Cast of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Patrick Swayze Vida Boheme Wesley Snipes Noxeema Jackson John Leguizamo Chi-Chi Rodriguez Stockard Channing Carol Ann Chris Penn Sheriff Dollard Jennifer Milmore Bobby Lee Jamie Leigh Wolbert Sandra Lee Keith Reddin Motel Manager William P. Hopkins Small Guy Dayton Callie Crazy Elijah Shea R. Bredenkamp Rude Boy Timothy A. Zimmerman Rude Boy Miss Understood Miss Understood Allen Hidalgo Chita Riviera Mishell Chandler Miss Missy David Drumgold Cappuccino Commotion Miss Coco Peru Miss Coco Peru Lionel Tiburcio Laritza Dumont Daniel T. 'Sweetie' Boothe Announcer Susanne Bartsch NY Pageant Judge Quentin Crisp NY Pageant Judge Flotilla DeBarge NY Pageant Judge Matthew Kasten NY Pageant Judge Widow Norton NY Pageant Judge Shelton McDonald Princess Diandra Steven Polito Hedda Lettuce Margaret H. Flynn Vida's Mother Shari Shell-True Dance Teacher Jimmy Ashmore Club Kid (uncredited) George Costacos Patron (uncredited) Chauncey Duren Contest Judge (uncredited) Marshall Factora Waiter (uncredited) Brian Ferrari Club Kid (uncredited) Alphonso King, Jr. Extra (uncredited) Lady Bunny Contestant (uncredited) Jesse Wells Martin Contestant (uncredited) Chris Place John (uncredited) Channing Roos Flower Shop Assistant (uncredited) Johnathan Staci Kim Waiter (uncredited) Robin Williams John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (uncredited) Lito Wilson Viva Commotion (uncredited)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Reviews
Medium Popcorn Justin Brown
It just felt like I wanted to see more from these characters toward the end...that's why we started on this journey in the first place... New York Times Janet Maslin
Kidron's direction stays flat even when the actors are funny. It doesn't help that the screenplay, by Douglas Carter Beane, is so thin that one of its biggest events is the three main characters' having car trouble. San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
Imagine, "Wong Foo" suggests, a world where people stopped judging one another and simply surrendered to the silliness that's dormant inside us. Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Slick and amiable and innocuous as hell, it's a foam-padded farce, as laboriously packaged as its three glam-sister ''heroines.'' A politically correct comedy about drag queens? This is the American response to the superior Aussie flick Adventures of Priscilla. Macho Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo can't lift it above the routine. USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
It's a glam-o-rama party until the trio hits the road. Suddenly, Wong Foo is all cross-dressed with no place to go -- but down. Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
What is amazing is how the movie manages to be funny and amusing while tippy-toeing around (a) sex, (b) controversy and (c) any originality in the plot. Medium Popcorn Brandon Collins
Entertaining, but some subplots weren't needed...there were payoffs that didn't make sense to me, but the actors brought their A-games. A moderately amusing effort with a marquee-challenging moniker. Austin Chronicle Alison Macor
For some, the film's unabashed sentimentality and fairy-tale quality may go too far, but To Wong Foo is such a delight that it's easy to overlook the few awkward moments. New York Daily News Juan M. Mendez
To Wong Foo... is worthwhile if only for the performances, which are surprisingly good. Transgender Tapestry Rebecca Bell-Metereau
To Wong Foo itself struck me as a confused movie. The film had its heart in the right place in that it was trying to make popular audiences like these characters. But in the process of trying to normalize them, it removed all their sexuality. Screenwriter Douglas Carter Beane pilfers not just plot elements from "Priscilla," but also stirs in big chunks of "Fried Green Tomatoes," "Bagdad Cafe," "Auntie Mame," "The Music Man" and "Cinderella." Washington Post Rita Kempley
Improbable as this all sounds, "Wong Foo" is a great deal of fun and a small step forward in Hollywood's depiction of homosexuals. Chicago Reader Andrea Thompson
...complete with a final showdown where queer culture fabulously triumphs over gun culture... Christopher Street Quentin Crisp
The pity is that in this abysmal film, Mr. Swayze's wonderful performance is wasted. Edge Media Network Frank J. Avella
While the backwater town of Snydersville is not necessarily a tourist attraction, some of the road scenes are alluring. And the actors are fab. Rob's Movie Vault Rob Gonsalves
That there's still a need for candy-movies like "To Wong Foo" isn't really the movie's fault. It seeks only to entertain, and tangentially to enlighten.
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