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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorAs a ditz who's just smart enough to know something isn't right, Lyonne blends hyperbole and sincerity in perfect proportions.
- 63San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisIt's the year's funniest, most absurd sight gag.
- 60The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottSo campy it reflexively sends an elbow to its own ribs.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerDisarmingly funny in its own naive way.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThere is probably an amusing movie to be made about camps that try to "rehabilitate" homosexuals - but this thuddingly stupid satire isn't it.
- 50TV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceTV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceMost of the film's imagination and energy seem to have gone into the clever casting and flamboyant costume and set design.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversToo limp to deliver.
- 50Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneCertainly no comedic masterpiece, but it does offer a few fine moments of biting satire.
- 38Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanA fairy tale full of fascist, Bible-thumping straights, self-deluded and pathetic gay people who deny their impulses, and two honest lesbians who triumph.
- 20Film.comGemma FilesFilm.comGemma FilesLyonne, as usual, does her best...but she's running uphill.