Girls Will Be Girls (2002)
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58% of critics liked it
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The confessional, behind-the-scenes showbiz melodrama goes under the knife -- so to speak -- in this drag comedy. Girls Will Be Girls casts three male performers in the roles of Evie Harris (Jack Plotnick), a has-been starlet of the '70s who has since gone to seed in her decaying Hollywood home;… More The confessional, behind-the-scenes showbiz melodrama goes under the knife -- so to speak -- in this drag comedy. Girls Will Be Girls casts three male performers in the roles of Evie Harris (Jack Plotnick), a has-been starlet of the '70s who has since gone to seed in her decaying Hollywood home; her best friend and domestic servant, Coco (Clinton Leupp); and Varla (Jeffrey Roberson), the daughter of a deceased peer/rival of Evie's who shows up to rent out a room in her home. The tension among the trio of women escalates as Evie prepares for a pull-out-all-the-stops television special commemorating her past career glories, which include sundry disaster movies and TV variety shows. What Evie doesn't know is that the naïve-seeming Varla has a debt to settle for her deceased mom, and will stop at nothing to seek vengeance. All three lead actors developed their characters in stage shows and cabaret acts; writer/director Richard Day wrote for such television shows as Ellen and The Larry Sanders Show before helming this film, his debut. After its 2003 Sundance premiere, Girls Will Be Girls was acquired by IFC Films for a theatrical release. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Day
- Written By
- Richard Day
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 17, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- IFC Films
Critic Reviews
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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
An often hilarious, always surprising 79-minute burlesque.
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Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
While Day doesn't succeed in making us empathize with anyone on screen, he makes his characters definitely watchable and his dialogue crackles.
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
An unprecedented exercise in derangement.
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Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Humor that takes as its apparent premise the assumption that all women are catty, sexually voracious, weight-obsessed whores ... is more than anyone in this day and age, even in the context of a cartoonish farce, should be expected to take.
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Charles Ealy, Dallas Morning News
Girls Will Be Girls is gross-out camp, much like the movies of John Waters.
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Cast
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Jack Plotnick
as Evie
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Clinton Leupp
as Coco
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Jeffrey Roberson
as Varla
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Ron Mathews
as Stevie
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Eric Stonestreet
as Dr. Benson
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Hamilton von Watts
as Laurent
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Dana Gould
as Jeff
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Chad Lindsey
as Dr. Perfect
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Sam Pancake
as Brad
