
Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've contracted with is Anthony's wife. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've contracted with is Anthony's wife. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.
Leave your thoughts about The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
| The GuardianPeter BradshawIt’s a tremendous film that was ahead of its time on LGBT issues and, in some ways, is ahead of ours. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe generosity and gorgeousness with which Aussie writer-director Stephan Elliott (and costume designers Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel) turn this most unlikely road picture into something arresting - if a tad sentimental - in its naive vision of a perfectly tolerant world. |
| Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)Randy ShulmanFunny, extravangantly silly, and surprisingly poignant. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeBoth an unalloyed delight and a surprisingly human, moving film. |
| Chicago TribuneClifford TerryThis nicely made 1994 comedy-drama could be described as an Australian "Easy Rider," with Sydney drag queens instead of bikers and no apocalyptic ending. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert presents a defiant culture clash in generous, warmly entertaining ways. |
| 7M PicturesKevin CarrWhere else are you going to see General Zod, Agent Smith and the guy from Memento as drag queens stranded in the Australian Outback? |
| VarietyDavid StrattonA cheerfully vulgar and bitchy, but essentially warmhearted, road movie with a difference, which boasts an amazing star turn by Terence Stamp as a transsexual, Stephan Elliott's second feature is a lot of fun. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is about the most fun you can have with three guys who like to dress up as women. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversIn this roaringly comic and powerfully affecting road movie, Terence Stamp gives one of the year's best performances. |