Queens (Reinas) Reviews

Pleasant, light-hearted fun that's soft, not edgy, but lest you think it's a Spanish "Birdcage," consider that Forque's nymphomaniac, who gives way to her urges "in the worst moments, and with the least appropriate people," seduces her son's fiancee by "accident."Full Review

The movie has no higher ambition than to please a crowd; the fact that it easily does is proof of the world's heartening capacity for change.Full Review

Although not quite as uproarious or as wickedly subversive as Pedro Almodvar's more substantial body of work, Queens is content to scamper gaily in the wake of his achievements -- and to offer one more reason for old Franco to roll anew in his grave.Full Review

The most remarkable thing about Queens, a silly but generous Spanish farce from the writer and director Manuel Gmez Pereira, is its unadulterated worship of middle-aged women.Full Review

The most remarkable thing about Queens, a silly but generous Spanish farce from the writer and director Manuel Gómez Pereira, is its unadulterated worship of middle-aged women.Full Review