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Name: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Released: 1995-9-8
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

PG-13
1h 48m
1995

48%

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Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo and Wesley Snipes star in this hilarious adventure about three transvestites on the cross-country road trip of a lifetime. On their way to Hollywood for a drag queen beauty pageant, Vida (Swayze), Chi Chi (Leguizamo) and Noxeema (Snipes) get stranded in the tiny Midwestern town of Snydersville. Determined to make the best of a bad situation, the “girls” set out to repair the broken hearts, broken dreams and broken nails of the small-town residents during one wildly outrageous weekend.

Director:

Beeban Kidron

Producer:

G. Mac Brown

Writer:

Douglas Carter Beane

Cast:

Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner, Arliss Howard, Christopher Penn, Jason London, Michael Vartan, RuPaul Charles

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

48%

Critics Consensus: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar seeks to celebrate individuality, but is too timid and predictable to achieve its admittedly noble aims.

Reviews

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)

Todd James

It succeeds, thanks to the casting of these three macho actors, in the case of Snipes especially, seem to be winking at the audience.

March 29, 2024

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Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Marya E. Gates

It’s a beautiful hymn to embracing joy, the revolutionary power of a personal style (that has deceptive substance), and the importance of acceptance — both from others and from yourself.

To Wong Foo is a groundbreaking gem film that was ahead of its time in celebrating the beauty and art of drag culture. It balances campy fun with heartfelt moments, touching on serious issues like domestic abuse while humanizing its LGBTQ+ characters.

...complete with a final showdown where queer culture fabulously triumphs over gun culture...

That there’s still a need for candy-movies like "To Wong Foo" isn’t really the movie’s fault. It seeks only to entertain, and tangentially to enlighten.

September 1, 2022

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