Rotten
The campier aspects of the film are not enough to make up for its lapses into melodrama and just plain silliness.
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
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From the director of Natual History of Parking Lots and Luster
2005 · 1h 30m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
Everett Lewis
Overview
After living on the tough streets of LA for a while, India hopes that every gay basher will meet his destiny. In this case Destiny is a black, 6 foot, high heel wearing, gun toting, drag queen with an attitude and a soft place in her heart for homeless gay boys.
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The dialogue is blunter, and harder for his amateur cast to pull off, while Lewis' stridency, however justified, ultimately jars against the film's tender, all-is-love fantasia.
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, L.A. Weekly
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