Journey of discovery (The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (DVD))

Member Name: sympatic

Product:	The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (DVD)
Date:	11/10/09 (21 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Funny and poignant

Disadvantages: Nothing major but plot does drift a bit

I have always been a fan of the road movie genre, there is something about a road movie that creates a desire to replicate such an event, maybe it is the whole freedom of the road bit or the sense of adventure that you feel when you do not know what is around the next corner, whatever it is I do know that The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert has a unique take on the whole road movie thing and is an excellent movie and very enjoyable.

The plot is all about three drag queens who are travelling from Sydney to Alice Springs which is the remote township pretty much in the middle of Australia. Terence Stamp stars as Bernadette while his travel companions are Hugo Weaving as Mitzi and Guy Pearce as Felicia. Priscilla is the name that they give to the bus they are travelling in which they have camped up.

This is a film that as some wonderfully hilarious moments but it also has a slightly darker side as you can see that each individual carries their own baggage and I do not mean the cases full of their exotic caberet clothes. In a macho country like Australia they encounter a lot of hostility and resentment but there are also the heart warming scenes where their prescence brings about change and acceptance.

All three actors turn in some quality performances and they are totally convincing in their roles. Of course there is a lot of bitching and the film has a nice combination of both verbal and visual humour that makes it really work well.

It is definately a film I would recommend as it is a riotourbit of entertainment with a nice balance of comedy moments and more touching personal scenes to it.

Summary: Comedy