Wigstock - The Movie

Wigstock - The Movie (1995)

  • 75% of critics liked it
    (12 reviews)

  • 58% of users liked it
    (1,492 ratings)

Come to the land of a thousand Lizas (and Barbaras, Judys, and Marilyn Monroes) in this gay and colorful documentary that chronicles the great spectacle of New York's annual festival of drag queens. The event has been taking place every Labor day in Manhattan for thirty years. Over 20,000 people… More

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R, 1 hr. 20 min.
Directed By
Barry Shils
Genres
Documentary, Gay & Lesbian, Special Interest
In Theaters
Jun 9, 1995 Limited
On DVD
Jun 3, 2003
The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Critic Reviews

  • Caryn James, New York Times

    Wigstock, the event and the movie, is good-natured, campy fun.

  • Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

    An outrageously entertaining, purely-for-pleasure dragathon...

  • Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

    Part concert film, part documentary and totally fun, Barry Shils' 1995 release captures the good cheer, outrageous humor and high energy of downtown Manhattan's annual Labor Day "drag" extravaganza.

  • Martha Sherrill, Washington Post

    While this documentary could have been simply excessive and superficial, a sweet complexity and some darkness arrive toward the end.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    An affectionate, rousing tribute to the annual drag-queen festival in New York City.

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