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Manuela and Manuel

Play trailer Poster for Manuela and Manuel PG-13 Released Mar 26, 2010 1h 34m Comedy Drama LGBTQ+ Play Trailer Watchlist
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A drag queen exchanges a gown and heels for a suit and tie to help a pregnant friend.

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Mike Hale New York Times Though its tone wavers, telenovela-style, between farcical and sentimental, and it's at least 15 minutes too long, the film is easy enough to sit through. Rated: 3/5 Mar 26, 2010 Full Review Ernest Hardy Village Voice Overstuffed with crudely drawn, broadly acted secondary characters (and tricked out with flat drag musical numbers), Manuela aspires to be about love, friendship, and good hearts triumphing. But it's actually a grim reminder that formulaic queer cinema is Mar 24, 2010 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row A big, loud, gaudy party of a film that walks the line between screwball comedy and ludicrous soap opera. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 5, 2019 Full Review Fr. Chris Carpenter Movie Dearest Hysterical...(the filmmakers) milk their comedic scenario for all that it's worth, but it never feels strained. Rated: A Apr 2, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Audience Member fun and funny kinda like a latino "the birdcage" without big name stars. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Charming screwball comedy about a flamboyant drag queen who has to find a way to man up after his best friend gets pregnant and asks him to pose as her fiance to her strict traditional family. Plays like second rate Almodovar, but its crowd pleasing effectiveness is hard to deny. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Add a review (optional)... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Great actors and performance. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member De q mas funny no puede ser!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Muy entretenida y con un buen mensaje para muchos Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Raúl Marchand Sánchez

Director

Humberto Busto

Manuela

Elena Iguina

Coca

Marian Pabón

Faraona

Luz María Rondón

Rosa

Ineabelle Colon

Margarita
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Manuela and Manuel

(L-R) Humberto Busto as Manuela/Manuel and Elena Iguina as Coca in "Manuela and Manuel." View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis A drag queen exchanges a gown and heels for a suit and tie to help a pregnant friend.
Director
Raúl Marchand Sánchez
Producer
Frances Lausell
Screenwriter
José Ignacio Valenzuela
Distributor
Regent Releasing
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Thematic Elements|Sexuality)
Genre
Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 26, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 13, 2017
Runtime
1h 34m