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The confessional, behind-the-scenes showbiz melodrama goes under the knife -- so to speak -- in this drag comedy. Girls Will Be Girls casts three male performers in the roles of Evie Harris (Jack Plot... read more read more...nick), a has-been starlet of the '70s who has since gone to seed in her decaying Hollywood home; her best friend and domestic servant, Coco (Clinton Leupp); and Varla (Jeffrey Roberson), the daughter of a deceased peer/rival of Evie's who shows up to rent out a room in her home. The tension among the trio of women escalates as Evie prepares for a pull-out-all-the-stops television special commemorating her past career glories, which include sundry disaster movies and TV variety shows. What Evie doesn't know is that the naïve-seeming Varla has a debt to settle for her deceased mom, and will stop at nothing to seek vengeance. All three lead actors developed their characters in stage shows and cabaret acts; writer/director Richard Day wrote for such television shows as Ellen and The Larry Sanders Show before helming this film, his debut. After its 2003 Sundance premiere, Girls Will Be Girls was acquired by IFC Films for a theatrical release. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 22 min.

Directed by: Richard Day

Release Date: January 17, 2003

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DVD Release Date: March 16, 2004

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  • January 30, 2008
    The one liners in this movie are the BEST!!!
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    January 26, 2012
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    I don't mind a cheesy movie once in a while, and I love drag queens, so I expected to like this. I was very, very wrong. The acting is terrible; so bad, in fact, that it ruins the movie entirely. I couldn't sit through it.
  • June 7, 2008
    i have seen this movie a billion times i just need to buy it lol but anyways all the actors are men and the 'women' are men as well its a great jolly good time filled with drag queens i loooove them oh so much!!
  • March 27, 2008
    Hilarious, vulgar camp from three of the top female impersonators in the biz. Though lagging at times, this wrong-on-almost-every-level comedy keeps the laughs coming fast and furious. 'Astro-physi-cist!'
  • August 29, 2007
    u don't have to be a drag queen to like this movie...yes a low budget and a little cheesy at times but still a good watch...the "girls" were great
  • February 18, 2007
    I tried to get into this--really I did...but I was simply not amused--and I typically go for "alternative" movies. after the main character (a drag queen playing a female) confeses to getting multiple abortions so she can flirt w/ her doctor, i turned it off

Critic Reviews


John Monaghan
November 26, 2003
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

An often hilarious, always surprising 79-minute burlesque. Full Review

Robert K. Elder
November 20, 2003
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune

While Day doesn't succeed in making us empathize with anyone on screen, he makes his characters definitely watchable and his dialogue crackles. Full Review

Wesley Morris
November 7, 2003
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

An unprecedented exercise in derangement. Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
November 7, 2003
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

Humor that takes as its apparent premise the assumption that all women are catty, sexually voracious, weight-obsessed whores ... is more than anyone in this day and age, even in the context of a carto... Full Review

Charles Ealy
October 30, 2003
Charles Ealy, Dallas Morning News

Girls Will Be Girls is gross-out camp, much like the movies of John Waters. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
October 17, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

In just observing and accurately reproducing women's facial expressions and physical gestures, the men create a wonderfully absurd spectacle. Full Review

Jan Stuart
October 10, 2003
Jan Stuart, Newsday

To appreciate Girls Will Be Girls to the max, it probably helps to have taken at least one semester of Screen Camp 101. Full Review

Anita Gates
October 10, 2003
Anita Gates, New York Times

The film is appropriately cynical, pleasantly camp and just fresh enough to be funny more often than not. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
October 10, 2003
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

A badly written attempt at a John Waters-style celebration of vulgar humor starring three drag queens.

Elizabeth Weitzman
October 10, 2003
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

What starts out amusing eventually becomes something of a drag. Full Review

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