To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Rating: Release Date: 04 March, 2003 Retail Price: $9.99 OUR Price: $9.99 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Wesley Snipes Patrick Swayze John Leguizamo John Howard Complete Cast (13 total)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Reviews

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Wonderfully fun and heartfelt film!
I was hesitant to see this film, because I thought it would be an Americanized version of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," which was a wonderful film in itself. But "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" was so much more! It was a delightful piece of heaven with three charming angels! :) Initially, I really didn't think such macho men like Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes could pull off playing refined ladies of drag, but they were FABULOUS! And John Leguizamo was great - as anticipated - such an incredibly talented actor! And the story, was charming. Such heart!

While most of the film was fun-loving and light-hearted, I was moved by some of the "heavier" issues as well: Rich boy Swayze is rejected by his family because of his drag life; Swayze is almost molested by a bad cop, who thinks to take advantage of a "lady" on the road; Snipes' character inadvertantly reaches out to a withdrawn woman, a small town turns a blind eye to a battered woman, but Swayze's "queen" cannot; and all three queens help the women of a small town to empower themselves and play in a world of glamor and beauty. It was very empowering to watch these men dressed as women make such a wonderful statement for so many communities (whether they intended to do so or not). As someone else posted here, it's mainly about acceptance and love and the power those things can have in one's life.

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(Boys dressed like) girls just want to have fun
I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. I thought it would be simply an American knock-off of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", but it wasn't. Well, okay, it was a little bit ... but it was more lighthearted, and arguable more fun. Patrick Swayze gives a surprisingly believable and sensitive performance as bossy, mother-hen drag queen Vida, and John Leguizamo is predictably hilarious as ghetto drag-queen-wanna-be Chi Chi. Wesley Snipes is good as the slightly hardened Noxema, although you can sense his slight discomfort at playing the role. Plotwise, it's pretty light ... traveling cross country, the girls have a breakdown in the middle of nowhere and end up waking up the residents of a small midwestern town. The film touches on some serious issues (homophobia, domestic violence, etc) but the emphasis is mostly on being fabulous and having fun. This is the perfect movie to watch when you just want to laugh and lift your spirits.

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