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Stage Mother

Stage Mother

Comedy · Drama · 2020

A conservative church-choir director moves from Texas to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son's drag club.

Movie details

Stage Mother

“Sex, drag and rock & roll”

2020 Comedy · Drama 1h 33m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

A conservative church-choir director moves from Texas to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son's drag club.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Thom Fitzgerald

Written by

Brad Hennig

Jacki Weaver

Jacki Weaver

Maybelline Metcalf

Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu

Sienna

Adrian Grenier

Adrian Grenier

Nathan

Mya Taylor

Mya Taylor

Cherry

A

Allister MacDonald

Joan

Anthony Skordi

Anthony Skordi

August

Oscar Moreno

Oscar Moreno

Tequila

Court is in session

Put Stage Mother on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.