(Starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Liguizamo, Stockard Channing, and Chris Penn)
This is a light-hearted and very entertaining movie about two drag queens, Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) and Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) who both win the crown at a drag queen pageant in New York City. They win the chance to compete in the Drag Queen of America pageant in Hollywood, CA. There they befriend Chi-Chi Rodriguez (John Liguizamo), who is an inexperienced and naive "drag princess". Vida and Noxeema decide to cash in their plane tickets to Hollywood and buy an old Cadillac, so they can take Chi-Chi cross-country with them.
Their cross-country trip leads them on an adventure that they never even dreamed of having. After a run in with the racist and homophobic sheriff Dollard (Chris Penn), their car breaks down outside of the small town Snydersville. Unfortunately, they have an extended stay in Snydersville until the part that they need for their car arrives. Here they meet a variety of people, including the abused and battered housewife Carol Ann (Stockard Channing). Trying to make the best of their situation, they befriend the townspeople and they deal with personal issues that they can no longer escape. Little do they know that Sheriff Dollard is just a few steps behind them and hot on their trail.
I absolutely adore this movie! Patrick Swayze looks pretty good in drag (just my opinion though). This is a light-hearted, bubble-gum type movie with good values in it and is definitely worth a watch.
Favorite Quotes from To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar:
Miss Chi-Chi Rodriguez: I'm the Latina Marilyn Monroe. I've got more legs than a bucket of chicken!
Vida Boheme: Now she's gonna get herself kidnapped by some mountain man and we will have to rescue her.
Sheriff Dollard: [to the other cops] Shut up! Just shut up! I'm gonna bring back three corpses here! And when you look up their dresses, if you don't find something you shouldn't find, I don't know what!
Noxeema Jackson: Little Latin boy in drag, why are you crying?
Miss Chi-Chi Rodriguez: It's just cause the two of you are so pretty, you know. You're so pretty.
Vida Boheme: Yes, of course we're pretty, but why are you crying?
Noxeema Jackson: Maybe she just found out Menudo broke up.
Noxeema Jackson: Little Latin boy in drag, why are you crying?
Miss Chi-Chi Rodriguez: It's just cause the two of you are so pretty, you know. You're so pretty.
Vida Boheme: Yes, of course we're pretty, but why are you crying?
Noxeema Jackson: Maybe she just found out Menudo broke up.
Overall, I rate this movie a 4.5/5!
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