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!
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.
Directed by: Bill Hunter, Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving, Rebel Russell, Stephan Elliott, Stephen Elliott, Terence Stamp
Release Date: January 1, 1994
DVD Release Date: November 24, 1997
Stats: 2,343 reviews
Flixster Reviews (2,343)
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September 21, 2009
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October 2, 2008
Great turns here from Stamp, Weaving and Pearce. (Before the last two hit it big.)
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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)
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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)
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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.......
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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.
Critic Reviews
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
Bernadette -- formerly Ralph -- turns out to be an excellent role for Stamp. full review
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