Review of Queens

Queens (2005)
1/10
glib gay dulce vida comedy--unwatchable
28 August 2012
First I am gay so take the following seriously.

This movie is boring and dull. It is not funny--it is a feel good attempt to make gays main stream although still plagued with bedevilments from straights--and make Spain seem to have arrived at the Dulce Vida. It is supposed to be a comedy and yes you smile at a few things but this thing is very badly written. It is cut up disjointed and boring.

It follows several gay couples and their parents who are participating in a Spanish national first = a gay wedding of 20 couples at Hotel in Madrid. This premise is funny too bad the movie isn't.

There is nothing funny about a gay man who falls for his mother in law...or one who ditches a dog in a park. The trade union leader of the hotel is the lover of the female owner so we get class things thrown in for more laughs. The gay stuff is enough adding class politics is not comedy stuff.

There is something glib and very annoying about the whole movie.

I finally pulled the plug half way through it was so irritating that it became unwatchable.

The gimmicky plot technique that keeps skipping back in time didn't help---but the real problem is the movie is just boring garbage.

DO NOT RECOMMEND
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