Stage Mother

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Stage Mother

R

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

08/22/2020

1/4

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

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Monica Castillo

RogerEbert.com

08/21/2020

2/4

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

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

08/14/2020

3/5

Glittery, old-fashioned and big-hearted.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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PridePosterStudios

06/26/2024

Too little, too late, momma.

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E-N D

02/24/2024

Cute movie - great for quiet night at home.

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Daniel O

11/22/2023

Really a touchy story. Well done and great plot

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Dom R

07/20/2023

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

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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.

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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.

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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, 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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