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      Manuela and Manuel

      PG-13 Released Mar 26, 2010 1h 34m Comedy Drama LGBTQ+ List
      Reviews 69% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A drag queen exchanges a gown and heels for a suit and tie to help a pregnant friend. Read More Read Less

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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

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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 Post a rating

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      (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
      Sonia Fritz
      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