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Manuela and Manuel

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Manuela and Manuel

PG-13

Released Mar 26, 2010

1h 34m

Comedy

Drama

LGBTQ+

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A drag queen exchanges a gown and heels for a suit and tie to help a pregnant friend.

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

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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

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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

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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

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fun and funny kinda like a latino "the birdcage" without big name stars.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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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

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Great actors and performance.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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De q mas funny no puede ser!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Muy entretenida y con un buen mensaje para muchos

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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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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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