Movie Review

Queens (2006)

Reviewed by Scott Brown | Aug 23, 2006

Scott Brown

Scott Brown writes the Hit List for EW and is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it

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EW's GRADE

C+

Details Limited Release: Aug 25, 2006; Rated: R; Length: 107 Minutes; Genres: Comedy, Foreign Language; With: Daniel Hendler, Marisa Paredes and Carmen Maura

$FEELIN\' GROOMY Queens, a broad comedy about three same-sex marriage ceremonies in Spain, plays it a little too cute to...$

FEELIN' GROOMY Queens, a broad comedy about three same-sex marriage ceremonies in Spain, plays it a little too cute to love

A threadbare crazy-quilt of Spanish sex comedies, Queens wants desperately to be Women on the Verge of a Big Gay Wedding: Three same-sex couples and their wacky parents mug their way through various breakdowns and breakups on the eve of Spain's first same-sex nuptials, a mass-marriage media event. Director and co-writer Manuel Gómez Pereira (Mouth to Mouth) abandons a fine cast (including Almodóvar vets like Carmen Maura) in a wet tangle of story lines and lethal love-me cuteness. What's Spanish for ''Hallmark''?

Originally posted Aug 23, 2006 Published in issue #894 Sep 01, 2006 Order article reprints

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