To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Universal Pictures | Release Date: September 8, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
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Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Though he and his co-stars tackle their roles with mischievous humor, Beeban Kidron's direction stays flat even when the actors are funny. Read full review
60
VarietyEmanuel Levy
Ultimately, the comedy comes across as a celebration of openness, alternative lifestyles and bonding, all life-affirming values that in the 1990s are beyond reproach — or real controversy. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
If there’s any shock value left to seeing a couple of matinee idols dressed up in women’s clothing, the drag-queen comedy To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar gets it out of the way fast. Read full review
40
EmpireCaroline Westbrook
Despite the stars best efforts this is neither funny or original. Read full review
40
TV Guide Magazine
It's hard to dislike so genial a picture about guys in gowns (although only Leguizamo would pass muster at a drag ball: Swayze seems to be doing a third-rate impression of Joan Crawford, while Snipes just comes off as a man in a dress); still, it's basically an elaborate denial of homophobia -- which is no help to anybody in a country where people get killed for cross-dressing. Read full review
40
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
It's low camp for narrow-minded Middle Americans who can't cope with the idea of a co*k in a frock. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Unconvincing and annoying, a miscalculation on numerous fronts, it is finally sugary enough to make the sentimental Priscilla play like a model of icy restraint. Read full review
40
Orlando SentinelJay Boyar
To watch To Wong Foo is finally to be reminded that camp-meisters often have a weakness for sentimentality that is far more appalling than anything they do in the name of outrageousness. [08 Sep 1995, p.17]
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