A conservative church choir director inherits her late son's San Francisco drag club.... (Full plot summary below)
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A conservative church choir director inherits her late son's San Francisco drag club.
Leave your thoughts about Stage Mother.
| EmpireNikki BaughanJacki Weaver is excellent in this colourful culture-clash comedy which, despite an uneven tone, offers a welcome message about the power of love and acceptance. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyThere’s much about Stage Mother that’s slightly stale, but like yesterday’s donut, the icing on top makes it both look inviting and go down easily enough. |
| The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenLike many a stage mother, Thom Fitzgerald's comic drama is pushy. It tries too hard, in all too obvious ways, to win over the audience. |
| RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloA sweet but ineffective comedy that cashes in on drag culture’s new mainstream fame. While the movie brings up a handful of important topics, the way it handles issues like drug addiction and physical abuse ultimately feel superficial and hollow. Fortunately, a few sparkling performances salvage the show from becoming too maudlin. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawNothing really comes to life and the dialogue is plodding and laborious. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreWeaver holds her own, but the character, the scene and the script are a total drag. |
| The Observer (UK)Simran HansThe feelgood tone feels a little flaccid. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorToday, homophobia may still blight many a queen’s family relations, but Stage Mother feels dated and formulaic. |
| User ReviewgayeyeguyI expected another campy, silly movie with no depth, but I was very pleasantly surprised. I laughed, I cried. Jacki Weaver's depiction of a mother who regrets missing the opportunity to love her son while he was alive has full emotional depth. She moved me to tears in one sentence several times during this movie. The cast dynamics are on point, and the supporting characters' plotlines were fleshed out enough to round out the film. There are soooo many movies in this genre, but Stage Mother is definitely a stand-out. |
| User ReviewTVJerryA conservative Baptist mother (Jackie Weaver) travels from Texas to San Francisco for her drag queen son’s funeral. Once there, she discovers that he owned the club where he performed. There’s the inevitable change of heart, as she quickly embraces his lover (Adrian Grenier), his best friend (Lucy Liu) and the queens who work at the bar (my favorite drag name was Tequila Mockingbird). Even though the characters aren’t especially unique (except for Liu’s fun slutty mom), some of the dialogue is genuinely funny. What makes it most entertaining is Weaver’s sassy Texas delivery and endearing pluck. There are several transitions or conflicts that are too quickly resolved, which makes the drama seem a bit facile and most of the drag numbers aren’t special. Still, it’s a feel good film that enjoyably preaches that classic message of love and acceptance. |
