Review of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) by Dominic S — 25 Jul 2011

Pat Swayze, Wes Snipes, and John Luguizamo are hilarious in this film about three NYC oriented drag queens on their way to Hollywood to compete in the nationwide "drag race" for the title of Drag Queen of the year. But their Cadillac breaks down in the town of Snydersville, PA where they get stranded in a rundown neighborhood. In order for them to keep heading towards Hollywood, they need a specific part for their Cadillac that will take a couple of days for it to arrive. They use those couple of days to turn that town from drab to fab.

This film is a great representation of LGBT community. What really makes the movie is when legend Stockard "Rizzo" Channing says to Vida, "I don't think of you as a man or a woman. I think of you as an angel.".

All three lead male actors create to parts of the three drag queens perfectly. The voices, the movements, and the mannerisms are perfect.

Although there is one big hole in the story. The first reaction of the town's realization that all three women were really men dressed as women. The only reaction that was give was from Channing's character with the line stated previously.

I loved this movie a lot and its incredible drag and general humor.

To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar, I give you a 80%.