Glitter and Feathers

Rating: 9/10 (18 August 2004)

This movie is one of the loveliest I've ever seen, worthwhile simply for the gorgeous costumes, the camera work and the wonderfully conceived musical sequences.
The script meanders and leaves many open questions, but that's not a problem for me. Like a David Lynch movie, it only made me want to give the film repeated viewings to find nuances I'd missed before.
As a gay themed movie, this benefits by comparison to the terribly cliched, dull gay movies that gay people are more or less forced to sit through. There are drag queens and some gratuitous nudity, but nobody comes out to disco music, it doesn't burden itself with politics, and you can actually spot human attractions in people instead of the typical: you're attractive, I'm attractive, let's call it love and make a movie of it.
This deserves a better rating than 6 out of 10; I think some people were distracted by the barbie dolls and the confusing script. I hope people give movies like this a chance; otherwise the best gay movies we're going to see will be in the order of The Broken Hearts Club or Jeffrey.