Stage Mother

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Stage Mother

R

Released Aug 21, 2020

1h 33m

Comedy

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Worlds collide when a Texas church choir director inherits her late son's drag queen club in San Francisco.

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Stage Mother teeters awkwardly on stereotypes, but Jacki Weaver's performance makes this culture clash dramedy difficult to dismiss.

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Kate Taylor

Globe and Mail

Today, homophobia may still blight many a queen's family relations, but Stage Mother feels dated and formulaic.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 22, 2020

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Monica Castillo

RogerEbert.com

A sweet but ineffective comedy that cashes in on drag culture's new mainstream fame.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 21, 2020

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Glittery, old-fashioned and big-hearted.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 14, 2020

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Dallas King

Flick Feast

What it might lack in terms of camp and chaos, it makes up for in heart. Don’t drag your heels, just sashay away to the cinema to feel the warm embrace of the Stage Mother.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 12, 2022

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Dan Bayer

Next Best Picture

Never feels like the best version of itself. It’s charming and heartwarming when you view it from a certain angle; it’s funny in a cute way but never in a laugh-out-loud way; it has no visual style to speak of but is never unpleasant to look at.

Rated: 5/10

May 13, 2022

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Victoria Luxford

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(Set in) an idealised world that wraps you up in easy solutions, and good humour. The film becomes a comforting lets-put-on-a-show dramedy, where everyone pitches in to turn the clubs fortunes around, and learns a little something on the way.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 17, 2022

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PridePosterStudios

Too little, too late, momma.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/26/24

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E-N D

Cute movie - great for quiet night at home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/24

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Daniel O

Really a touchy story. Well done and great plot

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/22/23

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Roy A

Cheesy? Yes. Predictable? Sure. Did I love every minute of it? Absolutely. Too bad the people who *should* see this movie probably never will.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/02/23

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adam h

A heartwarming film that had me doubled over in laughter one minute and sobbing the next. The film starts a little slow and at first I didn't think I was going to get into it but I'm glad I stuck it out. The mother was one of my favorite characters I've seen in a while. The mother members of the LGBTQ+ community dream of having. I seriously recommend watching, just keep a box of tissues handy.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/03/23

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Dom R

the mother everyone would wish for... heartwarming movie...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/20/23

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Synopsis

Worlds collide when a Texas church choir director inherits her late son's drag queen club in San Francisco.

Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Producer: Anne Clements, J. Todd Harris, Brad Hennig, Doug Pettigrew
Screenwriter: Brad Hennig
Distributor: Momentum Pictures
Production Co: Branded Pictures Entertainment, Idiot Savant Pictures, Buffalo 8 Productions
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|An Assault|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 21, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 20, 2020
Runtime: 1h 33m

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