Synopsis
Two drag queens and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a town in the remote Australian desert. As they head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla, the three friends come to the forefront of a comedy of errors, encountering a number of strange characters, as well as incidents of homophobia, whilst widening comfort zones and finding new horizons.
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Cast
- Hugo WeavingAnthony "Tick" Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra
- Guy PearceAdam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
- Terence StampBernadette Bassenger
- Bill HunterBob Spart
- Sarah ChadwickMarion Barber
- June Marie BennettShirley
- Rebel Penfold-RussellLogowoman
- John CaseyBartender
- Murray DaviesMiner
- Frank CorneliusPiano Player
Recommendations
- 88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Good ain't the half of it in this case - it's funny, it's endearing, it's strangely touching. [19 Aug 1994] - 83
Entertainment Weekly
The generosity and gorgeousness with which Aussie writer-director Stephan Elliott (and costume designers Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel) turn this most unlikely road picture into something arresting - if a tad sentimental - in its naive vision of a perfectly tolerant world. - 80
The New York Times
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert presents a defiant culture clash in generous, warmly entertaining ways. - 75
ReelViews
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is about the most fun you can have with three guys who like to dress up as women. - 75
Rolling Stone
In this roaringly comic and powerfully affecting road movie, Terence Stamp gives one of the year's best performances. - 70
Chicago Reader
This nicely made 1994 comedy-drama could be described as an Australian "Easy Rider," with Sydney drag queens instead of bikers and no apocalyptic ending. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Where drag is concerned, though, the film does anything but drag; Elliott has no compunction about restraint, and Priscilla gushes with bitchy repartee, campy comedy, sappy Seventies pop (Abba! “Billy, Don't Be a Hero”! “Take a Letter, Maria”!), and production numbers so outrageous, they make the Divine Miss M's excess look like the efforts of a Baptist boys' camp. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
It is done well, yet one is still surprised to find it done at all.
