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Summary: It was strange
Review: I enjoyed the movie however it was strange and had a low budget feel to it. The acting was corny but funny. The movie quality was not great. It appeared to have been taped with a hand held video camera. The piont was to depict white trash and it did that in spades. This is the first time I have ever seen Olivia Newton-John play a trampy type of roll and it was hard to believe since I have always seen her in more angelic types of rolls. Overall it was enjoyable and funny. I think we need more comedy and less drama, in that regard it was a breath of fresh air.
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Summary: Great laughs!
Review: I was recommended this by a friend and was a little skeptical about it, but absolutely LOVE it! Leslie Jordan is wonderful! The movie is worth buying just for him! And the dialogue is so real. Reminds me of home!
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Summary: Like Opening A Box of Cracker Jacks
Review: ...and finding a gem for a prize. Funny, witty, with outstanding performances by the entire cast. Not only will I own this DVD but I'll soon be purchasing the soundtrack, if for no other song than the title song, "Sordid Lives," which adds another dimension to this hilarious future cult classic.
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Summary: Sucks!
Review: I hate this movie and Olivia Newton-John needs to watch her language.
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Summary: Horrible movie but I still quote it!
Review: My friend from Denton, TX. told me about this movie, over and over and over and over laughing each time she told me all the funny parts. She told me all the funny parts so many times, that by the time she had me watch the movie, I thought it was the stupidest movie on the face of the earth. I guess one must acquire a certain "taste" for this "type" of humor, and I haven't got it. Everytime she mentions it to others around us. I can't help but roll my eyes. She hates me for it, but it is funny all the same. Don't get me wrong. There are some really kind of funny parts. There was one part where they were all talking in the bar and one guy said to the other to get off the cross they need the wood. I died laughing, but didn't through the rest of the movie. My friend and I, are constantly quoting parts from the movie, and while we do, it brings us together in peace and harmony, and I think for one small moment in time that she forgets that I hate the movie with a passion.
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Summary: Come On, Im from PS....
Review: Where this has been playing for 2 years....Of course Im gonna give it a rating of 5...i've seen it 10 times..makes me laugh just as hard everytime...though I do prefer seeing it in the theater..
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Summary: What if John Waters Grew Up In Texas?
Review: Then "Sordid Lives" would have been what he came up with. It's really that wonderfully tacky/funny. I was not fortunate enough to see this in a movie theater, but some friends recommended the DVD to me over the summer. While overall an uneven film, the best parts are fall off your chair hysterical (Brother Boy's psychiatric therapy sequences in particular) and Delta Burke is always worth seeing. A lot is being made of the film's gay central character ... That's really not the point of "Sordid Lives." Like some freakish time warp to a Texas Trailer Park family reunion sitcom, the best laughs here come because you empathize with the humanity of these people and their absurdities, not because of their ignorance. If this movie had better production values - watch for the boom mike swinging through a few scenes - I'd have given it five stars and it would be stashed right next to my DVD of "Hairspray."
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Summary: White trash have their problems too
Review: As SORDID LIVES opens, Sissy (Beth Grant) is awaiting the funeral of her sister Peggy, who recently died in a cheap motel room after tripping over the detached wooden legs of her adulterous lover, G.W. (Beau Bridges), and smashing her head against the bathroom porcelain. As if Sissy doesn't have problems enough in the wake of five failed marriages, she's struggling to quit smoking, popping Valium like candy, and having to cope with the dysfunctions of assorted family members. Niece Latrelle (Bonnie Bedelia), whose husband is off with Jimmy Carter building homes for the poor, is in denial over the homosexuality of son Ty (Kirk Geiger), an aspiring actor out in L.A., and contesting the decision of her sister LaVonda (Ann Walker) to clothe Mom in her favorite mink stole for the burial in 110-degree Texas heat. Meanwhile, Peggy's son Earl (Leslie Jordan), a homosexual transvestite, has been confined to a mental institution for the past twenty years. Out in SoCal, Ty is suffering a sexual identity crisis, and is on his twenty-seventh therapist. SORDID LIVES, a politically correct film espousing gay rights in a heavy Texas accent, won't appeal to everyone, but several of the performances are surprisingly excellent. Jordan is positively superb as Earl, who spends his life dressed up as CW singer Tammy Wynette, and has a permanent gig entertaining his fellow inmates in the asylum. Also exceptional is Rosemary Alexander as the sexually frustrated Dr. Eve Bolinger, the institution psychologist assigned to Earl's case. Eve's career, as well as a lucrative book deal and an appearance on Oprah, are all dependent on her ability to successfully de-homosexualize her charge. Therapy has not progressed well after sixty-eight sessions, and Eve is prepared to take Earl's problem in hand, so to speak. The single, on-screen session between Earl and his shrink is brilliantly scripted and worth the price of the video rental, and then some. A very nice touch is Olivia Newton-John as Bitzy Mae Harling, an ex-con and local bad girl, whose timely live performance of topical songs augments recorded Tammy Wynette vocals. Delta Burke as Noleta, G.W.'s unhappy spouse, is also effective, as is Sissy's striking hairdo. Sometimes, the film's humor becomes shrill and a little forced. For that reason, I'm lopping off a fifth star. However, though SORDID LIVES is perhaps not suitable for screening at a Southern Baptist potluck, it's one that may offer a pleasant surprise if selected off the rental store shelf as a "well, why not?" afterthought.
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Summary: SORDID LIVES-Trash Never Looked So Good!
Review: Describing the story of SORDID LIVES is almost like running blindfolded through a labyrinth- the deeper you get into it, the more twisted it becomes. Here's the abridged version, and be sure to stop me if you've heard this before: Grandma Peggy has met an untimely end after having fallen over her lover's wooden legs. Her big-haired, foul-mouthed daughters descend upon their nicotine-deprived Aunt's sweltering trailer to plan the funeral and eat fried chicken, as the trailer park neighbor from hell (Delta Burke) makes a living out of disturbing the peace by brandishing her tongue and her 6-shooter. Throw in the arrival of a gay actor son from Los Angeles, a country singer wannabe, and "Brother Boy" who believes he is the saintly reincarnation of Tammy Wynette, and you have all the makings of a white trash car wreck that you can't help but watch in utter disbelief. This is the stuff that SORDID LIVES is made of.
What makes SORDID LIVES such a gem of a movie is the fact that these are real people in unreal situations. Each one of us knows at LEAST one of the characters in this film, and while the storyline is so over the top that you may need oxygen, the characterizations are beautifully written, skillfully directed, and ring true down to the most minute detail.
In the hands of lesser actors, this movie could easily have descended into sitcom hell, but this ensemble cast is, in a word, perfection. Delta Burke sheds her Designing Women persona for a much more multi-layered performace as the jilted wife, while Kirk Geiger's gay actor son portrayal is both understated and a perfect foil to his trailer park Aunts. Beau Bridges, Bonnie Bedelia, and Olivia Newton-John are all outrageously running amuk in their chacterizations, yet Beth Grant as the jumpy Aunt who just quit smoking, and Leslie Jordan as the Tammy Wynette Drag Queen, "Brother Boy" steal this movie. SORDID LIVES may be a black comedy about white trash....but this trash is DEFINITELY a treasure!
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Summary: Laugh out loud FUN!
Review: This is such a well acted comedy about small town folk with big time gossip and disfunctional families!
Beth Grant is a hoot as all the characters are!
I've watched this movie so many times and every time I laugh harder!
I don't give many movies my wink, but this one deserves cudo's for laughs and fun!
It never recieved wide release (such a shame, it would have been a blockbuster)!
Buy this movie, you will love it!
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