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This clunky road movie about three drag queens (Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguziamo) who get stranded in a sleepy Nebraska town on their way to a beauty contest, is too uplifting for its own good. Released during drag's mid-90s heyday when RuPaul and the Wigstock documentary were all the rage, To Wong Foo aimed straight for the mainstream with its inoffensive camp and "can't we all get along" morality. While gay-activist groups howled about straights getting the lead roles in To Wong Foo, in the end the filmmakers really couldn't have done better than this trio of actors. John Leguziamo provides real sass and bite as a Latino (or should we saw Latina?) drag queen, and Wesley Snipes is surprisingly fierce as the imposing leader of the pack. Saddled with a cloying Southern accent and off-kilter wig, Patrick Swayze barely holds his own with his co-stars, though. To Wong Foo is best viewed as a cultural artefact of a time when it seemed as though drag could rule all tomorrow's parties. --Ethan Brown, Amazon.com
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Travelling to a drag queen beauty pageant in Hollywood, three New York 'girls' find themselves in for a shock when their car breaks down in the midwestern town of Snydesville. Just how dull can one town be? Nevermind, they decide to make the best of it and set about bringing a little glitz and glamour into the lives of the staid local citizenry. Tough guy actors Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo don wigs and shave their legs as they take the lead roles in this unconventional comedy.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
The craziest film that will have you in tears of laughter. A film that was meant only to be a bet, spurred into a blockbuster of a movie starring the most unlikeliest of actors that are Wesley Snipes, (yes, him that plays BLADE) and the Dirty Dancer of Patrick Swayze. Playing Drag Queens, Snipes and Swayze give an outstanding performance with a supporting cast from John Leguizamo, (the other Drag Queen). This brings the worlds society of homophobia to a complete new level that will make you understand why men dress up as women.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This film had me in stitches. This film even topped Priscilla Queen of the Desert. The lead roles by Snipes, Swayze & Leguiziamo really portray their charachters well. To see Wesley Snipes take on the role of Miss Noxima Jackson is an amazing barrel of laughs from start to finnish. This film is a must and well worthy of 5 stars!!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
How can you bypass a film that boasts Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes complete with excessive amounts of satin and mascara, its a classic! Gone are Swayze's Dirty Dancing-famed bum-hugging jeans and jaw-dropping muscles, to be replaced by a super-camp girly voice and stillettos! Even Leguzamo (or some similar spelling!) pulls off a classic ugly duckling transormation from Boy-in-a-dress to Drag-Queen, making it very hard to view his as the angry little prince of cats Tybalt in the recent Romeo and Juliet remake! The film is a clever conbination of reality issues and wigs&wardrobes, it's a feel-good film yet with depth, it'll make you want to hang a picture of Julie Newmar on your dashboard and razz off through America in your clapped-out yellow convertible! "Style or Substance?"...hmmm...this film has both! Watch it-oh and watch out for Rizzo from Grease!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
With two huge names in the hollywood action movie genre headlining this comedy,I was doubtful that Swayze and Snipes could ever make me see them as anything less than action men in dresses. The remarkable thing about this undoubted feel-good movie is the willingness of these guys to take such a big gamble with a script that deviates so severly from the mainstream. With a brilliant role for the delectable Stockard Channing thrown in for good measure this is one of the most entertaining pieces of cinema since 'Grease'.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Dave Kraven
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Format:DVD
In this hugely flamboyant and very funny drag-queen comedy, Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguiszmo head for L.A to complete in the "drag-queens'" version of 'Miss World' but on the way, they get lost and end up in a sleepy town filled with a whole motherload of extraordinary characters for our 'queens' to interact with.
Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes are both seriously hilarious and, sometimes, sadly annoying but it's John Leguiszmo's outrageously daring performance as Chi-Chi Rodriguez that makes this picture worth watching, even though Swayze and Snipes are pretty good themselves. The supporting cast ranging from Robin Williams, Stockard Channing to RuPaul and Alias's Michael Vartan all help the film flow smoothly while some of the locales look gorgeous and all the gags in this flick comes thick and fast.
Although this isn't 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert', this IS its exact equal but with a nicer feel to the genre that's filled with lots of fun, laughter and glamour that should be featured in these types of films.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By I. S. Deen
Format:DVD
okay, first things first, DO NOT compare this movie with Priscilla. there'll be a strong urge to do so but i implore you, see this movie on it's own merit. c'mon, think about it, every womans (and some mens!)dream hunk, in drag! and every mans hard man in drag too! only comedy could ensue. it's simply fabulous! it's kitsch, harmless, and funny as hell! but compare it with Priscilla at your own peril. this movie IS the americans reply to priscilla but i think they've pulled it off. OF COURSE it's going to have the same ideas, but whats magical about this movie is they've made it so typically american and you can't help but like it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. M. Poole
Format:DVD
Who would ever have thought that Patrick Swaze would make such a perfect (if muscular!) Mary Poppins!
This film is not quite as good as Priscilla Queen of the Desert, which also deserves 5 stars, but it's still a fun romp in its own right.
A film doesn't have to be depressing, angst-ridden or "worthy" to be worth seeing. This film makes my family care about the characters and laugh their socks off. It leaves us all feeling the better for having seen it. Last night, my 12 year old son punched the air and shouted "Yes!" as Mr Swaze sorted out an abusive husband. It works for a wide audience.
It is, of course, also an indisputable truth that Julie Newmar is the greatest ever Catwoman...
Why not see it for yourself?
This film is not quite as good as Priscilla Queen of the Desert, which also deserves 5 stars, but it's still a fun romp in its own right.
A film doesn't have to be depressing, angst-ridden or "worthy" to be worth seeing. This film makes my family care about the characters and laugh their socks off. It leaves us all feeling the better for having seen it. Last night, my 12 year old son punched the air and shouted "Yes!" as Mr Swaze sorted out an abusive husband. It works for a wide audience.
It is, of course, also an indisputable truth that Julie Newmar is the greatest ever Catwoman...
Why not see it for yourself?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film is about 'drag queens' - also better known as hunks - Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes. After palying so many tough guy roles, Swayze and Snipes obviously had a field day making this. Their enjoyment and 'camping it up' is so infectious. There are some hilarious scenes when the girls are mistaken for 'real girls'. One of the funniest is when Snipes and Swayze decide to show some 'gentleman' how to treat a real lady. It is just hilarious! Pure enjoyement
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5.0 out of 5 stars
To Wong Foo
Really love this movie. Great acting. Funny and ammusing. Never get boared with it. Have recomended it to others. GREAT
Published 22 days ago by Marilyn Cambridge
4.0 out of 5 stars
Inevitable comparison
Of course, this film is going to be compared withThe Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) [DVD]but it is very different. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Nightwatcher
4.0 out of 5 stars
funny
is a film i once enjoyed while i was younger, great seeing some known manly men don the gowns of a drag queen
Published 1 month ago by luviebex
5.0 out of 5 stars
LOVE THIS FILM TO WONG FOO.
LOVE LOVE LOVE, THIS IS SO FUNNY IT MAKES ME LAUGH SO MUCH AND MY HERO IN A DRESS, IS SIMPLY BLISS.... WESLEY IS AN ALL ROUNDER.. DELIVERY GOOD AND PRETY FAST TOO. THANK YOU
Published 2 months ago by kate. ALIJOE
5.0 out of 5 stars
amazing
Brilliantly, funny, tacky and CAMP film. Great storyline, even better soundtrack and full of great one liners. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr J Greham
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant Film
Hilarious film, totally different from 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' (contrary to popular beilef). Great cameo by Robin Williams, check it out and suprise yourself!
Published 3 months ago by miss l l everett
5.0 out of 5 stars
love it
it didnt get the same level of exposure as priscilla which is a shame, i love this film so much, wesley snipes as you have never seen him, patrick swayze walks in heels so much... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Corinne
5.0 out of 5 stars
Plain, gender questioning 21st C fun
Surprisingly cast, its a great road trip in drag taking NYC fun open values into the dusty mid-West. One of my favourites.
Published 4 months ago by Anthony H West
5.0 out of 5 stars
Too Wong Foo.........
Excellent film , with great performances from all the cast. If you've ever wanted to see Wesley Snipes and Patrick Swayzee in a dress, then this is a must. Read more
Published 4 months ago by David Barsby
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good, Fun Film.
A fun film, I had only heard of it as "similar to Pricilla, Queen of the Desert", it's not, it uses the drag queens to show how women are treated in a small american town,... Read more
Published 5 months ago by SusO
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