
In Spain, a couple of days before a collective gay wedding, the lives of five mothers, whose sons will get married, are entwined: Judge Helena is in charge of the ceremony; the entrepreneur in hotel business Magda is hosting the guests in her hotel and is responsible for the banquet, while facing a strike leaded by her lover and chef; the nymphomaniac Nuria is facing problems due to her disease; the wealthy Reyes is having a crush for the father of her son's mate and her gard... (Full plot summary below)
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In Spain, a couple of days before a collective gay wedding, the lives of five mothers, whose sons will get married, are entwined: Judge Helena is in charge of the ceremony; the entrepreneur in hotel business Magda is hosting the guests in her hotel and is responsible for the banquet, while facing a strike leaded by her lover and chef; the nymphomaniac Nuria is facing problems due to her disease; the wealthy Reyes is having a crush for the father of her son's mate and her gardener; and the Argentinean cooker Ofelia is facing financial problems and difficulties in with her son's mate. Along three days, they have complicated relationships with their sons and mates, ex-husbands, lovers and employees.
Leave your thoughts about Queens.
| L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonAlthough not quite as uproarious or as wickedly subversive as Pedro Almodóvar's more substantial body of work, Queens is content to scamper gaily in the wake of his achievements -- and to offer one more reason for old Franco to roll anew in his grave. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonPleasant, light-hearted fun that's soft, not edgy, but lest you think it's a Spanish "Birdcage," consider that Forque's nymphomaniac, who gives way to her urges "in the worst moments, and with the least appropriate people," seduces her son's fiancee by "accident." |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghFor all its contrivances, the film is cheerfully rude and surprisingly generous to the mothers, most of whom find sizzling new romances at an age when their American counterparts are reduced to sexless dithering or played as humiliating punch lines to jokes about horny old hags. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoThere's potential here, but the script is entirely too, shall we say, Hollywood. There's even a dog-poop joke. |
| Reel.comPam GradyThe main problem with Queens is that the many parts never coalesce into a satisfying whole, the result, perhaps, of too many subplots and too many characters to fit comfortably in one small movie. |
| Boxoffice MagazineTim CogshellQueens is also charming and funny and lightly frothy like a cool late-summer drink. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohWhile straining credibility at times, offers some appealing scenes of quiet reflection, as well as a refreshing celebration of the ineffable allure and power of being middle-aged. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesTeresa BudasiSpanish director Manuel Gomez Pereira certainly draws inspiration from his compatriot Pedro Almodovar -- several of the actresses are even Pedro alums -- but the film falls short of Almodovar's usual depth and complexity. |
| Chicago TribuneJessica ReavesIf frenetic pacing alone made a movie interesting, Queens would be cinematic solid gold. |
| San Diego MetropolitanJean LowerisonManuel Gómez Pereira's frantic direction is nonstop and the exhaustion of excess will get to you. |