I found the acting of much of the rest of the cast pretty bad too, including RuPaul himself, which surprised me. I assumed that, with his years in the entertainment industry, he would be a fairly seasoned actor. Next, the storyline was just ridiculous! The writing team tried to cram way too much in and it just became too outrageous at times and left plot line gaps in other places. So much so that, what could have been quite funny just fell flat on its face. The only true enjoyment I got from this show was spotting and identifying the Queens from RPDR. Such a disappointment!
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SEASON 1
Plain bad. Terrible acting from everybody in the cast. Simple and boring story. Maybe it could work as a TV movie, but it was an awful idea to stretch it to ten hour-long episodes. You can see all twists coming a mile off. AJ is a totally annoying character that doesn't get better or more interesting throughout the season. It can be genuinely funny sometimes, but it's really rare. Campiness factor is through the roof of course, so at least that's a plus. Overall I kinda enjoyed watching this for all wrong reasons, because "it's-so-bad-it's-good". But it was excruciating.
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