“To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar” by Beeban Kidron (1995)

Rene Hirsch
MdW (movies directed by women)
1 min readFeb 6, 2020

(entertaining) Movies directed by women

Movies of the ‘90s

Good dialogues (8)
Excellent content (9)

If you don’t know what’s the difference between a boy wearing a skirt, a transvestite, and a drag queen, this movie is a fun place to learn (despite the weak script).

Rotten Tomatoes Critics 5,2
Metascore 6,0
Roger Ebert 6,3
Rotten Tomatoes Audience 7,6
IMDB 6,6
Average critics 5,8
Average public 7,1

Cast: Stockard Channing, Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo
Directed by Beeban Kidron
Written by Douglas Carter Beane
Music by Rachel Portman
Cinematography by Steve Mason
Film Editing by Andrew Mondshein

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