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Stage Mother

Play trailer 2:24 Poster for Stage Mother R 2020 1h 33m Comedy Drama LGBTQ+ Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 08/22/2020
1/4
Today, homophobia may still blight many a queen's family relations, but Stage Mother feels dated and formulaic. Go to Full Review
Monica Castillo RogerEbert.com 08/21/2020
2/4
A sweet but ineffective comedy that cashes in on drag culture's new mainstream fame. Go to Full Review
Tara Brady Irish Times 08/14/2020
3/5
Glittery, old-fashioned and big-hearted. Go to Full Review
Dallas King Flick Feast 11/12/2022
3/5
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. Go to Full Review
Dan Bayer Next Best Picture 05/13/2022
5/10
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. Go to Full Review
Victoria Luxford D Movies 02/17/2022
2.5/5
(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. Go to Full Review
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PridePosterStudios 06/26/2024 Too little, too late, momma. See more E-N D 02/24/2024 Cute movie - great for quiet night at home. See more Daniel O 11/22/2023 Really a touchy story. Well done and great plot See more Dom R 07/20/2023 the mother everyone would wish for... heartwarming movie... See more meredith w 01/29/2023 The touching but not entirely realistic story of a conservative church choir director inherits her late son's San Francisco drag club. It has feel good themes of acceptance and the performers, led by Jacqui Weaver, give engaging enough performances. See more sarah a 05/21/2021 Really moving and sad at times, but also has uplifting moments and humour. This film touches on real issues in the LBGTQ+ community that can be identified with. The main actress is absolutely brilliant and loveable. I enjoyed every moment of this film. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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, Buffalo 8 Productions, Idiot Savant Pictures
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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