Alan Dargin, Bill Hunter, Bob Boyce

Two down-at-heels transvestites and an older transsexual travel by bus from Sydney to a cabaret engagement in the Australian outback.

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85% liked it

38,738 ratings

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93% liked it

28 critics

R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Bill Hunter, Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving, Rebel Russell, Stephan Elliott, Stephen Elliott, Terence Stamp

Release Date: January 1, 1994

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DVD Release Date: November 24, 1997

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  • September 21, 2009
    A camp classic. This is a fantastic road movie, beautifully filmed and brilliantly acted by Pearce, Weaving and Stamp. It's also really funny and quite touching. Recommended!
  • October 2, 2008
    Great turns here from Stamp, Weaving and Pearce. (Before the last two hit it big.)
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • October 25, 2007
    i've been singing dancing queen to myself since watching this last night and fantasising about dressing up in drag. i could be the only straight drag queen out there! a niche for me. anyway, bad guy in superman from supermans home planet, guy fawkes take 2 and guy pearce go galla...( read more)vanting around the outback in pretty colours and come across some colourful characters. i especially liked the asian mail order bride who shot golf balls out of her... well, just watch it. there was a bit of romance, alot of abba and a drag queen with as much muscle as arnie. quite a funny drama
  • August 10, 2007
    An amazing bus-tour across the Australian desert with decorated drag queens and ABBA tunes to entertain. A very screamingly fun movie. I could've done without the "ABBA-Turd" scene and some of the gutteral language. But what's not to love about the desert performance for the abor...( read more)iginals?
  • November 15, 2009
    Fab, i mean this is a great movie!!!

    Good plot, story line, GREAT acting.....good soundtrack.

    Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving, & Terance Stamp, Oh my, they are just great in this film.....

    I will survive.......

    Two thums up!!!
  • October 21, 2009
    Shiny :P I was pretty horrified when I realised my dvd box has pink glitter linings but - then again - I wouldn't imagine it in any other way :) Wonderful, funny and surprisingly serious road trip movie.
  • October 14, 2009
    filme gay mais feliz estilo sessão da tarde.
  • September 29, 2009
    Has very funny moments, but the second half got so boring.
  • September 26, 2009
    brilliant.guy pearce is hot

Critic Reviews


May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

In this roaringly comic and powerfully affecting road movie, Terence Stamp gives one of the year's best performances. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It's too bad that the requirements of plotting require movies like this to crank up the event count, when actually what works is just the daily minutiae of Bernadette's life. full review

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Bernadette -- formerly Ralph -- turns out to be an excellent role for Stamp. full review

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  • 1mp0tenc3
    February 27, 2007
    why is it that it seems it cost 30 bucks everywhere i look?

    is it only being revived because of the stage version?
    that is so unfair!

    give it to me for cheaper... like less than... 15 at least

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